THE FLORIDA HOA & CONDO BLOG

ARCHIVES 2013

REGULATORY AGENCY FOR HOAs = CONSUMER PROTECTION

By Jan Bergemann

Published May 3, 2013

Since many years homeowners living in mandatory HOAs asking Florida’s legislators to add HOAs to the list of community associations regulated by...

Moving in the Right Direction

By Darlys Walker

Published May 1, 2013

CONGRATULATIONS!!! First and foremost, a HUGE thanks to Glazer and Associates, Eric and his team, for their diligent hard work toward giving ...

REGULATION OR STRANGULATION?

By Eric Glazer, Esq.

Published April 29, 2013

What an amazing legislative session it was for Jan and I this year. I'm sure we would both agree that when we decided on what to focus on this year, our ...

HIDING PUBLIC RECORDS?

By Jan Bergemann

Published April 26, 2013

Hiding Easter eggs is fun – hiding the association’s public records definitely isn’t fun, it’s serious business! But it is common practice in Florida’s community...

What's the Harm?

By Darlys Walker

Published April 24, 2013

There should be full disclosure of all financial transactions of an Association, after all the funds used to operate the affairs of the Association, are paid by the ...

By Eric Glazer, Esq.

Published April 22, 2013

In both Florida condominiums and homeowner associations, unit owners are entitled to see virtually all of the association's official records. There are very...

By Jan Bergemann

Published April 19, 2013

Developers in Flori-duh don’t really work in the Sunshine State – they actually live in the Land of Milk and Honey. No wonder Florida has such a bad ...

It’s Now or Never

By Darlys Walker

Published April 17, 2013

They say the economy is gaining strength. They say the housing market is getting stronger everyday. They say that inventories of available homes are less than...

By Eric Glazer, Esq.

Published April 15, 2013

As we all know by now, our Senate Bill 580 tries to stop the scenario where HOA developers maintain control of the Board of Directors for years, if...

FLORIDA HOA & CONDO BLOG –

A SUCCESSFUL FIRST YEAR!

By Jan Bergemann

Published April 12, 2013

When we started this blog this week a year ago, we didn’t really know what to expect. We just tried – hoping that homeowners and condo owners would ...

A Year of Learning

By Darlys Walker

Published April 10, 2013

Happy Anniversary! A tremendous thank you goes out to all of our readers and a special thanks to those of you who take time to comment on the blog...

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO US

By Eric Glazer, Esq.

Published April 8, 2013

This week is the one year anniversary of our weekly blog. When Jan, Darlys and I started this venture we hoped we could get a few people...

SLANDER/LIBEL = SLAPP SUIT

By Jan Bergemann

Published April 5, 2013

I really have to laugh sometimes when I read the so-called slander/libel lawsuits filed by association attorneys on behalf of board members. What they call libel ...

Do You Remember When?

By Darlys Walker

Published April 3, 2013

Without a doubt the world has changed tremendously over the past 20 years. Do you remember when you wore a "pager" and had to stop...

By Eric Glazer, Esq.

Published April 1, 2013

There are tens of thousands of Board members that proudly serve on condominium and HOA boards in Florida with pride, dedication and...

By Jan Bergemann

Published March 29, 2013

I often get copies of letters, sent to me by owners, demanding outrageous charges to just inspect records. Just recently an owner who asked to inspect financial...

ARCHIVES 2013

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 is currently entering his 20th year as a Florida lawyer practicing

community association law and is the owner of Glazer and Associates, P.A. an eight attorney law firm in Orlando and Hollywood For the past two years Eric has been the host of Condo Craze and HOAs, a weekly one hour radio show 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 2,500 Floridians. He is certified as a Circuit Court Mediator by The Florida Supreme Court and has mediated dozens of disputes between associations and unit owners. Finally, he recently argued the Cohn v. Grand Condominium case before The Florida Supreme Court, which is perhaps the single most important association law case decided by the court in a decade.

Darlys Walker

Darlys Walker, Founder and CEO of Condominium Concepts Management, Inc. (CCM), is recognized for her straight talk, subject matter expertise, and valued insights regarding real

state management, leasing, and HOAs. Her company serves a diverse portfolio of properties, from 16-units up to 600 as well as large mixed-use developments.

From its beginnings in 2000, CCM has become a well-respected asset manager and now works with over 100 associations with 16,000 units served by over 300 employees. Darlys and her team deliver resources and responsiveness through six regional offices - in Orlando, Miami, Jacksonville, Charleston, Nashville and Atlanta.

Darlys Walker is best known for her passion and precision, understanding that the only difference that matters in today's demanding marketplace is service delivery ... doing what is promised and what is right. She knows that every community serves two masters ... the property owner/developer and the resident/homeowner. "If we are not equally responsive to both, we are not doing our job," she states.

Her clients say it best: "Darlys really knows her stuff" ... "at the top of her profession and it shows in the caliber of her clients" ... "delivers quality resources that match up well with needs and expectations that are really rigorous."

She is a licensed Real Estate Broker in four states, holds an Associate's Degree in Marketing and has earned the Accredited Real Estate Manager designation from the Georgia Institute of Real Estate Management. Also she is one of few certified as a Lead-Based Paint Abatement & Removal Trainer in Georgia.

Darlys Walker and her team have been selected to manage the condominium conversion process and day-to-day operations for many of the Southeast's most high-profile condominium communities including luxury high-rises, mid-rises and garden-style homes. Most recently she has been recognized as an expert in 're-versions' of communities from condominiums to leased homes, as well as repositioning projects. A visionary and a tireless perfectionist, Darlys demonstrates hands-on leadership, working individually with each client and staff associate to achieve defined business outcomes and satisfaction.

For more information about Darlys Walker and Condominium Concepts Management, Inc. please visit www.condominiumconcepts.com.

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 !