ARCHIVES 2024

 

TRANSPARENCY & ACCOUNTABILITY 

By Rafael Aquino

Published April 10, 2024  

The adoption of House Bill 1203 represents a transformative moment for homeowners' associations (HOAs) in Florida, ...

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HOUSE BILL 1203 -- CONTINUED

By Eric Glazer, Esq.

Published April 8, 2024

Week after week we are telling owners in both condos and HOAs of new rights regarding access to records, financial ...

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CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS IN HOAs?

By Jan Bergemann

Published April 5, 2024

The Hammocks case made it possible: HB 1203 is making criminal investigations in homeowners’ associations much ...

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OPEN FOR ALL MEMBERS 

By Rafael Aquino

Published April 3, 2024  

In today's world, everyone needs to be able to see what's going on, especially in Homeowners Associations (HOAs)...

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WHEN LAW ENFORCEMENT WANTS THE ASSOCIATION’S RECORDS

By Eric Glazer, Esq.

Published April 1, 2024

An HOA here in South Florida recently fought the State Attorney’s Office tooth and nail when they attempted to ..

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HB 1203 – BOARD MEMBERS BEWARE!

By Jan Bergemann

Published March 29, 2024

In the past board members were pretty much protected against prosecution other than embezzlement of funds. That might ...

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EMBRACING DIGITAL SOLUTIONS IN HOA MANAGEMENT

By Rafael Aquino

Published March 27, 2024  

The introduction of HB 1203 underlines a critical shift towards accountability and transparency, particularly concerning ...

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FROM NOW ON………HOA DIRECTORS ARE ON THE RADAR AS WELL

By Eric Glazer, Esq.

Published March 25, 2024

There’s no question that 2024 will be remembered as the year that both HOA and Condominium law were jolted. This ...

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CAMs ARE UNDER MORE SCRUTINY

By Jan Bergemann

Published March 22, 2024

Eric described in his blog on Monday the relatively easy parts of HB 1203 for CAMs to follow – more education, participation ...

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NEW WAVE OF REGULATIONS

By Rafael Aquino

Published March 20, 2024  

Recently, there has been a noticeable trend in the proliferation of laws and regulations governing homeowners' associations ...

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HB 1203:  LOTS OF NEW PROTECTIONS FOR MEMBERS LIVING IN HOAs MAKES IT HARDER FOR CAMs

By Eric Glazer, Esq.

Published March 18, 2024

House Bill 1203 and SB 7044 merged to eventually create a huge bill for the protection of homeowners in HOAs.  It starts ...

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HB 293 – DUBBED THE “GENERATOR BILL”!

By Jan Bergemann

Published March 15, 2024

We live in Florida, meaning we know that we get hit by a hurricane, we just don’t know when! That tells us that we have ...

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NECESSARY CHANGES FOR OUR COMMUNITY'S SAFETY & COMFORT

By Rafael Aquino

Published March 13, 2024  

The passage of HB 293 represents a pivotal step in ensuring our residents' safety and comfort, especially during the unpredictable...

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NEW LAWS KEEP COMING.  HOA OWNER HAVE RIGHT TO BE SAFE AND COOL OFF

By Eric Glazer, Esq.

Published March 11, 2024

Until now there was no law in our Florida HOAs that would allow a home owner to install their own electrical generator with ...

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About HOA & Condo Blog

Eric Glazer

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.


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Jan Bergemann

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 !