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KNOWLEDGE
IS POWER
By
Jan Bergemann
Published
April 25, 2014
That’s
the Headline of our Educational
Website – a website that explains how things can
– and should -- be done in community associations. It’s a
101 for all owners and board members living in Florida’s
community associations. Lots of money is wasted caused by
ignorance – or the ridiculous statement: We
have always done it this way!
In
my opinion everybody wanting to serve on the board of directors
should be willing to give three hours of his/her time to learn
what statutes and rules are applicable to run such a community.
Isn’t that too much to ask from a person who will be
responsible for the financial welfare of his/her neighbors?
Make
no mistake, wrong decisions – or violating the statutes can
quickly lead to special assessments, assessments not all owners
may be able to afford. We have seen cases where unpaid special
assessments lead to liens and foreclosures.
One
of the best seminars helping board members to understand the
rules and regulations applicable to condos and HOAS is Eric
Glazer’s board member certification seminar “CondoCraze
& HOAs.”
On
Sunday, May 18th, 2014 at 9:00 AM at The Hard Rock Hotel
and Casino you can not only enjoy good food
– for free, you can as well be part of the LIVE
RADIO SHOW that is being aired live from the Hard Rock
Hotel and Casino.
Get certified as a board member by attending the
seminar and learn a lot more by attending many other great
classes offered at this event.
Once you participate in these educational seminars
you have the power to do things right!
Last year this event was a great day for fun and education down
in South Florida. Mark your calendar – and learn how to do
things the way things should be done!
KNOWLEDGE
IS POWER!
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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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