2023
THE LIVE LOCAL ACT:
IMPLICATIONS FOR COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS
By
Rafael Aquino
Published September 27, 2023
For
centuries, the concept of altruism has been a guiding principle,
underpinning the very foundations of our ...
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FLORIDA’S NEW
“LIVE LOCAL” ACT
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published September 25, 2023
Here’s a new law that is already causing chaos in our
communities. As many of us are unfortunately already
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IDEA GOOD, LANGUAGE BAD!
By
Jan Bergemann
Published September
22, 2023
I agree with Eric about
HB 437 – many homeowners are welcoming this new law, but
it would be even more welcome ...
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FAIR AND EFFECTIVE HOA
ENFORCEMENT
By
Rafael Aquino
Published September 20, 2023
Homeowners Associations (HOAs)
are the backbone for maintaining harmony and the visual aesthetics
of many ...
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NEW HOA LAW IS WELCOMED BY MANY
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published September 18, 2023
There has
been so much talk about the new condo laws. However, one new HOA law is a major change to the
...
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WHY IS THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE
PROTECTING CRIMINALS?
By
Jan Bergemann
Published September 15, 2023
In the last
Legislative Session the Florida Legislature again refused to go
after criminals in community associations. They ...
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THE THREE CORE PRINCIPLES
OF COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
By
Rafael Aquino
Published September 13, 2023
Community
association board members are responsible for shaping harmonious
living spaces, ensuring financial stability, ...
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UNITED WE STAND – BUT DON’T DARE LEAVE YOUR SHOES OUTSIDE
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published September 11, 2023
For the rest of my life September 11th will always be
one of the toughest days of the year for me for obvious reasons.
I ...
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NO INTEREST IN YOUR INVESTMENT?
By
Jan Bergemann
Published September
8, 2023
I always wonder
why just a few owners are showing interest in the biggest investment
of their lives. For most folks buying ...
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PREPARING FOR
HURRICANE SEASON'S PEAK
By
Rafael Aquino
Published September 6, 2023
With just
one week until the peak of hurricane season on September 10th, it's
vital to emphasize that community ...
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A LABOR DAY TRADITION CONTINUES
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published September 4, 2023
Yves Takenenuf is a Board member at Black and Blue Condo, a 100
unit condo located in Central Florida that ...
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THE WINNERS: THE “SPECIALIZED” ATTORNEYS
By
Jan Bergemann
Published September 1, 2023
Let’s be very honest: At the beginning of the 2023 Legislative
Session owners of property in Florida’s community ...
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HOA VS CONDO LIVING
By
Rafael Aquino
Published August 30, 2023
Florida,
with its beautiful beaches, vibrant culture, and diverse
communities, offers an appealing lifestyle for ...
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HEY HOA OWNERS……DO YOU GUYS FEEL LIKE YOU’RE THE WINNERS?
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published August 28, 2023
If you live in an HOA
and have been a reader of this blog, you know that you have been
reading about the devastating...
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EXPECT HEATED BOARD MEETINGS!
By
Jan Bergemann
Published August
25, 2023
The media is
already full of reports about heated – or even chaotic – meetings of
condo boards. The reason: Much ...
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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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