HOW EFFECTIVE WILL THE CONDO SAFETY REFORM BILL REALLY BE?
By
Jan Bergemann
Published September 9, 2022
SB-4D
creates huge changes to the way Florida’s condo hi-rises will have
to be managed. The provisions of the bill ...
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BIG TIPS FOR SMALL FIXES
By
Rafael Aquino
Published September 7, 2022
Do-it-yourself projects can be
advantageous, but even a small repair can turn into a more
frustrating and time- ...
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A LABOR DAY TRADITION IS BACK
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published September 5, 2022
Nancy
Knowitall is the President of Broken Dreams Condo, a 10 story
120 unit condominium here in South Florida. ..
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CONDO “TRUST” FUND?
By
Jan Bergemann
Published September 2, 2022
CONDO TRUST FUND sounds great, but I think the trust in this
fund is long gone. Only a small part of the money ...
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TAKING FROM PETER TO PAY PAUL
By
Rafael Aquino
Published August 31, 2022
I've never understood how legislators
could take money that belongs to our condo associations and move it
into the ...
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THE PERFECT JOB FOR THE DBPR
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published August 29, 2022
As we have written about a million times, each condominium unit
pays $4.00 per year to the Department of Business and...
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ARE HOAs REALLY BETTER OFF?
By
Jan Bergemann
Published August 26, 2022
Let’s make no
mistake: Florida’s hi-rise condo buildings just got hit with a
serious financial burden that will force quite ...
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HOA’s SHOULD BE RESERVING
AS WELL
By
Rafael Aquino
Published August 24, 2022
As the budget year gets on its way and
the discussions of funding reserves start to happen in condos, HOA's
should ...
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BACK TO HOAs THIS WEEK
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published August 22, 2022
It seems that for week after week we have been blogging about
condominiums for the obvious reason that condo laws...
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MY HOME IS MY CASTLE? NO MORE IN THE USA!
By
Jan Bergemann
Published August 19, 2022
FS 718
gives the association the irrevocable right to enter units.
(5) RIGHT
OF ACCESS TO UNITS
(a) The
...
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WHY SHOULD I PROVIDE
ACCESS?
By
Rafael Aquino
Published August 17, 2022
Access to a condominium unit is
essential and needed to ensure the safety of the building. While I
can appreciate ...
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GET OUT OF MY HOUSE!
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published August 15, 2022
I can’t tell
you how many times I heard clients tell me that they were scared
that a Board member was in their home ...
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NEW LAWS – WILL THEY AGAIN BE
IGNORED BY MANY BOARDS?
By
Jan Bergemann
Published August
12, 2022
Year for year we
see new community association bills passed, claiming to close more
loopholes in laws that have ...
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DON’T BE AFRAID TO
ASK FOR HELP…
By
Rafael Aquino
Published August 10, 2022
For the past three weeks, the blog has
been focused on all the changes that recently came into effect;
however, it's not ...
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OTHER
NEW CONDO LAWS TO KNOW – PART THREE
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published August 8, 2022
Today, we finally conclude
all off the new condominium laws that were passed in 2022 by The
Florida Legislature...
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MORE LAWS WITHOUT TEETH?
By
Jan Bergemann
Published August 5, 2022
The so-called
CONDO SAFETY REFORM BILL (SB
4-D) contains a lot more provisions, but as usual without
real ...
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