For the Florida community association manager
Built for the Florida community association manager.
Vetted vendors when you need them, a peer community of other LCAMs you can actually talk to, and decision-support tools for the new compliance regime — all in one place. Common Elements sits next to your management stack; it does not replace it.
Free during the launch period. No card required.
What managers get on day one
The three things every CAM is short on.
Reliable trades, peer judgment, and time to do the math. We put all three in one product.
Vendor discovery, on demand
Verified roofers, painters, paving crews, and trades searchable by service area. Licensing, insurance, and reviews are on the record — no more relying on the one HVAC guy you met at a chapter meeting.
A community of other managers
Most CAMs work alone in their territory. The Common Area forum is a peer room — ask another LCAM how they handled deemed-approved ARC, what a fair estoppel fee looks like in your county, or whether a vendor pulled through on a similar property.
Decision-support tools that travel with you
Reserve funding, SIRS, milestone inspection, quorum, and special-assessment calculators that produce numbers you can put in a board package. Your portfolio's math, on rails.
Tools you actually need
Manager workflow accelerators, not another ledger.
The governance work that lives between accounting and email — the part nobody’s software handles — runs here.
Reserve Study Builder
Walk a board through a 30-year funding plan in the same room you take their questions. Component lists, useful-life assumptions, and percent-funded math come prefilled.
SIRS + milestone inspection workflow
Post-Surfside compliance the way Florida actually wrote it. Track Phase 1 due dates, SIRS findings, and remediation timelines per property without spreadsheets.
Budget Builder + meeting tools
Draft next year's operating budget, run a quorum check before the meeting, and export a clean adoption packet. The artifacts come out board-ready.
RFP Hub
Post once, send to a curated vendor list, receive structured proposals you can compare apples-to-apples. The bid record becomes part of your board's documented procurement trail.
Credentials, on the record
Your LCAM license, verified once. Visible everywhere.
Verified LCAM badge
Tied to your Florida DBPR license record. Renews on the same cadence your license does. Boards and owners see at a glance that your credential is current.
Public manager profile
A profile clients can link to. List your service area, association types, certifications (CMCA, AMS, PCAM), and the languages you work in. Reviews are tied to real associations, not anonymous yelpers.
Portfolio context
Affiliate with the CAM firm you work for (if any), the associations you serve, and the relationships your firm holds. Context-switching across that portfolio is the platform's home base, not a bolt-on.
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Manager testimonials · pilot cohort
Not management software
Common Elements complements the stack you already run.
Keep your TownSq, Vinteum, AppFolio, Vantaca, CINC, FrontSteps, or whatever runs your work orders, ledgers, and owner portals. We are not in that category. We are the industry layer that stack is missing — procurement structure, peer community, and a credentialed reputation surface.
Common Elements is
- Vendor discovery + verified directory
- Structured RFP marketplace
- Peer community for managers + boards
- Decision-support tools and statute reference
Common Elements is not
- Accounting / GL / AP / AR
- Owner portal tied to the ledger
- Work-order or violations system of record
- A replacement for your management software
Common questions
What managers ask before they sign up.
Is Common Elements a replacement for AppFolio, Vinteum, or TownSq?
No. Common Elements complements the management software you already use. It is not a system of record for work orders, ledgers, owner portals, or violations. Think of it as the industry layer your management stack is missing — vendor discovery, structured RFPs, a peer community of managers, and decision-support tools for the new Florida compliance regime.
I work alone as an independent LCAM. Is the platform built for me or only for firms?
Both. The product is deliberately designed around the individual licensed manager first — that is who carries the LCAM credential and the personal liability. A CAM firm joins as an organization that licensed individuals belong to, but solo LCAMs are first-class users with the full toolkit.
How does Common Elements verify my LCAM license?
On profile setup you supply your Florida CAM license number. We confirm it against the Florida DBPR public license registry and surface a verified badge on your profile. Boards and other managers see that you are actively licensed and in good standing without you having to send PDFs around.
What does it cost?
Free during the launch period for managers, boards, and verified vendors. When paid tiers arrive, the baseline manager profile and community access stay free. Pro features (advanced RFP analytics, portfolio dashboards) become an opt-in upgrade, not a gate.
Do the calculators and templates count for CAM continuing education?
Not today. The reserve-funding, SIRS, milestone-inspection, and budget tools are practitioner aids, not accredited CE courses. Stage 2 of the roadmap adds an industry-events surface with CE-hour tracking; until that ships, treat the tools as decision support, not credit.
Stop sourcing trades from your text-message archive.
Verify your LCAM license, set your service area, and you are wired in. The community, the directory, and the tools work alongside whatever you already run on the back office.