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2025
WHY BOARD EDUCATION
ISN'T JUST ABOUT THE LAWS - IT'S ABOUT LEADERSHIP
By
Rafael Aquino
Published February 19, 2025
Mandatory board education in Florida has been a resounding
success, proving that board members are not looking for an easy
...
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THE CRITICS WERE ALL WRONG
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published February 17, 2025
All of
you know that for more than a decade, I have fought
vigorously to make condo and HOA education mandatory for all
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TRANSPARENCY? REALLY?
By
Jan Bergemann
Published
February 14, 2025
We hear so
much about transparency and the right of owners to inspect all
kinds of records – the statutes even list all the records ...
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BEYOND THE BOARDROOM: WHAT IT TAKES
TO MANAGE LARGE-SCALE PROJECTS
By
Rafael Aquino
Published February 12, 2025
Managing a community is never easy, and when major repairs
arise—especially those tied to life safety and structural ...
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BEFORE YOU GO BAD-MOUTHING YOUR BOARD
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published February 10, 2025
REGULATORY AGENCY FOR HOAs (FS 720)?
By
Jan Bergemann
Published
February 7, 2025
Well, it
looks like a good start for something that is long overdue: A
REGULATORY AGENCY for homeowners’ associations? ...
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WILL AN HOA OMBUDSMAN
HELP OR HINDER GOVERNANCE?
By
Rafael Aquino
Published February 5, 2025
Eric
Glazer’s recent article asked an important question:
Have the prayers of HOA owners been answered? With HB
137 ...
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HAVE THE PRAYERS OF HOA OWNERS BEEN ANSWERED?
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published February 3, 2025
The first bills of the Florida
legislative session have been filed. One, HB 137
(Representative Edmonds) and its companion ...
NO CONDO BILLS IN SPECIAL SESSION!
By
Jan Bergemann
Published January
31, 2025
Many media
articles gave condo owners the false hope that the special
session called by Governor Ron DeSantis would deal...
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THE COST OF
WAITING: CONDO ASSOCIATIONS WILL FACE BIGGER CHALLENGES
By
Rafael Aquino
Published January 29, 2025
2025 has arrived, bringing the most significant changes Florida
condominium associations have ever faced. The Structural ...
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2025 – THE BEGINNING OF MASSIVE
CHANGES TO OUR CONDO COMMUNITIES
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published January 27, 2025
There are certain years that
are more defining than others. Certain years that
stand out. Well, if you live in a Florida condominium
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ELECTION DISPUTES?
By
Jan Bergemann
Published January
24, 2025
We have this
week, because of the results of the general election in
November, a new President in the White House. This ...
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THE CHALLENGE OF
COMPLAINTS VS ACTION IN COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS
By
Rafael Aquino
Published January 22, 2025
Community associations often face a barrage of complaints from
residents about everything from maintenance delays to budget ...
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OUT WITH THE OLD……….IN WITH THE NEW
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published January 20, 2025
Whether
you’re happy about today’s Presidential Inauguration or not,
one thing is for sure and for certain; it’s going ...
SAFETY FIRST?
By
Jan Bergemann
Published January 17, 2025
When I see each year the bills for condominiums (FS 718), it
seems to me like SAFETY is not a real priority for many condo
...
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THE COST OF SAFETY:
WHY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS MUST ACT WITHOUT DELAY
By
Rafael Aquino
Published January 15, 2025
Safety in
community associations is non-negotiable. As board members, your
decisions directly impact your residents' ...
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FLORIDA DOING WHAT IT CAN TO PROTECT AGAINST FIRES
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published January 13, 2025
What a terrible, tragic, horrific, sad, frightening and
disappointing week it has been in Los Angeles. There
are almost ...
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BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU!
By
Jan Bergemann
Published January 10, 2025
During
the last few years under the Biden government we have seen
agencies – like the US Treasury – making all kinds of ...
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UNSEEN CHALLENGES OF
MANAGING COMPLIANCE (CTA) IN ASSOCIATIONS
By
Rafael Aquino
Published January 8, 2025
As
community association managers, we often navigate the
complexities of ever-evolving legislation. The Corporate ...
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THE CORPORATE
TRANSPARENCY ACT FIASCO IS FINALLY SETTLED -- FOR THIS WEEK THAT
IS
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published January 6, 2025
I can’t tell you how many e-mails and calls I received about
whether condo associations and HOAs must comply with a ...
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About
HOA & Condo Blog
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Eric Glazer graduated from the University
of Miami School of Law in 1992 after receiving a B.A.
from NYU. He has practiced community association law for
three decades and is the owner of Glazer and Sachs, P.A.
a five attorney law firm with offices in Fort Lauderdale
and Orlando.
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Eric is Board Certified by The Florida Bar in
Condominium and Planned Development Law.
Since 2009, Eric
has been the host of Condo Craze and HOAs, a weekly one-hour
show airing at 7 p.m. each Thursday on YouTube. This show allows
viewers to engage in live chats with Eric and other participants
but also enables a broader audience to access free advice,
making valuable insights more widely available.
See:
www.condocrazeandhoas.com.
Eric is the first attorney in the State of
Florida that designed a course that certifies condominium and
HOA residents as eligible to serve on a Board of Directors and
has now certified more than 20,000 Floridians all across the
state. He is certified as a Circuit Court Mediator by The
Florida Supreme Court and has mediated dozens of disputes
between associations and unit owners. Eric also devotes
significant time to advancing legislation in the best interest
of Florida community association members.
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As the Co-Founder and CEO
of Affinity Management Services, Rafael P. Aquino leads his team to
redefine excellence. They serve community associations
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and effectively with
dedication and passion. Rafael’s energy and positive
spirit is the foundation of Affinity Management
Services’ company culture, which instills enthusiasm and
excitement when providing expert advice to its board
members and relieving the day-to-day burdens of running
a community association.
Since 2007, Rafael has
developed a work culture that values responsive and
high-quality services. He has led his team by following
a proactive vs reactive philosophy. The same approach
Rafael instills in the day to day operations of each
association. Today, Affinity Management Services
maintains its success and benefits as a result of the
foundation Rafael has built and continues to foster by
providing educational seminars, continuing education
classes for association managers and board members
alike.
Rafael and his team help condominium and homeowners’
associations save money and improve their communities.
His calm, personable, and service-oriented nature helps
him to establish strong relationships with ease. Rafael
is known as a sincere and honest leader who looks out
for the best interests of his clients and communities,
and he strongly advocates for their needs. His role
requires coordination and communication, as such he
takes logical and intelligent steps to approach
challenges head-on.
As a graduate of Florida International University’s
electrical engineering program and a licensed community
association manager, Rafael’s education and skills equip
him with unique insights to tackle complex problems
through critical thinking. He understands how each
component within a system works together in order to
effectively arrive at solutions, techniques, and
conclusions. Therefore, as he manages the multiple
challenges of running a community association management
company, he understands how each property is its own
unique system and tailors’ specific services to assure
that all their needs are met.
For more information about Rafael P. Aquino and Affinity
Management Services please visit
www.ManagedByAffinity.com or call 1-800-977-6279.
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Jan Bergemann is president of Cyber Citizens For Justice,
Florida
's largest state-wide property owners' advocacy group.
CCFJ works on legislation to help owners living in
community
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associations. He moved to
Florida
in 1995 - hoping to retire. He moved into a HOA, where the
developer cheated the homeowners and used the association dues
for his own purposes. End of retirement!
CCFJ was born in the year 2000, when some owners met in
Tallahassee
- finding out that power is only in numbers. Bergemann was a
member of Governor Jeb Bush's HOA Task force in 2003/2004.
The organization has two websites to inform interested
Florida
homeowners and condo owners:
News Website: http://www.ccfj.net/.
Educational Website: http://www.ccfjfoundation.net/.
We think that only owners can really represent owners, since all
service providers surely have a different interest! We are
trying to create owner-friendly laws, but the best laws are
useless without enforcement. And enforcement is totally lacking
in
Florida
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