ARCHIVES 2023
WHY ASSOCIATION BUDGET
INCREASES REQUIRE MORE THAN ONE MEETING
By
Rafael Aquino
Published August 23, 2023
One crucial aspect that often sparks discussions and debates in
community associations ...
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BOARD MEMBERS BETTER BE CAREFUL
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published August 21, 2023
Board members
I’m telling you now……..be careful. I’m seeing it already. Unit
owners are starting to freak out over...
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BEWARE OF INCOMPETENT BOARD MEMBERS!
By
Jan Bergemann
Published August
18, 2023
Everybody living
in a community association should know that his/her home is
collateral for any debt the association ...
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EMPOWERING BOARD MEMBER
THROUGH EDUCATION & POSITIVE LEADERSHIP
By
Rafael Aquino
Published August 16, 2023
In community associations, where
decisions impact many lives, board members' role is crucial to the
success of the ...
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IT’S BACK TO SCHOOL TIME
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published August 14, 2023
This is my
favorite time of year. Summer is over and students cram the
classroom to learn. I’m not talking about ...
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FORECLOSURES IN
HI-RISE CONDOS?
By
Jan Bergemann
Published August
11, 2023
I guess we all
know in the meanwhile that
SB 154 is a financial disaster for many families living in
Florida’s hi-rise ...
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CONDO TERMINATION
PREDICTION
By
Rafael Aquino
Published August 9, 2023
South
Florida, celebrated for its tropical charm, is on the cusp of a
potential real estate upheaval. The looming ...
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MAKE SURE YOUR DOCS DON’T COST YOU MONEY – PART 2
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published August 7, 2023
Last week was a primer on how foreclosures generally work and
how banks get off the hook when they get back a unit ...
SWEETHEART DEAL FOR BANKS!
By
Jan Bergemann
Published
August 4, 2023
Sure, these are
the United States of America – and banks always get sweetheart deals
– even when it comes to ...
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STAYING ON TOP OF YOUR
ASSOCIATION DUES
By
Rafael Aquino
Published August 2, 2023
As dedicated Board Members responsible
for steering the ship of your community association, it is paramount
that you...
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MAKE SURE YOUR DOCS DON’T COST YOU
MONEY
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published July 31, 2023
Let’s start
with what some of you already know……..foreclosures are on the
rise. Incredibly, this is happening ...
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“SHALL” -- THE MOST IMPORTANT WORD!
By
Jan Bergemann
Published July
28, 2023
It’s important
that owners and board members understand that the word “SHALL”
used in statutes means “MUST”. ...
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EMBRACING PREVENTIVE
MAINTENANCE
By
Rafael Aquino
Published July 26, 2023
Today, I
would like to address a crucial aspect that can significantly impact
the harmony and longevity of our ...
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NEW CONDO LAW MAKES IT CLEAR THAT THE CONDO MUST
MAKE THE REPAIR
By
Eric Glazer, Esq.
Published July 24, 2023
I get so many calls and e-mails each week about whether the
condominium or the unit owner is responsible to fix
something ...
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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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