Accurate Reserve Professionals, LLC

Accurate Reserve Professionals, LLCAccurate Reserve Professionals, LLCAccurate Reserve Professionals, LLC

Accurate Reserve Professionals, LLC

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Who We Are

Our Founder, Karen McDonald, CMCA, AMS, PCAM, RS

Karen McDonald, CMCA, AMS, PCAM, RS started in the community association industry in 2001.  Prior to becoming a reserve study provider, she spent 15 years in the community management industry, with a portion of this time also managing rental properties.  Her experience working with community associations is vast, with a strong background in bookkeeping, budgeting and building maintenance and administration.  She founded Accurate Reserve Professionals, LLC to provide community associations with affordable, high quality reserve studies.


Due to her extensive management experience, Karen bridges the gap between community associations and their reserve studies and brings a reasonable, whole minded approach to the studies she prepares.  As a former board member and President of her prior HOA, she understands the challenges that properly funding the reserve account can pose for some communities and works to find a solution which will assist the client in reaching their reserve funding goals.  She has worked with both community associations and other entities (private clubs, water systems, etc.) throughout Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana and has prepared over 1,000 studies in her career.


Karen holds a degree in Business Management from Western Washington University, with a concentration in small business entrepreneurship.  She holds multiple management and reserve study provider credentials through Community Associations Institute, including the Certified Manager of Community Associations (CMCA), Association Management Specialist (AMS), Professional Community Association Manager (PCAM) and Reserve Specialist (RS).  She is dedicated to continuing education and regularly attends relevant classes and seminars.


Karen has been very active in the Washington State Chapter of Community Associations Institute (WSCAI), which is one of the largest chapters in the organization.  She sat on the Chapter's Board of Directors from 2015 to 2020, and was honored to serve as the Chapter's President in 2019.  She has been involved in Chapter committee work since 2011, having served on the Communications, Market Expansion, Membership and Social Committees.  She was also the editor of the WSCAI Journal for several years during this time.  Karen was honored to be awarded the WSCAI Volunteer of the Year Award in 2013, the Presidents Award in 2015 and the Volunteer of the Year Award again in 2018.


A knowledgeable resource for many things community association related, Karen is a frequent author and speaker at seminars, college classes, trade shows and at private events hosted by management companies for their staff and/or clientele.


Outside of the office, Karen resides on a 19 acre hobby farm with her husband, doggy side kick Zeke and a collection of farm animals.


Speaking Engagements:

WSCAI CA Day, September 2015

North Seattle College Guest Speaker, April 2016

North Seattle College Guest Speaker, October 2016

WSCAI Manager’s Only Meeting, March 2017

North Seattle College Guest Speaker, October 2017

Management Company Board Member Training Workshop, June 2018

North Seattle College Guest Speaker, July 2018

WSCAI CA Day, September 2018

WSCAI Tri Cities Educational Symposium, May 2019

Management Company Board Member Training Workshop, June 2019

WSCAI Made For Managers Day, June 2019

WSCAI Spokane Educational Symposium, July 2019

North Seattle College Guest Speaker, July 2019

WSCAI CA Day, September 2019

WSCAI Vancouver Educational Symposium, November 2019

WSCAI Annual Meeting & Gala, November 2019

WSCAI Chapter Luncheon, December 2019

Rental Housing Association of WA Webinar, December 2019

Reserve Study Company National Webinar, February 2020

WSCAI Bellingham Educational Symposium, July 2020

Rental Housing Association of WA Webinar, October 2020

WSCAI Made For Managers Day, June 2021

WSCAI Resource Recess, June 2021

Western Oregon CAI Chapter Luncheon, August 2021

WSCAI Managers Only Meeting, August 2021

WSCAI CA Day, October 2021

Banking Business Partner Webinar, November 2021

WSCAI Board Leadership Development Workshop, February 2022

WSCAI Chapter Webinar, March 2022

Management Company Board Member Training Workshop, March 2022

Western Oregon CAI CA Day, March 2022

WSCAI Board Leadership Development Workshop, April 2022

Management Company Board Member Training Workshop, April 2022

Management Company Board Member Training Workshop, June 2022

WSCAI Managers Only Meeting, August 2022

Management Company Board Member Training Workshop, September 2022

WSCAI CA Day, October 2022


WSCAI Board of Directors

2015 – Treasurer

2016 – Treasurer

2017 – Vice President

2018 – President-elect

2019 – President

2020 – Immediate Past President


Community Associations Institute Education

M100 – The Essentials of Community Association Management

M201 – Facilities Management

M202 – Association Communications

M203 – Community Leadership

M204 – Community Governance

M205 – Risk Management

M206 – Financial Management

PCAM Case Study

M320 - High Rise Maintenance & Management

M360 – Leadership Practices in Building Community

2018 National Convention Attendee

2019 National Convention Attendee

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