THE FLORIDA HOA & CONDO BLOG

ARCHIVES 2015

By Eric Glazer, Esq.

Published October 12, 2015

This is the time of year that my family starts to see less and less of me. I’m writing this column from a hotel room in Bradenton, ...

WEARING TWO HATS?

By Jan Bergemann

Published October 9, 2015

We see it all the time in our community associations: Board members wanting to be vendors as well, or even community association ...

YOU CAN, BUT SHOULD YOU?

By Darlys Walker

Published October 7, 2015

As Eric stated the Florida statute does allow for Boards to hire a Board member company to perform work for the Association...

By Eric Glazer, Esq.

Published October 5, 2015

Let’s say your condominium building needs a paint job. It just so happens that the President of the association is the owner of a general ....

“I’M SORRY” NO LONGER FASHIONABLE

By Jan Bergemann

Published October 2, 2015

When I grew up people quickly apologized – saying I’m sorry – even if they didn’t really do anything wrong. It was just the polite thing to ...

IF WE ARE APOLOGIZING

By Darlys Walker

Published September 30, 2015

There are a few more apologies that should be heard in your community, especially if you are in an HOA with little regulation to fall back...

SAYING I’M SORRY

By Eric Glazer, Esq.

Published September 28, 2015

Last week was the holiest day of the year for me. It was Yom Kippur. It’s the day we atone for our sins. It’s a day that we say I’m sorry ..

YOUR HOME IS YOUR CASTLE?

By Jan Bergemann

Published September 25, 2015

Not in the USA. You can get kicked out of your home in a heart-beat, even without the enemy (community association or investor) ...

By Darlys Walker

Published September 23, 2015

As LCAM’s and having served in Property Management for 30+ years, we have dealt with many issues. The most difficult is dealing ...

By Eric Glazer, Esq.

Published September 21, 2015

Sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction. About two weeks ago, I get a call early in the morning from the President of a condominium ...

By Jan Bergemann

Published September 18, 2015

In my opinion the provisions regarding record requests in the Florida statutes regulating community associations are very detailed and easy ...

Electronic Information Please

By Darlys Walker

Published September 16, 2015

Over the past three years I’ve made it very clear how I feel about CAMs and Boards refusing to provide any and all information to ....

THE NEVER ENDING RECORDS REQUESTS

By Eric Glazer, Esq.

Published September 14, 2015

Everyone knows that whether you live in a condominium or an HOA, your association has an obligation to provide the unit owners ...

BEING A BOARD MEMBER – AN EASY JOB?

By Jan Bergemann

Published September 11, 2015

There are still too many people out there who think that being a board member – or even being called PRESIDENT – lifts their ...

LET THE FUN BEGIN

By Darlys Walker

Published September 9, 2015

I hope each of you had a wonderfully relaxing Labor Day. Unfortunately, now it’s time to roll up your sleeves and get down to the crazy ...

About HOA & Condo Blog

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, 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 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 !