Question 1

What is LodestarIQ?

Accepted Answer

LodestarIQ is portfolio compliance intelligence for Florida condo and co-op managers. It tracks the structural-safety obligations your buildings carry — milestone inspections, SIRS, and reserve deadlines — across your whole portfolio, so you see what's due before the state does.

Question 2

Who is it for?

Accepted Answer

Community association managers (CAMs) and property-management firms who carry compliance deadlines across many buildings, plus self-managed associations and the engineers who serve them. It's most useful the moment you're tracking more than a handful of associations by hand.

Question 3

What problem does it solve?

Accepted Answer

The deadlines that matter most are scattered — one engineer's inbox, a budget file, a spreadsheet only one person understands. LodestarIQ pulls them into a single, sorted, audit-ready view so a date never slips and you're never the last to know a building is overdue.

Question 4

Do I have to be technical to use it?

Accepted Answer

No. If you can read a dashboard and answer a few questions about your buildings, you can use it. Setup is done with you, not handed to you.

Question 5

How is this different from my property-management software?

Accepted Answer

Your PM platform runs operations — accounting, communications, work orders, owner portals. LodestarIQ focuses on the one layer those tools handle lightly or not at all: structural-safety compliance and its deadlines. It complements your existing software rather than replacing it.

Question 6

Do I have to switch tools or move my data off what I use today?

Accepted Answer

No. LodestarIQ sits alongside your current systems. You keep running your operations where you run them now.

Question 7

Does it replace my engineer, attorney, or reserve specialist?

Accepted Answer

Not at all. They do the inspections, studies, and legal work. LodestarIQ keeps you on top of when those things are due and keeps the documentation organized and at hand.

Question 8

Which requirements does it track?

Accepted Answer

LodestarIQ tracks the Florida structural-safety compliance framework, including: Milestone inspections; Structural Integrity Reserve Studies (SIRS); Mandatory reserve funding requirements; Related statutory deadlines and reporting obligations Tracking is kept current with Florida legislation — SB 4-D, SB 154, HB 913, and subsequent amendments. Because these rules keep evolving, we validate compliance workflows against the current statute and confirm specifics with your engineer.

Question 9

Which of my buildings does it apply to?

Accepted Answer

That depends on each building's height, age, and location, which is exactly what we map in your assessment. Rather than guess, we configure LodestarIQ to your actual portfolio.

Question 10

What additional compliance areas are on the roadmap?

Accepted Answer

Beyond structural safety, the roadmap covers broader condominium operations and compliance tracking, such as: Milestone inspection phase management; Reserve funding adequacy monitoring; Elevator certification renewals; Fire and life-safety inspection schedules; Insurance policy and fidelity bond renewals; CAM and management-company license renewals; DBPR reporting deadlines; Estoppel and resale certificate performance metrics; Building-system inspections — backflow prevention, boilers, cooling towers, and other recurring items The initial release stays focused on Florida structural-safety compliance, with additional operational modules introduced over time.

Question 11

What is the readiness assessment?

Accepted Answer

It's a read on where each building in your portfolio stands against its structural-safety deadlines — what's compliant, what's at risk, and what's overdue — prepared by our team. It's real, useful work you keep, whether or not you go further with us.

Question 12

What happens on the 15-minute call?

Accepted Answer

We learn how you handle compliance today and walk through your portfolio together. No pitch and no pressure — the goal is to give you a clear picture and understand your workflow.

Question 13

What do I need to provide?

Accepted Answer

The basics on your buildings — names, ages, locations, and where filings stand. The short form gets us started; we gather the rest on the call.

Question 14

How do I begin?

Accepted Answer

Request a portfolio assessment from the form on this page. We'll reply within two business days to set up the call.

Question 15

Is this a finished product?

Accepted Answer

LodestarIQ is in early access. We're building it with a small founding group of Florida management firms so it fits how the work actually gets done — which means founding members shape it and get a setup tailored to their portfolio.

Question 16

Why a founding group?

Accepted Answer

Because no two firms run compliance the same way. Working closely with a first cohort lets us build on one focused core and configure it to each portfolio, rather than ship a one-size-fits-all tool that fits no one well.

Question 17

Is it really customized to my firm?

Accepted Answer

Yes — the core engine is the same for everyone, but it's configured to your buildings, your deadlines, and your team's workflow. That's the difference between a tool you adapt to and one that adapts to you.

Question 18

How much does it cost?

Accepted Answer

Your readiness assessment and the first call are free, with no obligation. Founding-member terms are set with you based on portfolio size and needs — we'll walk through them on the call.

Question 19

Is there a contract or long commitment to get the assessment?

Accepted Answer

No. The assessment and call carry no commitment. Anything beyond that is your choice, discussed openly.

Question 20

What if I only manage a few buildings — or a very large portfolio?

Accepted Answer

Both work. The assessment is just as useful for a handful of associations as for a large book; the value scales with how many deadlines you're carrying.

Question 21

Is my information kept private?

Accepted Answer

We treat your portfolio data as confidential, use it only to prepare your assessment and run your account, and never sell it or share it with third parties for marketing.

Question 22

Who sees my portfolio data?

Accepted Answer

Only the people working directly on your account. It isn't shared outside that.

Question 23

Is LodestarIQ legal advice?

Accepted Answer

No. LodestarIQ helps you track and organize your compliance obligations and gives you an informational readiness assessment. It is not legal, engineering, or financial advice. Your attorney, licensed engineer, reserve specialist, and your local authority having jurisdiction remain the authority on what your buildings must do.

Question 24

Do you guarantee my buildings will be compliant?

Accepted Answer

No. LodestarIQ helps you stay ahead of deadlines and keep documentation in order, but responsibility for meeting requirements stays with the association and its professionals. We make it far harder to miss something — we don't take the obligation off your shoulders.

Question 25

Who is behind LodestarIQ?

Accepted Answer

LodestarIQ is built by Blakcore LLC — operators with deep experience implementing and configuring business systems across complex EPC, construction, and energy projects. That background is the reason for our approach: a focused core, configured to your portfolio, because we've seen firsthand that no two organizations run compliance the same way.

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