THE FLORIDA HOA & CONDO BLOG

ARCHIVES 2021

THANK YOU REPRESENTATIVE DAVID BORRERO!

By Eric Glazer, Esq.

Published November 15, 2021

A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog called “It’s Time To Stop A True Florida Farce.” I then wrote a blog thanking Senator ...

By Jan Bergemann

Published November 12, 2021

This year it is more important than ever before for boards to create a healthy budget – not a budget intended to guarantee ...

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DON’T WAIT TO THE LAST MINUTE…

By Rafael Aquino

Published November 10, 2021

It is irrefutable that the cost of living and goods have been going up the past couple of months and there is no end in ...

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GET READY FOR SOME STICKER SHOCK

By Eric Glazer, Esq.

Published November 8, 2021

In the last 24 hours I was told of two different association annual budgets going up massively for the coming year...

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HERE WE GO AGAIN….

By Jan Bergemann

Published November 5, 2021

William Sklar, the chair of the Florida Bar “Task Force” obviously hasn’t learned anything since he was the co-chair ...

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CHANGE IS COMING…

By Rafael Aquino

Published November 3, 2021

This year has come with many challenges. As we wrap up the budget season, we see that things will get more ...

By Eric Glazer, Esq.

Published November 1, 2021

Most community associations have their budget meeting in the month of November for the upcoming year. By doing it...

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IS IT SMARTER TO SELL?

By Jan Bergemann

Published October 29, 2021

Let’s face the sad truth: Many of the older condo hi-rises have not been maintained properly and are now facing ...

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NO TIME TO WASTE

By Rafael Aquino

Published October 27, 2021

This coming year we can expect to see many changes to association laws that will impact condo associations for ...

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DEVELOPERS ARE ON THE PROWL

By Eric Glazer, Esq.

Published October 25, 2021

I got a call this week from The Miami Herald. They asked if I had heard about the prominent developer who approached ...

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KNOWLEDGE IS POWER!

By Jan Bergemann

Published October 22, 2021

That’s the headline on our Educational Website of the CCFJ FOUNDATION. It was true in the Middle Ages – and it’s...

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CERTIFICATION SHOULD BE REQUIRED!!!

By Rafael Aquino

Published October 20, 2021

Having board members take a certification course to sit on a board only makes sense. Dealing with an educated board ...

By Eric Glazer, Esq.

Published October 18, 2021

A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog called It’s Time To Stop A True Florida Farce. The blog spoke about the fact that ...

By Jan Bergemann

Published October 15, 2021

Let’s be very honest: Since the Florida Supreme Court ruled that new legislation enacted by the Florida Legislature ...

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AMENDMENT STEP BY STEP

By Rafael Aquino

Published October 13, 2021

The Board of Directors is tasked with many responsibilities, one of them enforcing the rules within their community ...

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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 has practiced community association law for more than 2

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.

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.

Doral Office: 8200 NW 41^st ST

Suite 200

Doral, FL 33166

Broward Office: 150 S Pine Island RD Suite 300

Plantation, FL 33324

O: 800-977-6279 ● F: 305-325-4053

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 !