ARCHIVES 2014

TAPES FROM SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS – PUBLIC RECORDS OR NOT?

By Jan Bergemann

Published January 31, 2014

Wherever we go, it seems that surveillance cameras are following us. More and more community associations install surveillance cameras all over the ...

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SOMEBODY IS WATCHING ME!

By Darlys Walker

Published January 29, 2014

Nowadays cameras are everywhere and it seems, someone is always watching.  Let’s say the Association has cameras located throughout the ...

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SMILE ---- YOU’RE ON CANDID CAMERA

By Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published January 27, 2014
In a post 9/11 world, big brother is watching us like never before. Walk into any business and you can bet you’re on camera being video taped. Same...

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ANNUAL MEETINGS? A REQUIREMENT BY STATUTES!

By Jan Bergemann

Published January 24, 2014

Every association is required by law to have an annual meeting. Sounds easy, right? It’s definitely not as easy as it sounds! Especially in homeowners’...

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Exceeding Expectations

By Darlys Walker

Published January 22, 2014 

While it may be true that Florida Statues only require the Board of Directors to hold one meeting per year, the Annual Meeting, Board Members need to ...

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THE ANNUAL MEETING ---- THE ONE NECESSITY

By Eric Glazer, Esq.

Published January 20, 2014

Many owners in both condominiums and home owner associations are surprised to learn that the Florida Statutes really don't require your ...

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MATERIAL ALTERATIONS – HOW DIFFICULT CAN IT BE?

By Jan Bergemann

Published January 17, 2014

It’s just amazing how two simple words can create such a multitude of interpretations. As you have seen in Eric’s blog on Monday even ...

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IDENTIFICATION DILEMMA

By Darlys Walker

Published January 15, 2014

There is always confusion over what is considered a “material change”. Eric’s advice of “All Boards should be careful and get the advice of counsel ...

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MATERIAL ALTERATIONS – LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP

By Eric Glazer, Esq.

Published January 13, 2014

Today we discuss an often litigated topic, "material alterations."  As many of you know, a board of directors in a condominium can't make ...

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SOMEBODY IS WATCHING ME!

By Darlys Walker

Published January 29, 2014

Nowadays cameras are everywhere and it seems, someone is always watching.  Let’s say the Association has cameras located throughout the ...

Read more...


SMILE ---- YOU’RE ON CANDID CAMERA

By Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published January 27, 2014
In a post 9/11 world, big brother is watching us like never before. Walk into any business and you can bet you’re on camera being video taped. Same...

Read more...


ANNUAL MEETINGS? A REQUIREMENT BY STATUTES!

By Jan Bergemann

Published January 24, 2014

Every association is required by law to have an annual meeting. Sounds easy, right? It’s definitely not as easy as it sounds! Especially in homeowners’...

Read more...


Exceeding Expectations

By Darlys Walker

Published January 22, 2014 

While it may be true that Florida Statues only require the Board of Directors to hold one meeting per year, the Annual Meeting, Board Members need to ...

Read more...


THE ANNUAL MEETING ---- THE ONE NECESSITY

By Eric Glazer, Esq.

Published January 20, 2014

Many owners in both condominiums and home owner associations are surprised to learn that the Florida Statutes really don't require your ...

Read more...


MATERIAL ALTERATIONS – HOW DIFFICULT CAN IT BE?

By Jan Bergemann

Published January 17, 2014

It’s just amazing how two simple words can create such a multitude of interpretations. As you have seen in Eric’s blog on Monday even ...

Read more...



 

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 is currently entering his 20th year as a Florida lawyer practicing

community association law and is the owner of Glazer and Associates, P.A. an eight attorney law firm in Orlando and Hollywood. For the past two years Eric has been the host of Condo Craze and HOAs, a weekly one hour radio show 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 6,000 Floridians. He is certified as a Circuit Court Mediator by The Florida Supreme Court and has mediated dozens of disputes between associations and unit owners. Finally, he recently argued the Cohn v. Grand Condominium case before The Florida Supreme Court, which is perhaps the single most important association law case decided by the court in a decade. 


Darlys Walker Darlys Walker, Founder and CEO of Condominium Concepts Management, Inc. (CCM), is recognized for her straight talk, subject matter expertise, and valued insights regarding real  

state management, leasing, and HOAs. Her company serves a diverse portfolio of properties, from 16-units up to 600 as well as large mixed-use developments.  

 

   From its beginnings in 2000, CCM has become a well-respected asset manager and now works with over 100 associations with 16,000 units served by over 300 employees. Darlys and her team deliver resources and responsiveness through six regional offices - in Orlando, Miami, Jacksonville, Charleston, Nashville and Atlanta.

  

   Darlys Walker is best known for her passion and precision, understanding that the only difference that matters in today's demanding marketplace is service delivery ... doing what is promised and what is right. She knows that every community serves two masters ... the property owner/developer and the resident/homeowner. "If we are not equally responsive to both, we are not doing our job," she states.  

 

   Her clients say it best: "Darlys really knows her stuff" ... "at the top of her profession and it shows in the caliber of her clients" ... "delivers quality resources that match up well with needs and expectations that are really rigorous."  

 

   She is a licensed Real Estate Broker in four states, holds an Associate's Degree in Marketing and has earned the Accredited Real Estate Manager designation from the Georgia Institute of Real Estate Management. Also she is one of few certified as a Lead-Based Paint Abatement & Removal Trainer in Georgia.

  

   Darlys Walker and her team have been selected to manage the condominium conversion process and day-to-day operations for many of the Southeast's most high-profile condominium communities including luxury high-rises, mid-rises and garden-style homes. Most recently she has been recognized as an expert in 're-versions' of communities from condominiums to leased homes, as well as repositioning projects. A visionary and a tireless perfectionist, Darlys demonstrates hands-on leadership, working individually with each client and staff associate to achieve defined business outcomes and satisfaction.  

  For more information about Darlys Walker and Condominium Concepts Management, Inc. please visit www.condominiumconcepts.com.

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 !