THE FLORIDA HOA & CONDO BLOG

2022

THE FINAL STRETCH

By Rafael Aquino

Published November 30, 2022

Today marks the last day of November. Many of you are probably wondering where the year went and how things ...

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EXCUSES, EXCUSES, EXCUSES

By Eric Glazer, Esq.

Published November 28, 2022

I have heard lots of excuses over the years about so many different things. Here’s a few that simply don’t work: ...

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DO WE HAVE MUCH TO BE THANKFUL FOR?

By Jan Bergemann

Published November 18, 2022

I hope you and your families had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I am normally very much into positive thinking, but this year ...

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LET’S SPREAD SOME JOY

By Rafael Aquino

Published November 23, 2022

I'm going to jump on the bandwagon with Eric. Many community leaders, Board members, and committees deserve ...

By Eric Glazer, Esq.

Published November 21, 2022

This might be tough for many of you. Food prices are high. Gasoline prices are high. Interest rates have stymied the real ...
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WHERE WILL THE FLORIDA CONDO MARKET GO?

By Jan Bergemann

Published November 18, 2022

The forecast for condo sales is definitely not very “rosy”! Inflation, outrageous high interest-rates, seriously increasing ...

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DON'T GO AT IT ALONE…

By Rafael Aquino

Published November 16, 2022

Most readers would agree that it was a proud moment to see Eric in the 60 minutes interview. Eric has been an advocate...

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SO WHERE WILL PRICES GO?

By Eric Glazer, Esq.

Published November 14, 2022

I think last night’s 60 Minutes episode made it clear that for some, living in their condominium unit may simply become...

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FINANCIAL HARDSHIP?

By Jan Bergemann

Published November 11, 2022

As predicted the new provisions for condos, enacted by the Florida legislature in a recent special session, is creating ...

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SOLUTIONS ORIENTED APPROACH

By Rafael Aquino

Published November 9, 2022

The next few years will be very interesting for condominiums with limited or no reserves. While I'm sure ...

About HOA & Condo Blog

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 three decades and is the owner of Glazer and Sachs, P.A. a five attorney law firm with offices in Fort Lauderdale and Orlando.

Eric is Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Condominium and Planned Development Law.

Since 2009, Eric has been the host of Condo Craze and HOAs, a weekly one hour radio show that airs at 11:00 a.m. each Sunday on 850 WFTL.

See: www.condocrazeandhoas.com.

Eric is the first attorney in the State of Florida that designed a course that certifies condominium and HOA residents as eligible to serve on a Board of Directors and has now certified more than 20,000 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.

As the Co-Founder and CEO of Affinity Management Services, Rafael P. Aquino leads his team to redefine excellence. They serve community associations efficiently

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.

Doral Office: 8200 NW 41^st 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

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 !