Solar in Tampa has strong sun until the Gulf builds the afternoon cloud, and that pattern matters as much as the brochure sky. The roof still comes first. A cooked shingle field or a soft deck under an oak is a bad place to bolt rails. If the covering is near the end, the array will have to come off for the roof or the roof will be fought around the feet. Start with age, material, and shade from the oaks that define so many of these lots.
Gulf wind is the design problem for the attachment. Rails belong in structure, with flashing that can take wind-driven rain, not a screw through a shingle and a hope. Bayfront metal sees more salt than an inland roof. Say which one you are. Heat is the other thief. Modules lose output on a dark, hot slope, and Tampa attics already prove how hot that slope gets between storms. Late-day cloud off the water means the bright hours are not spread evenly. A layout that ignores that is a drawing, not a site.
Someone needs to stand on the roof. An aerial view cannot feel decking, see a cracked boot, or read a panel that is already full. Ask which module and which inverter are named, where the inverter will sit, and who you call when it goes quiet. Subdivision rules about the street-facing slope should be mentioned at the start, before a layout lands on a roof the association intends to argue about.
Ask who handles the permit and the utility permission to operate, and what happens if either one wants a change. This call is about the roof, the oak shade, the gulf wind, and the afternoon cloud. It is not a money conversation. If the covering has to be replaced, do that before the hardware goes down. Call the number on this page.