Invite-only private community
A board member creates a private space for one self-managed HOA or condo. Residents join later, and only when the board lets them in.
The person who starts the community becomes its board admin. Residents do not start there. The form asks for a name, an email, a password, the community name, the city, and the state. State starts as TX.
An invite is addressed to one email. The link works once, only for that address, and it expires in 30 days. Someone without an invite can ask to join. A board member has to approve that request before the person can use the community. Approval adds a resident. It does not add another board member.
Announcements, documents, the directory, meetings, and request notes stay in that community. Another community cannot see them. There is no open signup.
The steps are in the guides, including how to invite a resident.
When a volunteer board wants a company to run the association, Protige's guide to choosing a management company is written for that decision.