ARCHIVES 2019
GET READY…
By
Rafael Aquino
Published August 28, 2019
As we get closer to the peak of hurricane season, a storm is already
brewing in the Atlantic, Tropical Storm Dorian...
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HURRICANE HEADACHES
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published August 26, 2019
Every year at this time we head into the peak of hurricane
season hoping that “the big one” stays away for ...
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EVERY OWNER SHOULD ATTEND THESE SEMINARS
By
Jan Bergemann
Published August
23, 2019
Even if these seminars are called “Board Member Certification
Seminars” – every owner should attend ...
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WHY NOT? IT’S FREE!!!
By
Rafael Aquino
Published August 21, 2019
For years now, Affinity Management Services has been a proud sponsor
of Condo Craze & HOA's. One of the ...
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IT’S BACK TO SCHOOL TIME
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published August 19, 2019
It’s the end
of the summer. Millions of kids across our state have to suck
it up and return to school. And if the ...
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DECORUM
HAS LONG LEFT OUR SOCIETY!
Published August
16, 2019
Latest with the creation of the “anti-social” media decorum
has been thrown overboard. Even total idiots are ...
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START WITH THE BASICS…
By
Rafael Aquino
Published August 14, 2019
Communication within
community associations is vital for there to be a healthy
environment. Over the years, ...
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IS DEBATE AND PROPER DECORUM POSSIBLE ANY LONGER?
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published August 12, 2019
Maybe it’s the media’s fault, talk radio, reality TV, our
medications, our upbringing or a simple degradation ...
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EMBEZZLEMENT MADE TOO EASY!
By
Jan Bergemann
Published August
9, 2019
I have said it much too often: Anybody robbing a bank in Florida
must be a total idiot. How much money can you ...
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WHAT TO DO..
By
Rafael Aquino
Published August 7, 2019
No matter where you turn, you will always find someone doing
something they shouldn't be doing. It's a ...
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WATCH THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WATCHING YOUR MONEY
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published August 5, 2019
I was involved this week in yet another situation where an
association’s money was stolen by their management ...
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A FOOL FOR A CLIENT?
By
Jan Bergemann
Published
August 2, 2019
As the saying goes: “A man who is his own lawyer has a fool
for a client!” Actually -- to be politically correct ...
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PENNY WISE…
By
Rafael Aquino
Published July 31, 2019
An association needs to be treated like any other business. Sitting
on the board of such a corporation is no ...
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A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE IS DANGEROUS
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published July 29, 2019
The internet has allowed condominium and HOA owners access to
the Florida Statutes, the HOA statutes, ...
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COMMON
SENSE!
By
Jan Bergemann
Published July 26, 2019
Well, I know that common sense is not really fashionable any more
nowadays. But for maintaining the property ...
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PAY NOW OR LATER…
By
Rafael Aquino
Published July 24, 2019
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The use of associations funds is one of the most critical roles a
board of directors manages on behalf of its ...
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WHAT’S WORSE: OVER SPENDING OR UNDER SPENDING?
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published July 22, 2019
I just got back from New York and New Jersey. My sister bought a
beautiful condo in Jersey and I went to ...
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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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Doral, FL 33166
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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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