ARCHIVES 2020
MATERIAL ALTERATIONS CLARIFIED ----
MAYBE
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published July 27, 2020
Several years
ago, our firm was involved in a lawsuit representing many
condominium unit owners against ...
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LOTS
OF CONFUSION?
By
Jan Bergemann
Published July
24, 2020
There are always hot debates going on what an association can – or
cannot – do in regards to posting names of ...
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HOW DO I GET MY REPORTS?
By
Rafael Aquino
Published July 22, 2020
Many associations received an extra couple of months to complete
their taxes and reporting requirements (audit, ...
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TAXES AND TAX RETURNS – WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published July 20, 2020
This year you can thank the Coronavirus for getting an extension
on the filing of your tax return. We ...
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FORECLOSURES TO COME?
By
Jan Bergemann
Published July
17, 2020
A lot is written about another wave of foreclosures caused by
COVID-19 is coming soon. Yes, there may be ...
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4 STEPS TO AVOID TOMORROW
PROBLEMS...
By
Rafael Aquino
Published July 15, 2020
Last week I
provided tips on the importance of staying on top of your
receivables. This week and I wanted to write ...
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WAIT – IT GETS WORSE
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published July 13, 2020
I recently explained how lucky
the banks are when they foreclose on a unit or a home and take
back ownership...
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FORECLOSURES!
FORECLOSURES?
By
Jan Bergemann
Published July 10, 2020
I guess many of you
still remember the
FORECLOSURE CRISIS in 2007/20078 and I really don’t
think that we ....
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COLLECTION TIPS
By
Rafael Aquino
Published July 8,., 2020
The lifeline for any association is the assessments it receives. As
such, the association must follow the ...
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THE COLLECTION PROCESS – PART ONE
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published July 6, 2020
So this blog will discuss the collection process from the
association’s perspective. It will tell you what the ...
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CELEBRATE OL’ GLORY
By
Jan Bergemann
Published July
3, 2020
The 4th of July – INDEPENDENCE DAY! It’s a day
when we all should celebrate the birth of our nation – a nation ...
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Happy 4th to all…
By
Rafael Aquino
Published July 1, 2020
Each year we get the
opportunity to celebrate this great nation's independence on the 4th
of July; however, this ...
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CAN I FLY ANY FLAG?
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published June 29, 2020
In a few days it’s July 4th.
Our country’s birthday. USA flags will be flying everywhere,
even in our community ...
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DON’T BE
TOO HASTY!
By
Jan Bergemann
Published June
26, 2020
The Pandemic caused serious financial hardship to many families.
Community associations have seen the result: An...
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IT’S STILL TO EARLY TO KNOW
By
Rafael Aquino
Published June 24, 2020
One of
the biggest challenges that we must pay very close attention to is
how the mortgage forbearances will impact ...
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FORECLOSURES AND WHY OUR CONDOS AND
HOAs MAY BE IN TROUBLE
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published June 22, 2020
So here is
what you need to know in a nutshell: Mortgage defaults are
soaring. In fact, homeowners stopped ...
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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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