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ARCHIVES 2024

WARNING…IF YOU’RE STILL THINKING THAT IT WON’T HAPPEN……

By Eric Glazer, Esq.

Published September 9, 2024

We are living in some incredible times right now in the world of condominiums. Many years from now, we will look ...

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THE BLAME GAME IS ON!

By Jan Bergemann

Published September 6, 2024

No matter what media outlet report you are watching or reading, the blame game is on. Condo owners in hi-rises are ...

By Rafael Aquino

Published September 4, 2024

As a leader, your primary role is to set the direction and empower your team to achieve the goals you've outlined. ...

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A LABOR DAY TRADITION CONTINUES

By Eric Glazer, Esq.

Published September 2, 2024

Neda Vacacion is the President of Creepy Crawl Condo in Broward County. Neda couldn’t be happier that Labor Day is ...

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SELLING YOUR HOME?

By Jan Bergemann

Published August 30, 2024

Considering the fact that many older hi-rise condominium buildings are badly maintenance and in need of very costly structural ...

By Rafael Aquino

Published August 28, 2024

As headlines increasingly warn of a looming crisis in the condo market, many boards are feeling the pressure. Stories of ...

By Eric Glazer, Esq.

Published August 26, 2024

Wow! How quickly things change. We’ve spoken about on the Condo Craze and HOAs show about a recent Miami case involving ...

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FULLY FUNDED RESERVES?

By Jan Bergemann

Published August 23, 2024

Since more than 20 years Florida Statutes 718.112 call for funding reserves, but left the option open for owners to vote down ...

By Rafael Aquino

Published August 21, 2024

In recent months, the media has amplified the voices of condominium owners frustrated by rising fees, often painting ...

By Eric Glazer, Esq.

Published August 19, 2024

Even the possibility of The Florida Legislature going into Special Session in order to solve this alleged condo crisis is insane...

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HOW TO TERMINATE A CONDO?

By Jan Bergemann

Published August 16, 2024

There are nice ways to terminate a condo – and there are nasty ways. And both seem to work! The NICE WAY: A developer ...

By Rafael Aquino

Published August 14, 2024

Condominium management's intricate dance between regulation and market forces is ever-present. Regulations are vital ...

By Eric Glazer, Esq.

Published August 12, 2024

Last week in my blog, I discussed how developers attempt to buy enough units in order to vote to Terminate the condominium...

By Jan Bergemann

Published August 9, 2024

Developers were licking their chops after condo bills SB-4 and HB 1021 took effect. Owners of older buildings, facing ...

By Rafael Aquino

Published August 7, 2024

As we look forward in the world of community association management, it's becoming increasingly clear that the impacts ...

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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 !