ARCHIVES 2021
IS YOUR FINING PROCESS FINE?
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published May 24, 2021
Prior to 2010 Florida law only allowed the association to fine for violations
of the governing documents, if the ...
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LOTS OF NEW COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
LAWS
By
Jan Bergemann
Published May
21, 2021 This
year’s legislative session created lots of new provisions in the
community association statutes. Especially
SB 630 -- Community
Associations ...
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IMPORTANCE OF BOARD
CERTIFICATION
By
Rafael Aquino
Published May 19, 2021
This year brings many changes to our association laws, and many are
have been needed for some time. These changes...
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HERE ARE THE NEW LAWS EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published May 17, 2021
So The Florida Legislature has ended their session and I’m sure
everyone wants to know what association laws ...
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NEW LAW DISAPPOINTS CERTAIN
ATTORNEYS
By
Jan Bergemann
Published May
14, 2021
Quite a few Florida attorneys were already salivating over the idea
to sue associations for the idea to sue associations for ...
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COVID RESTRICTIONS
By
Rafael Aquino
Published May 12, 2021
There has been a great
deal of hesitation by some associations to reopen amenities such as
pools, gyms, ...
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SUING YOUR ASSOCIATION ALLEGING YOU CAUGHT COVID? GOOD LUCK!
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published May 10, 2021
Many community associations have been scared to open their pools
or exercise rooms during the past year ...
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RECORD REQUESTS – LENGTHY LAWS, NO
ENFORCEMENT!
By
Jan Bergemann
Published May
7, 2021
When State
Representative Julio Robaina added
FS 718.501(1)(d)7. to the Condo Act, we thought we had
...
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COVID 19: SOME RELIEF FOR
ASSOCIATIONS
By
Rafael Aquino
Published May 5, 2021
Associations have, for the most, tried to keep up with the many
executive orders and government guidelines from ...
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LIMITING ACCESS TO RECORDS – IT AIN’T EASY.
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published May 3, 2021
Almost every association I ever represented complains about the
community pest who won’t stop asking for ...
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UPDATE OF IMPORTANT BILLS
By
Jan Bergemann
Published
May 1, 2021
Today will be the last day of the
2021 Legislative Session in Florida. All our Community Association
Priority Bills ...
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GUIDELINES FOR ASSOCIATION RECORDS
REQUEST
By
Rafael Aquino
Published April 28, 2021
Associations’ will always have someone interested in accessing
official records. The following are some basic ...
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IOWA SUPREME COURT BRINGS COMMON SENSE TO THE EMOTIONAL SUPPORT
ANIMAL ISSUE
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published April 26, 2021
The Supreme Court of Iowa came out with a big decision regarding
emotional support animal law that I’m hoping ...
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LEGISLATIVE SESSION UPDATE
By
Jan Bergemann
Published April
23, 2021
I’ve said in the last two weeks what
I think about ESA (Emotional Support Animals). So this week I am
blogging about an issue dear to my heart: Legislative Reforms: ...
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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 Office: 8200 NW 41st 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
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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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