2023
SB 154 – MAKE SERVICE PROVIDERS RICH!
By
Jan Bergemann
Published June
9, 2023
Well, if you read through the bill, you’ll find that there are
really all kinds of provisions that will make the so-called ...
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THE IMPORTANCE OF
CERTIFICATION FOR ALL BOD’S
By
Rafael Aquino
Published
June 7, 2023
Over the past four weeks, we have been discussing the significant
changes that are on the horizon for condominium...
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SB 154 – PART FOUR – NEW LAWS
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published June 5, 2023
CORRECTION: IN A PRIOR BLOG IT WAS NOTED THAT THE FLOOR AND
FOUNDATION STILL NEEDS...
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DEADLINE: JANUARY 2026
By
Jan Bergemann
Published
June 2, 2023
SB 154 determined
that each hi-rise building (3 stories or 75 ft.) -- condo or co-op –
has to create fully funded reserves ...
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REINFORCING RESERVES FOR
SUCCESS
By
Rafael Aquino
Published May 31, 2023
In today's blog, we will explore the significance of embracing
positive change and the advantages of the ...
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SB 154 – PART THREE – NEW LAWS
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published May 29, 20
Again, in a budget adopted by an association that is required to
obtain a structural integrity reserve study, reserves must ...
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SB 154 -- WHO PAYS FOR ALL OF THESE PROVISIONS?
By
Jan Bergemann
Published May 26, 2023
If condo owners have hoped that the bill – supposedly clarifying
lots of provisions that were enacted by the so-called ...
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PREPARING FOR SB154
By
Rafael Aquino
Published May 24, 2023
Community associations must proactively
prepare for the implications of SB 154, focusing on the Structural
Integrity...
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SB 154 – PART TWO – NEW LAWS
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published May 22, 2023
THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY RESERVE STUDY
(g)
Structural integrity reserve study.— A residential ...
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DID SB 154 SOLVE ALL PROBLEMS?
By
Jan Bergemann
Published May
19, 2023
The answer to
this important question: DEFINITELY NOT! Senate bill
SB 154 – soon on the way to the Governor's ...
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SB154 DID IT BRING
CLARITY?
By
Rafael Aquino
Published May 17, 2023
In response to the challenges faced
during the implementation of SB 4-D in 2022, the Florida legislature
has ...
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SB 154 – PART ONE -- NEW LAWS
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published May 15, 2023
Over the next few weeks, we will be blogging about the new laws
The Florida Legislature passed, as they relate to ...
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HOW TO KILL A PERFECTLY GOOD BILL?
By
Jan Bergemann
Published May 12, 2023
Ask the
EXPERT: Incoming speaker State Representative DANIEL
PEREZ (R-Miami- Distr.116)! In my opinion ...
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SOME OF THE MUST HAVE’S
DURING TURNOVER
By
Rafael Aquino
Published May 10, 2023
When a community association is turned
over, several critical components must be provided to ensure the
smooth...
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THE NEW LAWS: DEVELOPERS ARE PROTECTED
YET AGAIN
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published May 8, 2023
When a community gets turned over from developer control to unit
owner control, the unit owners typically hire experts...
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STATUTES ONLY FOR THE RICH!
By
Jan Bergemann
Published
May 5, 2023
Let’s face it:
The community association bills that have been enacted by the
Florida Legislature in all these years are in ...
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BOARD MEMBERS AND THE
BUSINESS JUDGMENT RULE
By
Rafael Aquino
Published May 3, 2023
Association board members have the
challenging task of governing and managing the affairs of their
communities. ...
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IT’S BETTER TO BE
RICH
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published May 1, 2023
After
litigating for 32 years here is what I learned for sure.
When litigating, it’s better to be rich. I understand that
may ...
WHAT WEBSITES?
By
Jan Bergemann
Published April 28, 2023
I guess the Florida Legislature thought they did a great job to
assure transparency in condominiums when they enacted ...
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WHY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION WEBSITES ARE ESSENTIAL FOR
TRANSPARENCY
By
Rafael Aquino
Published April 26, 2023
Community associations, whether condominiums,
co-ops, or HOAs, are responsible for providing transparency to
their...
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COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION WEBSITES
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published April 24, 2023
As you all know by now, Florida condominiums having 150 or more
units must have a website that only owners can ...
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WATCH OUT FOR BAD CONTRACTS
By
Jan Bergemann
Published April
21, 2023
Every association
requires contracts, meaning every board has to figure out if the
contract is good or bad. The problem ...
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WHY WE CAN’T REVIEW LEGAL
DOCUMENTS
By
Rafael Aquino
Published April 19, 2023
As a community association manager, you
are responsible for overseeing and managing the operations of an
association...
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PENNY WISE POUND FOOLISH
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published April 17, 2023
In light of the new laws requiring mandatory inspections,
mandatory repairs and mandatory reserve studies, some as ...
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UPDATE ON CONDO BILL SB 154
By
Jan Bergemann
Published April
14, 2023
The big
CONDO RELIEF BILL SB 154 made it through the Senate
after undergoing many changes in various committees...
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YOUR APPROACH CAN CHANGE THE OUTCOME
By
Rafael Aquino
Published April 12, 2023
As a community association board
member, one of the challenges you may face is dealing with difficult
residents...
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WHEN YOU CAN’T JUST WALK AWAY
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published April 10, 2023
A few weeks
ago, I wrote a column about what Board members should do when
they are confronted with a person ...
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CHEATING WITH ELECTIONS?
By
Jan Bergemann
Published
April 7, 2023
Both Florida Condo
and HOA statutes eliminate the voting rights of an owner who is
more than 90 days delinquent on ...
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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 radio show that airs at 11:00 a.m.
each Sunday on 850 WFTL.
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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