ARCHIVES 2022
PARTNERSHIPS ARE
CRUCIAL…
By
Rafael Aquino
Published August 3, 2022
Challenges are part of leadership and
sitting on a board or being a community association manager; whether
you like ...
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SOME OTHER NEW LAWS CONDOS MUST FOLLOW – PART TWO
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published August 1, 2022
DISTRIBUTION OF THE INSPECTION REPORTS:
Upon completion of a phase one or phase two milestone inspection and receipt
of the inspector-prepared summary of ...
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MORE LAWS – NO ENFORCEMENT!
By
Jan Bergemann
Published July
29, 2022
Let’s face it: The recently enacted CONDO SAFETY REFORM BILL
(SB 4-D) is definitely well intended, trying ...
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INVEST IN YOUR
ASSOCIATIONS FUTURE
By
Rafael Aquino
Published July 27, 2022
This year will be very interesting for
associations that don't have reserves or have minimal reserves. I
say this because...
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SOME OTHER NEW LAWS CONDOS MUST
FOLLOW – PART ONE
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published July 25, 2022
We all know by now the myriad of new safety laws condos that are
3 stories or more are required to follow. They ...
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DIVERSITY CREATES PROBLEMS!
By
Jan Bergemann
Published July 22, 2022
In his Blog on
Monday Eric named 5 European Countries that are – so far – not
overrun by immigration. Denmark ...
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HOW TO BE A GOOD
NEIGHBOR
By
Rafael Aquino
Published July 20, 2022
A little consideration goes a long way.
Read the following tips from eHow.com on how to be a good neighbor
beyond...
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OUR COMMUNITIES ARE THE MOST DIVERSE ON EARTH
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published July 18, 2022
I’m lucky and privileged. Over the past few summers, I
have had the opportunity to travel to so many of those countries
...
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FINANCIAL CHAOS?
By
Jan Bergemann
Published July 15, 2022
I don’t think
there is any doubt that the provisions contained in the
CONDO SAFETY REFORM BILL SB 4-D were ...
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HOW TO TERMINATE YOUR
CONDO?
By
Rafael Aquino
Published July 13, 2022
Termination may be at the top of
mind for many condo boards and associations that don't have the
money to follow...
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WILL THE NEW
LAWS BE DEVASTATING FINANCIALLY
TO SOME FLORIDA RESIDENTS?
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published July 11, 2022
In a word
--- YES. Are all these new laws really necessary? In a word
–YES. This is all happening due to a complete ...
246th BIRTHDAY – SHOULDN’T WE
ALL HAVE CELEBRATED?
By
Jan Bergemann
Published July
8, 2022
Well, normally a
birthday is a day to celebrate, a day to have fun and enjoy. But in
all reality I think our Founding Fathers...
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TIME IS NO LONGER ON YOUR SIDE
By
Rafael Aquino
Published July 6, 2022
The second half of the year is over,
and the talks of the United States being or going into recession are
intensifying. ..
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FOR ONE DAY……………
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published July 4, 2022
For the past 364 days we have all been labeled at one time
or another as either Democrat, Republican, Independent, ...
MANDATORY RESERVES
By
Jan Bergemann
Published July
1, 2022
Finally the
Florida Legislature got the message they should have gotten 20 years
ago: FULLY FUNDED RESERVES...
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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 more than 2
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decades and is the owner of Glazer
and Associates, P.A. a seven attorney law firm with offices in
Fort Lauderdale and Orlando and satellite offices in Naples,
Fort Myers and Tampa.
Since 2009, Eric has been the host of
Condo Craze and HOAs, a weekly one hour radio show that airs at noon
each Sunday on 850 WFTL.
See:
www.condocrazeandhoas.com.
He is the first attorney in the State of
Florida that designed a course that certifies condominium residents
as eligible to serve on a condominium Board of Directors and has now
certified more than 10,000 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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Doral, FL 33166
Broward Office: 150 S Pine Island RD Suite 300
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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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