THE FLORIDA HOA & CONDO BLOG

ARCHIVES 2021

SUPPOSE YOUR DEC DOES NOT HAVE KAUFMAN LANGUAGE?

By Eric Glazer, Esq.

Published October 11, 2021

This is such an important topic that is often times difficult to teach. In a nutshell however, assume the following: 1. Your ...

By Jan Bergemann

Published October 8, 2021

An association website, used correctly, can be a very valuable tool – if it’s in the right hands. For communities ...

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WEBSITES ARE CRITICAL

By Rafael Aquino

Published October 6, 2021

As a management company, communication has always been a component of success. However, many factors can affect...

By Eric Glazer, Esq.

Published October 4, 2021

When the original bill was filed that required condominiums to have a website, the statute was only going to apply ...

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A CATASTROPHE ATTRACTS VULTURES!

By Jan Bergemann

Published October 2, 2021

Any catastrophe attracts vultures who are looking to make money out of the misery of others. We already read the news ...

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HARD DECISIONS MUST BE MADE

By Rafael Aquino

Published September 29, 2021

The day was going to up when the dust would settle, and a decision with what to do with the land at Champlain ...

By Eric Glazer, Esq.

Published September 27, 2021

I don’t envy Judge Michael Hanzman, the judge who is assigned to decide the fate of the property where the Champlain ...

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MEDIATION – DOES IT WORK?

By Jan Bergemann

Published September 24, 2021

Mediation only works if both parties are willing to compromise – and in many community association disputes...

By Rafael Aquino

Published September 22, 2021

While no two associations are alike, association living comes with many benefits. In most cases, owners ...

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TO ARBITRATE OR MEDIATE?

By Eric Glazer, Esq.

Published September 20, 2021

Prior to July 1^st, 2021 if a condominium dispute arose, the parties were forced to first arbitrate the matter before the...

By Jan Bergemann

Published September 17, 2021

Many of the old condo buildings in the State of Florida are facing serious structural repairs that will cost millions of ...

By Rafael Aquino

Published September 15, 2021

Life for Board members, managers, and residents would be much easier if associations had the necessary funds to ...

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 !