2021

 

OUR BLOG TEAM IS ON A WELL-DESERVED VACATION FOR CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR UNTIL JANUARY 10, 2022.


NO EXECUTIVE ORDERS PREVENTING MEETINGS IN PERSON

By Jan Bergemann

Published December 17, 2021

There are no more executive orders that will allow boards to circumvent the Florida statutes regarding board- or ...

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ONLINE MEETINGS EQUAL…

By Rafael Aquino

Published December 15, 2021

Online meetings were common practice within the business community; however, it was less seen in the association ...

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SO DO WE NEED IN PERSON MEETINGS OR NOT?

By Eric Glazer, Esq.

Published December 13, 2021

I mean no disrespect to anyone who suffered from Covid or who had a family member suffer from Covid over the last ...

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DEVELOPER OR BULK BUYER?

By Jan Bergemann

Published December 10, 2021

When in doubt about association control always check out FS 718.301. This chapter explains in detail who controls ...

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CONDO TERMINATION

By Rafael Aquino

Published December 8, 2021  

While terminating a condo has its challenges over the past several years, I've seen a higher interest from developers/investors...

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BULK BUYERS BEWARE: YOU MIGHT NOT BE A “BULK BUYER” AFTER ALL

By Eric Glazer, Esq.

Published December 6, 2021

After the financial crisis of 2007 and 2008, The Florida Legislature passed the “bulk buyer” statute.  The purpose ...

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PRIVACY IN A CONDO?

By Jan Bergemann

Published December 3, 2021

Fights over the right of the association to enter (inspect) the units whenever they find a good excuse is a pretty common...

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ACCESS IS NECESSARY

By Rafael Aquino

Published December 1, 2021  

Living in a condo association comes with many benefits, such as an added layer of support for managing the items ...

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THE RIGHT OF ENTRY INTO A CONDOMINIUM UNIT

By Eric Glazer, Esq.

Published November 29, 2021

I have been lucky over the past two weeks, having won a few condominium arbitration cases.  One of the cases ...

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HAPPY TO LIVE IN FLORIDA!

By Jan Bergemann

Published November 26, 2021

Sorry, but I’m still too stuffed from all the good food I ate on Thanksgiving Day – too lazy to write a long blog. We ...

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GRATEFUL

By Rafael Aquino

Published November 24, 2021  

As this year comes close to an end, I wanted to take a moment to express how honored and humbled I am to have ...

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THANKSGIVING IS BECOMING A TOUGH HOLIDAY

By Eric Glazer, Esq.

Published November 22, 2021

Who doesn’t love the tradition of Thanksgiving?  It starts off with The Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade from the morning...

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KNOWLEDGE IS POWER!

By Jan Bergemann

Published November 19, 2021

And you can only get knowledge through EDUCATION. That’s why it is really important that Senate Bill SB 394 ...

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NOW IS THE TIME FOR CHANGE

By Rafael Aquino

Published November 3, 2021  

Change is part of life, and it comes in many shapes and forms. For our industry, we usually see a change to our laws ...

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About HOA & Condo Blog

Eric Glazer

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.

 

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.



As the Co-Founder and CEO of Affinity Management Services, Rafael P. Aquino leads his team to redefine excellence. They serve community   associations   efficiently

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

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  

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 !