ALL HOAs should be made illegal

What a bunch of losers cheating and scamming their neighbors

I would live in a cardboard box before I would buy a home with an HOA!!!!!!

I was in the Navy for 21 years and never once heard the term “jelly butt buddy”….this is probably one of those guys that got medically discharged in 2 months but still calls himself a veteran…he’s taking the entire year’s HOA dues from 5-7 families and paying it to himself for gas???

The sad part is that they will probably use HOA money to pay lawyers to help cover their corrupt behavior. Hopefully they make recordings of this news article and distribute it to all the homeowners. Then get that weasel out of office and put the plaque in the shed.

I was on the board for our little subdivision of 63 houses for several years. Like this one. All we had was a park with a gazebo. We added a small shed but it was just a little garden shed and we use it to keep a barbecue and tables in that we use for summer events. Our dues run a little over $200. A year. That pays for maintenance and of the park, lighting and insurance. Every penny is accounted for and all the documents went online for anybody to look at. We also tried to stay pretty chill as far as enforcement. Sometimes something comes up that you have to deal with, but if you're literally out there with a ruler measuring people's lawns, you're not doing anyone any favors.

I could watch days of these. HOA’s are so dirty

They literally have nothing but a Pavillion. No pool, playground, walking path, club house. Their HOA needs to be $10 a month.

A license to steal

All HOAs, especially in Nevada, need to be fully audited and monitored by both a State and independent board entity. I have seen HOA leaders suddenly come upon some huge and oddly convenient windfalls. Especially since the HOA rates have been shooting up in Las Vegas. There is a ton of corruption going on, and no actual accountability.

The idea of dealing with an HOA makes the dream of home ownership as unappealing as it is nigh impossible.

Why are HOAs allowed? I will never ever buy a house that is under an hoa, a karens dream...

Shame on NRED. These homeowners need help. The kind of help that NRED is supposed to exist to provide. And yet, NRED says, the problem is an internal one with the HOA? That is exactly the problem. The homeowners can't get through the "internal" workings of their HOA. This is not only a problem for Four Winds. It's a problem for everyone who owns a home in Common Interest Community in Nevada.

Having previously rented a house in an HOA neighborhood, I’m so glad I bought a house out in the country that I could paint rainbow colors if I wanted to. Imagine buying a house, being lucky enough to fully pay it off, and then having to, on top of paying property taxes, pay a bunch of Karens FOREVER to tell you that your grass is too long, you’re not allowed to put up that fence, etc. And then they steal a bunch of money from you and talk shit about you in their secret board meetings. No thank you.

Toddler mentality from these HOA board members.

The criminals are running everything. Power corrupts! Absolute power corrupts absolutely!

How are these acts not fraud or at least contrary to code, rules and regulations? Did the board file 1099's to the IRS & to the recipient... Did he report those reimbursements on his tax returns?

IRS needs to audit the mileage deductions because they look like a scam.

Just in the US there are so many HOA with so much power.

Our Hoa said if we have an audit the fees will go up to cover the costs

Apt name... four winds... because that is exactly where your money is going...

I'll be damned if I own a home and have others telling me what I can and can't do with my property...and I have to PAY them for it. All HOAs are nothing but a bunch of bullies.

Shame on the AG for not pursuing this.

One of the routes to hell: being on an HOA board.

Sounds like our HOA management co, Onyx Realty, pretty much worthless and you can't get them to give info to you about anything.

212,000 dollars a year for what ?

Donate the park to the city, get rid of the HOA and you won't need the shed. And for the future don't ever, ever buy a home in an HOA.

Class action lawsuit if allegations proven true?

The Nevada Department that oversees HOAs is useless. As soon as the HOA's attorney gets involved, they will side with the HOA every time.

$105 a month x 169 homes is nearly $213,000 a year in dues, I would definitely like to know how that money was being spent if I was one of the homeowners paying over $1,200 a year.

Never ever buy in a HOA!

Shame on that HOA president and the entire board. It’s sad but it’s the same where we live.

Good reporting!

Great piece done by this station. Hope the guy gets on the board and records every minute of the meetings. This guy being a corrections officer fears no one. For all the problems Florida HOA's have state law has improved accountability. The problem with this HOA is that the monthly dues are quiet small and the rest of the residents don't care about their money.

The air conditioned, security camera covered shed concerns me. I can think of several illegal possibilities that are going on in there and I hope I am wrong, but that needs to be checked sooner rather than later.

No way I'm ever going to live in an HOA. I don't need adult children running around getting in my business or paying them for the privilege of telling me what I can or cannot do with my property.

The board is probably keeping a drug lab in their shed.

Time to report this to the IRS. He is required to report this on his taxes each year. Yeah, there's a form to report reimbursements for business expenses.

If an HOA entered my home it would be the last time they broke & entered. This has to stop. I won't even visit friends in HOA housing.

HOA stands for HOME OWNERS ASSOCIATION but if you notice most HOAs have NO homeowners on the board only paid nazis whose primary job is to raise $$ from fines. Lots of HOAs are run by big HOA corporations who own HOAs all over your area. Its a business. !

Keep at it! This kind of arrogant corruption is wildly epidemic. All over the country. Someone has to speak up. Thanks for doing the single most important thing a news organization can do : support consumers who have no one else speaking up for them.

They made their home, now live in it!!!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Over 200k a year in HOA dues. I guess they gotta spend it somehow.

14k miles each year charged in the thousands to drive to HOA? Where did $80k go? What gives them the right to charge what they want what is it to pay for? No pool no amenities?

I learned about the evils of HOAs in the 1990s. Why people are still paying HOAs is beyond me.

I could never live in such a crowded and compact neighborhood and certainly not for any amount of monthly payments. I don't care if the house is super nice and on two acres; I will never submit to a homeowners association.

When no one double checks and just pays , ....

That executive session was a violation of Brown Act. Executive/private sessions are limited in scope (employment etc).

I was stunned when they said the HOA fee was $105/month. Over here in SW PA, we've got HOA fees that are over $600/month -- for not much benefit. Buying in a place without and HOA is becoming increasingly difficult because they're tearing down old neighborhoods to put in new "developments". And every one has an HOA now. Unless you can buy an older house - and afford to fix it up - you're stuck with an HOA.

I see a lot of comments saying how bad HOA is, etc., but I wonder if these same people realize that HOA's are just small scale governments. HOA fees are like taxes. It's hard enough to keep tiny governments like HOA's in check. Imagine keeping a big government in check. If you're saying HOA is bad, but aren't against government power in general, well, you aren't seeing the big picture.

The problem with State investigating you must solve the case for them.

Curious who the accountants were that signed off on the financial statements. Seems the DA needs to be getting involved.

My home is under a HOA (thank God ours isn’t overbearing) and we don’t pay anywhere NEAR what the folks in the video pay for dues and yet we have a park, tennis court, a basketball court, and a pool. We also have events in our subdivision throughout the year. We pay a chunk at the beginning of the year but if broken down to monthly payments it would be like paying in the upper $30s/lower $40s each month. The folks in the video are getting ripped all the way off.

Would hiring a private detective be helpful?

Criminal activity in the little tiny HOA board ?

The HOA president needs to be investigated and either fined or jailed for money mis management

HOA BOSSSES LIVING LIKE KINGS.. Why complain they keeping propert valuez up

We need tax rebates to replace HOAs

Our POA Property Owners Association missing $2 million. Contractors working on board members' homes for free. Contractors doing landscape on board members yard. Board members drive new matching Land Rovers. If you ask about any missing money and the no-bid contracts, you will be removed from the monthly meeting by a security-bouncer who is the son-in-law of the board President.

If you think the state cares about HOA fees...you are mistaken. I would get a bunch of homeowners and go look in the garage. If it's listed as community property...cops will say it's a civil matter. If it did go to court your defense team could ask for evidence of value. You might get a fine but they would have to turn over the books and they don't want to do that

they should start a ballot initiative to make home owners asscociations accountable to the home owners or be dissolved. you would have to give me a home in one them to live there and I would sell it as soon as possible.

He must have driven around the world

It’s 2500 miles straight across the country from Las Vegas to Virginia he would’ve had to drive there and back 3 times! $212,940 for a picnic area and no BBQ Grills

On one hand, you knew what you were buying into. Aka shutting out the riff raff..; on the other hand, this sheds light on these roaches. Why do they exist.

This board expects them to pay $100.00 per square foot to paint the shed? It may be a small thing but it sure is costing alot! Never met an HOA I was happy to be a part of.

HOA. own your house . you only pay mortgage. jajajajajaja

HOA could do that because the owners were passive lazy and detached from their HOA's meetings. They should have smelled a fish long time ago, hired lawyers and start building a case with track records. Now it is late and they are old shriveling and robbed alive. Having 13 years of Directorship at my condo we had monthly meetings with agenda, notes of meetings, all expenses needed 3 signatures to every cheques we wrote, records were kept open to all and reserve funds were up to par with necessities of repairing doors windows etc. No debt either. Ship shape HOA. Our worst enemy was owners'inertia.

If you or anyone in your community suspects that someone in the HOA is stealing than you ought to follow up on the suspicion it's more than likely someone in the HOA is definitely stealing.

I just assume an HOA is corrupt.

Someone is going to end up dead, and all of this will be a script for detective or soap opera tv show.

Common areas usually include streets, lighting, utility connections, insurance, entry gates and signage/landscaping, and sidewalks as well as any clubhouse, park, swimming pool, etc.

How are the roads maintained? Is trash and internet paid separately or from the dues?

Does appear a lawsuit is required.

Crooks.

Is there still a RFP for that paint job? I will apply.

Time to close them down.

What does it take you to reach you?

We have the same problem with our HOA, contacted channel 13, did not want to deal with us. A guy called and was actually pretty rude, sent us to the office of ombudsman.

Same with ours

HOAs are either run by petty tyrants who own homes or by petty bureaucrats hired by the association to manage things. Either way, they're only interested in ramping up the fees and finding ways to embezzle. Associations around Vegas regularly charge more than twice as much what this guy pays - when I was shopping, I saw HOA fees as high as $350 a month for a 1,100 sq. ft. condo with no landscaping to speak of (maze of sidewalks and river rock) and the most microscopic pool you've ever seen. My HOA spends $30,000 a year on a "reserve" fund that's balance doesn't change year to year.

HOA''S Is A BIG Ripoff

This is a national problem. HOA’s are out of control and steal from hard working homeowners.

He’s renting out that shed to someone

yet another reason i would NEVER buy in a HOA hood or own a condo........ nope.......

Thoroughbred management just the fricken worst, who knows how many decades they still have broken wall & dead trees & bushes on Clayton from their ungroomed grounds or management to do exactly what they did to get these results Its soul breaking the dishonesty

And just like that, Jerry Shaner is world famous for being a douche. Forever. lol

Never buy a house in an HOA...this country is circling the drain!

Small time managers have to always gloat in some manner. We call this personality type “Keeper of the Keys.”

Outlaw HOA

AGREE OUTLAW HOAS

These criminals parallel government.

Unregulated capitalism

It's anarchy!

HOAs are a terrible idea.

OOOHH he made a comment who gives a crap he doesn't need to accept his jelly ass way of life

Typical Nevada grift.

I don’t trust HOA and I don’t trust corrections officers. It’s kind of nice seeing the correction officer get the runaround the same way. I’m sure he gave a bunch of other people to run around in his career.

HOA is a scam to begin with and so stop talking to your HOA, they own you.

Stop paying your HOA they don't have any power to do anything to you or have them removed.

If you join or purchase within an HOA it means you don't care about your money. You are trying to purchase safety and security on the cheap. That is always a bad idea.