ARCHIVES 2019
GONE
FOR LONG?
By
Jan Bergemann
Published July 19, 2019
Florida is not only the heaven for retirees – not considering the
many scams threatening especially older folks ...
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NO EXCUSES…
By
Rafael Aquino
Published July 17, 2019
In today's day and age, there isn't a
reason for Board members not to attend meetings unless they ...
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OUT OF SIGHT DOESN’T MEAN OUT OF MIND – PART TWO
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published July 15, 2019
I have written several blogs about a unit owner’s responsibility
to look after their unit, even ...
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ONLY ATTORNEYS CAN ANSWER LEGAL QUESTIONS!
By
Jan Bergemann
Published July
12, 2019
The question: WHO SHOULD TEACH BOARD CERTIFICATION SEMINARS
is easily answered: ...
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SIMPLE ANSWER…
By
Rafael Aquino
Published July 10, 2019
I’m going to keep this blog post short
since I went into length about this topic on my May 29, 2019, post.
I
...
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WHO SHOULD TEACH THE BOARD MEMBERS?
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published July 8, 2019
Even though I just completed a difficult stretch of teaching
lots of board certification classes all over the state, ...
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DON’T
EMBARRASS OUR GREAT NATION!
By
Jan Bergemann
Published July
5, 2019
Yesterday was INDEPENDENCE DAY
and most of us were celebrating the birth of our great nation
...
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LET’S CELEBRATE INSTEAD…
By
Rafael Aquino
Published July 3, 2019
Tomorrow we celebrate another year as a
free nation. It’s a day to be thankful and to cherish our
INDEPENDENCE. ...
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NO MORE FLAG FIGHTS PLEASE!
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published July 1, 2019
In three days
it’s July 4th. Our country’s birthday! USA flags
will be flying everywhere, even in our community...
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HOW GOOD IS INSURANCE IF YOU DON’T
USE IT?
By
Jan Bergemann
Published June
28, 2019
I read this
week’s blogs and the comments posted by our readers. I have to say:
How good is an insurance ...
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DOESN’T HURT TO HIRE A PRO
By
Rafael Aquino
Published June 26, 2019
For years now, I've also witnessed
first-hand how Board members are scared to file a claim because they
...
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DON’T WAIT TO REPORT A CLAIM
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published June 24, 2019
Insurance is a very strange product. Everyone is scared to
death to be without it, but when it’s time to put ...
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DETRIMENTAL TO YOUR HEALTH?
By
Jan Bergemann
Published June
21, 2019
I guess we all know how important health really is. Eric and Rafael
made their points.
But
let me add one thing...
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LET’S STAY POSITIVE…
By
Rafael Aquino
Published June 19, 2019
I’m sure most of you would agree that
we are thankful that Eric is ok and doing much better… it could ...
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DOESN’T HURT TO HIRE A PRO
By
Rafael Aquino
Published June 19, 2019
For years now, I've also witnessed
first-hand how Board members are scared to file a claim because they
...
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TRUST ME – THINGS CAN BE WORSE
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published June 17, 2019
Some of you
have asked where I have been this week after not being reachable
by phone, e-mail or even ...
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DON’T WAIT TO REPORT A CLAIM
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published June 17, 2019
Insurance is a very strange product. Everyone is scared to
death to be without it, but when it’s time to put ...
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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 Office: 8200 NW 41st ST
Suite 200
Doral, FL 33166
Broward Office: 150 S Pine Island RD Suite 300
Plantation, FL 33324
O: 800-977-6279 ● F: 305-325-4053
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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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