ARCHIVES 2023
BUT THEY DON’T EVEN LIVE HERE!
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published October 9, 2023
Election
season is beginning in all of our condos and HOAs. Now is the
time that most of your associations are sending out...
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NO MORE CHINESE VIRUS!
By
Jan Bergemann
Published
October 6, 2023
Honestly, I’m
sick and tired of all these “regulations” that were forced on us by
our Federal government. I had enough ...
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RECOGNIZING THE
RESILIENCE & DEDICATION OF ASSOCIATIONS
By
Rafael Aquino
Published October 4, 2023
The advent
of the COVID-19 pandemic introduced a landscape fraught with
unparalleled challenges. Few could...
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UNFORTUNATELY – BACK TO COVID-19 FOR A MOMENT
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published October 2, 2023
In 2020 when Covid was roaring, I had lots of questions
thrown at me regarding what Boards can and cannot do ...
“LIVE LOCAL” ACT – A GOOD IDEA?
By
Jan Bergemann
Published September 29, 2023
Governor
Ron DeSantis signed SB
102 – dubbed the “LIVE LOCAL” Act – into
law. In my opinion this bill was a bad idea ...
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THE LIVE LOCAL ACT:
IMPLICATIONS FOR COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS
By
Rafael Aquino
Published September 27, 2023
For
centuries, the concept of altruism has been a guiding principle,
underpinning the very foundations of our ...
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FLORIDA’S NEW
“LIVE LOCAL” ACT
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published September 25, 2023
Here’s a new law that is already causing chaos in our
communities. As many of us are unfortunately already
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IDEA GOOD, LANGUAGE BAD!
By
Jan Bergemann
Published September
22, 2023
I agree with Eric about
HB 437 – many homeowners are welcoming this new law, but
it would be even more welcome ...
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FAIR AND EFFECTIVE HOA
ENFORCEMENT
By
Rafael Aquino
Published September 20, 2023
Homeowners Associations (HOAs)
are the backbone for maintaining harmony and the visual aesthetics
of many ...
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more..
NEW HOA LAW IS WELCOMED BY MANY
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published September 18, 2023
There has
been so much talk about the new condo laws. However, one new HOA law is a major change to the
...
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WHY IS THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE
PROTECTING CRIMINALS?
By
Jan Bergemann
Published September 15, 2023
In the last
Legislative Session the Florida Legislature again refused to go
after criminals in community associations. They ...
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THE THREE CORE PRINCIPLES
OF COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
By
Rafael Aquino
Published September 13, 2023
Community
association board members are responsible for shaping harmonious
living spaces, ensuring financial stability, ...
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UNITED WE STAND – BUT DON’T DARE LEAVE YOUR SHOES OUTSIDE
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published September 11, 2023
For the rest of my life September 11th will always be
one of the toughest days of the year for me for obvious reasons.
I ...
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NO INTEREST IN YOUR INVESTMENT?
By
Jan Bergemann
Published September
8, 2023
I always wonder
why just a few owners are showing interest in the biggest investment
of their lives. For most folks buying ...
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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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Suite 200
Doral, FL 33166
Broward Office: 150 S Pine Island RD Suite 300
Plantation, FL 33324
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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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