ARCHIVES 2023
THE IMPORTANCE OF TIMELY COLLECTIONS
By
Rafael Aquino
Published April 5, 2023
Community
association board members are responsible for ensuring the smooth
functioning of their communities. One ...
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OWE MONEY? YOU MAY NOT BE ALLOWED
TO RUN FOR THE BOARD
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published April 3, 2023
I feel like I handled a thousand annual meetings in the last
month, flying from one to the other. When running the ...
LESS LAWSUITS = LOWER PREMIUMS?
By
Jan Bergemann
Published March
31, 2023
The bill Eric was
referring to on Monday was
HB 837 –
CIVIL REMEDIES – and was signed into law by Governor ...
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NEGLECTING BUILDING
MAINTENANCE IS NO LONGER AN OPTION
By
Rafael Aquino
Published March 29, 2023
As a Board of Directors, it's crucial
to stay on top of all the components within a building. It's
essential to keep every ...
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A FEW BIG CHANGES IN THE LAW
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published March 27, 2023
Believe it or
not, it’s getting harder to sue someone or to sue a business in
the State of Florida. First, it’s more risky now...
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GREED IS LONG IN PLAY
By
Jan Bergemann
Published March 24, 2023
The real problem is caused by board
members who sign CAM contracts without reading them or only read
page 1...
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WHY THE ADDITIONAL FEES?
By
Rafael Aquino
Published March 22, 2023
Community association management
agreements are a common way for homeowner's associations (HOAs) and
...
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THE GREED BEGINS – IT MAY BE TIME TO REVIEW YOUR MANAGEMENT
CONTRACT OR PUT YOUR MANAGEMENT COMPANY IN PLACE
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published March 20, 2023
Last week I blogged about the possibility of Board members
walking off with your association bank accounts. Bank ...
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ARE YOU REALLY COVERED?
By
Jan Bergemann
Published March
17, 2023
The Florida
Legislature enacted in 2013 a law for HOAs (FS 720.3033(5)
that states: “(5) The
association shall...
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PROTECTING AGAINST BOARD
MISCONDUCT
By
Rafael Aquino
Published March 15, 2023
Community associations play an
essential role in maintaining and improving the quality of life for
residents. However, ...
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MAKE SURE YOU’RE COVERED
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published March 13, 2023
Now that condominiums are going to have to pass huge special
assessments in order to make repairs and maintain...
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BOARD MEMBERS “NOT IN THE KNOW”
ARE MUCH EASIER TO FLEECE!
By
Jan Bergemann
Published March
10, 2023
Since years we
are trying to pass a bill creating mandatory education (seminars)
for board members. But guess who is...
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BEST WAY TO GET CERTIFIED AS A BOARD
By
Rafael Aquino
Published March 8, 2023
Community association board members
play a vital role in ensuring the smooth and efficient operation of
their ...
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DOES THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE WANT YOU TO REMAIN DUMB?
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published March 6, 2023
For those of you who are intelligent and decided to come to a
Board Certification class in the last few months and ...
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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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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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