THE FLORIDA HOA & CONDO BLOG

ARCHIVES 2024

By Eric Glazer, Esq.

Published May 13, 2024

I’m thinking about that condo President, perhaps but not necessarily in a 55 and over community, who has been on the board ...

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MANDATORY WEBSITES?

By Jan Bergemann

Published May 10, 2024

It seems like the Florida Legislature is betting on websites in order to solve the permanent problem of record requests. Record ...

By Rafael Aquino

Published May 8, 2024

In today's digital age, the role of technology in managing condominium associations has become undeniably vital. As ...

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BIG CHANGES TO CONDO RECORD LAWS

By Eric Glazer, Esq.

Published May 6, 2024

There were even changes this year to the laws involving condominium records. For example, Florida Statute 718.111 ...

By Jan Bergemann

Published May 3, 2024

Owners have the absolute right to see what happens to the money they pay into the association coffers. And the Florida ...

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AUDIT vs FORENSIC AUDIT

By Rafael Aquino

Published May 1, 2024

For community association boards, financial oversight is a crucial responsibility. It's important to maintain transparency and ...

By Eric Glazer, Esq.

Published April 29, 2024

Here’s one law that applies to both condominiums and homeowner associations: Within 90 days after the end of the ...

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ARC – DICTATORIAL POWER TOOL?

By Jan Bergemann

Published April 26, 2024

The Florida Legislature has finally figured it out: ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEES were ...

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ARC PROCESS CHANGES HB1203

By Rafael Aquino

Published April 24, 2024

The changes made to the ARC process in HB 1203 will undoubtedly create more challenges for associations that have a ...

By Eric Glazer, Esq.

Published April 22, 2024

HB 1203 made some major changes regarding architectural review committees. To sum it up, their powers were greatly slashed...
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FINALLY: MANDATORY EDUCATION FOR BOARD MEMBERS

By Jan Bergemann

Published April 19, 2024

This year the Florida Legislature finally got the message: It is absolutely irresponsible to allow people run a community ...

By Rafael Aquino

Published April 17, 2024

As a seasoned professional in the management industry and an active participant in community association management ...

By Eric Glazer, Esq.

Published April 15, 2024

I think everyone reading this knows how long and how hard I have fought for mandatory education for Board members. ...

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FINANCIALS? OFTEN A TOTAL CHAOS!

By Jan Bergemann

Published April 12, 2024

There are lots of HOAs with million dollar budgets. But there are often treasurers who don’t know how many zeros ... Read more...

ARCHIVES 2024

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 !