University Properties Inc

What University Properties Inc does

University Properties, Inc. (UPI) is a privately held Florida property management firm founded in 1979 and headquartered in the Rivergate Office Complex at 3018 N. U.S. Highway 301, Suite 950, Tampa, FL. The company specializes in full-service management of homeowner and condominium associations in Hillsborough and Pasco counties, currently serving 60+ associations. Services span administrative support, financial management, maintenance oversight, homeowner communication, and 24-hour emergency answering, with the company positioning itself as treating each association as a distinct business requiring individualized attention.

The firm's technology footprint is intentionally lean and built around a WordPress website plus a self-service online payment and estoppel-ordering portal (payments.univprop.com). Each managed HOA has a password-protected member page hosting budgets, meeting minutes, and community documents; homeowners can submit work orders (with up to three photos), register for email communications, and pay assessments online. UPI runs a four-day work week (Monday-Thursday, 7:30AM-6:00PM) and is transitioning to a third-party lockbox in Atlanta effective January 1, 2026, indicating a deliberate move to outsource payment handling.

Revenue is generated primarily through HOA management fees charged to associations, supplemented by ancillary transactional revenue from estoppel report preparation and processing fees for title companies and real estate transactions. Pricing for HOA management is quote-based and not publicly disclosed; estoppel reports are sold on a fixed-fee basis ($299 for standard 5-7 business day delivery; $418 for expedited 2 business day delivery). There is no evidence of external funding, M&A activity, partnerships, or technology platform offerings — UPI is a focused, services-only local operator rather than a software-enabled scale business.

Name

University Properties Inc

Legal name

University Properties, Inc.

Website

https://univprop.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1979

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

University Properties, Inc. is a privately held Tampa, Florida property management firm founded in 1979 that provides full-service administrative, financial, and maintenance management to 60+ homeowner and condominium associations in Hillsborough and Pasco counties, supplemented by transactional estoppel-report services for title companies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

HOA and Community Association Property Management

NAICS

Residential Property Managers (531311)

SIC

Real Estate Agents & Managers (For Others) (6531)

akta.pro primary industry

HOA / Condominium Association Management (BPAJAFAH)

Keywords

• HOA property management
• Association management services
• Condominium association management
• Community association administration
• Estoppel report services

Headquarters

HQ city

Fargo

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. HOA Property Management Services: University Properties generates revenue through property management fees charged to homeowner associations. They also offer ancillary services including estoppel report preparation and processing fees for title companies and real estate transactions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

University Properties, Inc. (UPI) provides full-service property management for homeowner and condominium associations in Hillsborough and Pasco counties, Florida, including administrative, financial, maintenance oversight, and homeowner communication services. It also sells estoppel reports to title companies and real estate transaction parties through its online payments portal. The company has been operating under the UPI brand since 1979 and currently manages 60+ associations.

Product overview

University Properties, Inc. (UPI) is a property management company serving HOA and condominium associations in Hillsborough and Pasco counties, Florida. The company operates as a services-based business rather than a software product platform. Its core service offering consists of HOA/property association management, complemented by a payments portal for online HOA payments and estoppel report requests, work order submission, and informational resources for homeowners. The company manages numerous individual association accounts (referenced by number codes like 2225, 2300, etc.) with each having a dedicated member portal page. The business model centers on personalized property management rather than a unified software platform with modular products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• HOA and Condominium Association Management Services Full-service property management for homeowner and condominium associations in Hillsborough and Pasco counties, Florida, including administrative support, financial management, maintenance oversight, and homeowner communication services. Sold to HOA and condo association boards on a proposal-based, managed-services contract.
• Estoppel Report Service

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• Sentry Management: Long-tenured Florida-based community association management company headquartered in Longwood, FL. Directly comparable to UPI as a Florida-regional HOA management competitor with a similarly established client base of homeowner and condominium associations.
• RealManage: Multi-state community association management company serving HOAs, condominiums, and master-planned communities. Direct peer to UPI on the core service offering — full-service HOA board management — with comparable Florida-region coverage.
• FirstService Residential: One of North America's largest community association management firms, operating across Florida including Tampa Bay. Directly comparable to UPI as both serve HOA and condominium association boards with full-service management, just at vastly different scale.
• Castle Management Group: Florida-headquartered community association management firm serving HOA and condominium boards across the state. Closely comparable to UPI given its regional-Florida focus, board-management service model, and similar mid-market HOA client profile.
• Associa: Largest U.S. HOA and condominium association management company, with deep Florida presence. Directly competes with UPI on the same service mix — board administration, financial management, maintenance oversight — for HOA board contracts.

Broad incumbents

• AppFolio: Public property management software platform spanning residential, commercial, and community association use cases. Relevant adjacent incumbent because its community association module competes with the operational software layer that UPI uses to deliver HOA management services.
• Vantaca: Cloud-based community association management software platform used by many management firms and increasingly by self-managed HOAs. Comparable to UPI as it tackles the same HOA operational workflows (accounting, work orders, resident communication) that constitute UPI's daily service offering.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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