Imagine. Spending 100's of thousands of dollars for a home.

First rule of living in an HOA. NEVER LIVE IN ONE

When has an HOA ever done anything good?

I wouldn't even fight it. Enjoy my vacation, come home, whip out my angle grinder, and solve the problem myself. Boots? What boots? I never saw any boots.

HOA are the Karens of real estate. Finding little things to complain about

My community used to have an HOA. The woman who started it was decent, she didn't go full blown Karen and threaten you or anything, she'd literally just ask you politely and her asks usually weren't unreasonable. A guy had his sprinkler on and it covered the sidewalk, she asked him to move it back a bit and he obliged. A dude had a confederate flag and his neighbors complained, she didn't do anything except tell them he has the right to be offensive. All in all she was pretty chill. Then she died. And her daughter took over. And her daughter was exactly like how you'd think. She started giving fines to people who had a car in their drive way or had flowers she didn't like in their garden. She wound up being sued and the HOA was disbanded but it's crazy to me how chill and relaxed her mother was and how absolutely insane this woman turned out to be. Would literally go into your backyard and look around and fine you for violations. She should have gone to jail but she was sued so hard she sold the house so I guess it's a win/win. For what it's worth, I know HOA's are terrible but my house and neighborhood were pristine for years and then the HOA disbanded and honestly the quality has noticeably gone down, mostly in the roads and people are much more lenient with clutter but I can live with that compared to having a crazy HOA lady.

Former work colleague of mine bought HOA home in Sacramento CA.. They were moving some wood from the back of their vehicle to the patio area which took them several trips. They left the garage door up during this process. Several days later, they received a warning letter noting that they violated one of the HOA rules about exposing the garage interior to the public, ie. the rest of the HOA community. I just think that HOA staff members in all places are on some major power trip.

When you are shopping around for a new home, and an HOA home catches your eye...ALWAYS see if you can legally opt out of the HOA. In some cases you can. Always check the fine print and have property lawyers look over any contracts for you. It costs you money, but in the long run will save you from a potential nightmare.

Buying a HOA house: I want to spend my life and savings buying this house, but...I want to be treated like a child with abusive parents.

I’ve been the president of my hoa for about a year now and the only reason I did that was to destroy it from the inside out 😏

Why, WHY anyone would live in a home THEY bought and PAY other people to tell them what they can or can’t do on THEIR property is so beyond me. I can’t imagine EVER being that ignorant.

My brother had to repaint his house & the HOA provided him with the approved paint color from Home Depot. He repainted his home & the HOA said it was the wrong shade of color. They started giving him a daily fine until he repainted the house to the proper color. My brother insisted he used the right shade of color & he battled them for months while his fines accumulated. It wasn't until another homeowner had the same problem that they realized Home Depot had discontinued that shade of color years ago & the HOA didn't know it!

The fact that there are lawyers who specifically practice hoa law, should tell you everything you need to know about hoas

This reminds me of a story my little brother told me about the HOA in my old neighborhood. Guy moves in to his house and brings his expensive Resto-mod with him. It's an old 1930's delivery truck, but it has a new frame, suspension, and a Brand New LS motor and 6 speed trans in it. He spent like $90,000 on that thing. HOA had it towed from his driveway because they thought it looked like and "abandoned" vehicle. He takes them to court, shows all the paperwork for the truck, even brings in proof it passed state inspection and runs. HOA lady can't wrap her head around someone spending that kind of money on "rusty trash". Judge sides with the truck owner and cleans out the HOA bank account to give to the plaintiff as compensation, he is now also entitled to 3/4 of the HOA yearly dues until the day he dies. Guess the judge hates HOA's too...

When I was buying my house, I told the realtor, in no uncertain terms, NO HOAs!!! I wasn't going to drop $250,000 for a house, and then pay monthly dues for the privilege of having someone fine me because my bushes were the "wrong" shape or my mailbox the "wrong" color.

If my dream home is in an HOA, its no longer my dream home.

They always apologize after they get exposed, never before they get caught.

Never buy a home WITH a HOA..bet a family member of the HOA owns the towing company issuing tickets n placing d boots.. They line their pockets this way ..

It's time to get rid of HOA....

Imagine if you needed to go to the ER for something, or had to make an emergency run for someone else.