HOA management software · Florida
HOA Management Software in Florida
Everything a Florida board or manager needs to run a community — without a management company.
Florida has one of the highest concentrations of homeowners associations in the United States. If you serve on a board or manage a community here, the odds are good that day-to-day life runs through an HOA. Florida is one of the most HOA- and condo-dense states in the country, especially across its retirement, coastal, and master-planned communities. Florida's post-Surfside inspection and reserve rules have sharply raised the financial stakes for condo boards across the state.
Anthoam is built for self-managed communities: one platform for dues, accounting, maintenance, voting, meetings, and documents, priced per door. This page covers how HOAs work in Florida, the state's reserve-funding norms, and the Gulf Coast and Deep South maintenance realities that shape every Florida budget.
How HOAs are governed in Florida
Florida associations operate under Florida's Chapter 720 (and Chapter 718 for condominiums) together with their own recorded declaration, bylaws, and rules. Florida regulates HOAs under Chapter 720 and condominiums under Chapter 718, with strict rules on budgets, meetings, elections, and — for many condos — mandatory structural inspections and reserves.
The state law sets the floor for owner rights and required procedures; the community's governing documents fill in everything specific to that neighborhood. Florida's post-Surfside inspection and reserve rules have sharply raised the financial stakes for condo boards across the state.
Reserve funding for Florida HOAs
After the 2021 Surfside collapse, Florida now requires condominium associations three stories and taller to complete structural integrity reserve studies and fully fund those reserves; traditional HOAs fund reserves through their own budgets.
Whatever the legal floor, the cheapest way to pay for a roof, a road, or a clubhouse is to save for it steadily before it fails. A current reserve study and a realistic annual contribution are what keep a Florida community off the special-assessment treadmill.
Gulf Coast and Deep South maintenance realities for Florida communities
Along the Gulf Coast and Deep South, hurricanes, storm surge, year-round humidity, and salt air drive the maintenance calendar. Roofs, exterior coatings, balconies, seawalls, and HVAC condensers corrode and wear far faster than inland, and a single named storm can turn a decade of deferred maintenance into an overnight emergency.
Wind and flood insurance, structural inspections, and post-storm roof and envelope work make robust reserves and current inspections non-negotiable for these associations. For boards in Miami, Orlando, and Tampa and across Florida, the maintenance calendar and the reserve plan have to reflect these local conditions, not a generic national template.
- Roof and envelope inspections ahead of every hurricane season
- Corrosion control on railings, balconies, and exterior metal in salt air
- Mildew and moisture management on siding, soffits, and common areas
- Wind and flood coverage planning built into the annual budget
Self-managing your Florida HOA with Anthoam
From Miami, Orlando, Tampa, and Jacksonville to smaller communities across Florida, Anthoam gives boards and managers one platform to run the whole community — dues and online payments, accounting and reserves, maintenance and vendors, voting, meetings, and documents — for a flat per-door price, with no management company required. Self-managing replaces a percentage-based management fee with one predictable cost, and setup is self-serve: start your community in minutes and invite your owners the same day.
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Run your HOA yourself with Anthoam
One platform for dues, accounting, maintenance, voting, and documents — priced per door, with no management company required.