ARCHIVES 2020
WAIVING OF FEES….
By
Rafael Aquino
Published April 1, 2020
We
still don't know what the full impact of the virus will be; however,
based on what has occurred in other countries, ...
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WILL IT BE THE FORECLOSURE CRISIS ALL OVER AGAIN?
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published March 30 , 2020
We all remember just how bad our communities suffered about a
dozen years ago during the great recession. Our ...
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APATHY OF OWNERS
By
Jan Bergemann
Published March
26, 2020
Let’s be very honest: Many of the problems we are seeing daily are
caused by the apathy of owners – owners who ...
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SOMETHING IS BETTER
THAN NOTHING
By
Rafael Aquino
Published March 25, 2020
Eric's
Blog on Monday made many, if not most, laugh. While most members do
participate in that same fashion ...
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I MUST CONFESS
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published March 23, 2020
I can’t hold it in any longer. I must tell someone. I have
been less than honest with the readers of this blog and the ...
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DON’T PANIC!!!!
By
Jan Bergemann
Published March
20, 2020
Let’s face it:
The Corona Virus isn’t fun. It’s really serious. But I guess in the
meanwhile everybody knows that you’re...
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WE ARE IN THIS TOGETHER
By
Rafael Aquino
Published March 18, 2020
These
past few days/weeks, many of us have experienced a significant
impact on our work lives as well as our ...
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SO WHAT DO WE DO NOW?
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published March 16, 2020
Wow what a difference a week makes! The world became different
this week, like nothing most of us have ever ...
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FAIR HOUSING IN COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS?
By
Jan Bergemann
Published March 13, 2020
Fair Housing laws often interfere with the regular rules of
community associations – and it’s a legal trap many ...
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REQUIRED TIMEFRAME FOR ACCOMMODATIONS
By
Rafael Aquino
Published March 11, 2020
Below I’ve listed two
common questions we receive for reasonable accommodations and the
answers to such ...
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WHAT IS A REASONABLE
ACCOMMODATION?
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published March 9, 2020
In the
housing context, pursuant to The Fair Housing Act, a reasonable
accommodation is a change in a rule, policy, ...
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“QUITTING” THE BOARD?
By
Jan Bergemann
Published
March 6, 2020
Let’s face it: “Quitting” the board is mostly happening in
anger. Board members often get seriously annoyed by votes...
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FOUR CHARACTERISTICS FOR SUCCESS
By
Rafael Aquino
Published March 4, 2020
Before you take on the responsibility of running for the board of
directors, you should have a clear understanding...
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WHEN DOES “I QUIT” REALLY TAKE EFFECT?
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published March 2, 2020
For a time, directors had to be careful about keeping their
emotions in check while at Board meetings. When a ...
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SB 476: Law Enforcement Vehicles
By
Jan Bergemann
Published February
28, 2020
This was the first community association bill that went through this
year’s legislative session and was already ...
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WE HAVE BIGGER FISH TO FRY
By
Rafael Aquino
Published February 26, 2020
I will be short and sweet this week because I've always believed
that a law enforcement vehicle is NOT ...
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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
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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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