@@evanpnzCary is the same and I hate it. However, we lived in unincorporated Wake before and our neighbor had 200 plus roosters on .5 acres. So we moved into a HOA neighborhood in Cary.
@@evanpnzit ain't just Raleigh. All of North Carolina insists on all new subdivisions having HOAs due to them not wanting to deal with paying for road taxes.
Don't bite more than you can chew. If you overplay your hands, the risk is the judge just goes with the HOA proposed settlement of $5,000 instead of $50,000 as OP received. Not to mention how much his lawyer's cut from the settlement.
@@YouraverageAmerican-c4vobviously you just make stupid comments. The corporation, that fools call the government, cannot outlaw HOA's because they are also corporations that fools who do not understand they will never own the land voluntarily enter into. ALL HOA's are communist organizations, if you don't like what the HOA is doing you have 2 options, 1) Get on the Board and change it, or 2) move.
I will NEVER be a part of a homeowners Association. I've never heard anything buy bad stories. One time someone was painting his house yellow, the HOA took him to court. The house from the beginning was yellow.
My sister loved her HOA. Then the HOA president refused to let her bible study group meet in the community clubhouse. It seems he's an atheist and a lawyer. He used every ploy he could to harass the members of the bible group. This continued until he moved out of the neighborhood.
You do have to consider Selection Bias with these stories. The ones that go violently off the rails and end in nuclear revenge are the ones that go viral so to speak. The stories about "this is how my HOA actually does it's duties, doesn't overcharge for dues, the board is made up of perfectly reasonable people and the meetings are very civil" are not the ones that get views on youtube. I live in a HOA (not in the USA) but I'm not part of it. I bought my house at a foreclosure auction, so I bought directly from the bank, paid in cash, in full, up front. When the moment to sign the contracts came, I just asked the bank to remove the bit about the HOA from the contract and they did. So I have a purchase contract and a deed that both say I'm not part of the HOA. There used to be some idiocy from HOA Karens at the start, but using municipal beautification laws and national endangered species protection laws, I still get my way all the time. Then members of the HOA who want to do the same thing that I did, will get permission from the municipality and the HOA not being an actual resident can't file objections to permits.
I live in the Great State of North Carolina. Here if I tell you to get off of my land, and you don't, I can use whatever means I find necessary. My means have high capacity magazines.
Police departments used to do that but they were made to stop because it was making people afraid to call police granted the police can still fine people for misuse of emergency services but it has to be like 5 false calls in a row or like TV new coverage and the false caller needs to be made an example but that all depends on the state
Not impressive. A DC couple were being victimized by an elderly lady who didn't like them. Calling in noise complaints and anything she could make up. This WORKING COUPLE was being awakened after 11 or 12 at night. They sued the city and won a 7 figure settlement. The hateful old bat was put on a list you don't want to be on. That kind of abuse of the police is not to be tolerated.
The second story there was a foul up about a year-and-a-half afterward and he ended up taking the one brother to court and got the money back with interest and court cost.
I live in Georgia. Have gone through a similar situation. My deed says there was no HOA! Over a number of nightmare years, I'm moving tomorrow. They bill me, I pay, then they have tried to sell my home out from under me twice, even though the amount was paid.
In far too many cases, it's just a matter of HOA membership being baked into the purchase contract for the property, required to be included in any future contracts when an owner originally joined the HOA. A lot of people who live in a neighborhood with a dominant HOA just get bullied or tricked into joining it, with HOA representatives coming to insist the resident pay membership fees and sign a "new" membership agreement, which locks them and any future owners of the property into the agreement. At this point, too many neighborhoods are already locked into an HOA and those properties are sometimes the only ones available in the buyer's price range. That said, (and believe me, if I could make it so, I would make it illegal to tie a property to an HOA,) for some people HOAs do offer some reasonable benefits, like keeping maintenance and landscaping companies on retainer at discounted rates (effectively paying for such services at wholesale because it's an entire neighborhood), or guaranteeing for those with more passive/conformist/vanilla outlooks that their neighbors won't be obviously "weird" or non conformist. It's not a mindset I relate to at all, but I can understand why some people might prefer that. What can I say, I wouldn't want to be their neighbor either. Maybe I could appreciate an HOA that gives discounts on certain services, but mandates members not bug each other over property issues that are none of each other's business, so long as that is baked into the bylaws and cannot be changed without the consent of every member.
The succinct answer to someone complaining about the babysitter taking a child to the bathroom is an ice-cold, "His parents trust me, and their opinion is the only one that matters." But public shaming is also effective... and perfectly valid. 😂
I would never buy in an HOA neighborhood. It makes NO sense, you're paying twice for the same thing. Without the HOA, the city and or county would do just about everything that you really NEED an HOA for, roads, sewers, water, etc., it's already covered under your taxes, so why pay an HOA for the same thing ??? The BS about maintaining a standard for the neighborhood is just another way of saying they will be racist for you so you don't have to admit to being one.
I actually live in an HOA neighborhood. My dues pay for all the upkeep in the community. The pool the clubhouse the gym my biggest problem is my HOA doesn’t do anything. The rules say no RV vehicles in your driveway no boats in your driveway people do it anyway, it’s not like there’s an HOA police driver, cruising the neighborhood looking for violations.
@@Thisishard2333 In some HOAs there are HOA police, people that have nothing else to do than to check if someone has rust on some part of his vehicle, if he parks on his own grass, if maybe the color of the curtains are wrong etc, so the HOA can get money for fines. Money they have to use not for upkeep but for legal fees for harassment of people outside HOAs.
We really need federal legislation to drastically curtail the powers of HOAs. Basically, turn them into toothless kittens. With almost no power to enforce their will on anyone, not even their members. Of course, condos and skyrises would need to maintain their power. We don't want buildings falling down because we got rid of HOA power. But single family buildings..., HOAs should have almost no say except to keep our front yard clean.
That last one... I love stories that "downplayed" a really good ending 😊 "Years later my father met the girl again, her name is Abby but I simply call her mom" Idk it just warms my heart
Like I said many many times before. 5:06 HOAs Lower Property Value, Never Increase them. HOAs Harm Communities and Neighbors and Friends and sometimes Families. It is Much Better to Disband all HOAs in the World then Keep them around. So, If you can, Get on the HOA board if you live in a HOA and Get it Disband as Fast as Possible.
That last one needs to happen to the women saying they’d rather be in the woods with a bear than a man. See how fast they yell for the man to protect them.
Here’s what far too many people can’t appreciate: in some states even, as well as certain municipalities, you CAN’T get a home without an HOA, because for decades, cities have encouraged and maintained HOAs with every new development!! It’s fewer services the cities are obliged to pay, and they get extra tax monies when they do it, never mind the destruction of community cohesion and destruction of The American Dream. There’s NO financial disincentive and only financial incentives for them, so they become ubiquitous.🤬
Good thing Babs didn't knock on my door because she'd have been run off like a feral critter after being shown the proof that she had zero authority over me or my property ~ and told a lawsuit was being filed that would bankrupt her entire precious HOA. Those things should be declared unconstitutional and illegal!
There is a development north of Saint Petersburg that must have a HOA. I rode my bike through it during the holidays and noticed identical christmas decorations on EVERY yard as far as the eye could see. At first it seemed pretty, then creepy. I guess if you didn't celebrate Christmas you were out of luck.
At 13:33 your father died of a heart attack, then later at 19:10 your now dead father meets and marries the guide on the ranch. Have I misunderstood something please ???
The father who died is the grandpa. OP is speaking as his dad then (First person perspective as mentioned in 13:26). Then at the end, OP started speaking as himself.
Would this not be covered by the 4th Amendment? Although the HOA is not a government Agency, but the 4th Amendment does not specifically state what constitutes "authority"!
HOAs like that is only about the people on the board being in a position of power, they ruin the neighborhood. If you're ever in such a situation, document EVERYTHING (every fine, every letter, record every conversation if possible) and give copies of it to your lawyer.
The other historic fact, for those CRT deficient: HOAs were created and spread once redlining by governments was Federally prohibited. HOAs were ways to PRIVATELY prevent the “wrong” people from moving in a community, no matter if all HOAs do this all the time, it IS possible to happen in EVERY HOA. It’s the cornerstone of any HOA.
This reminds me of the veteran who had a military base change its name to his. The homeowner association told him he was not allowed to fly the American flag in his front yard. It went really badly for them
Big government loves HOA’s because they can delegate a lot of property upkeep and maintenance to the locals, saving money. But they don’t want to put lots of regulations on them because that means more work for them.
The first question I ask when searching out some real estate is 'is it in an HOA? If so, won't even consider it. I suppose some people like them but I sure as hell wouldn't want to pay someone to make ridiculous rules and fine me for doing what I want on my own property,. I've heard some horror stories of HOA's and how they got a handicapped veteran locked out of his own home or not allow a wheelchair ramp to his home. It's really disgusting some of the HOA's have so much power and how they can do horrible things to people who are the actual owners of their homes but end up in some sort of foreclosure or expensive legal battle trying to get out from under one of them.
If you truly want your freedom do not buy do not buy into a neighborhood condominium townhouse or any other type of housing that has an HOA . As a former HOA manager, I have found that only one out of 50 people will actually understand what an HOA is to buy there .
Why aren’t you being proactive by suing the HOA and Barbara personally? The way you’re playing it they only have to get lucky once in a court of law ill informed of the actual circumstances. Lawyer up
The safe money is on that he did not go far enough. For example, Title 18 of the U.S. Code contains specific laws that make it a crime to use the U.S. Mail to threaten or extort someone. Then there is the Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organizations [RICO] Act, under the same title, making it a crime to do these things two or more times over several years. In other words, the probability is, Barbie and her associates could have been dealing with federal charges to.
Just say NO to HOA. City and County councils need to prohibit HOA's.
I wish they could but it is, unfortunately, unconstitutional to prohibit them.
In reality the Raleigh City council requires all new developments to have HOAs. Cuts down on nuisance calls from their perspective.
@@evanpnzCary is the same and I hate it. However, we lived in unincorporated Wake before and our neighbor had 200 plus roosters on .5 acres. So we moved into a HOA neighborhood in Cary.
THIS!!
@@evanpnzit ain't just Raleigh. All of North Carolina insists on all new subdivisions having HOAs due to them not wanting to deal with paying for road taxes.
Sue the HOA, AND each individual member as co-defendants. Do not settle out of court. Put liens on their properties.
Don't bite more than you can chew. If you overplay your hands, the risk is the judge just goes with the HOA proposed settlement of $5,000 instead of $50,000 as OP received. Not to mention how much his lawyer's cut from the settlement.
HOA should be illegal
The government hates when people pay in full
You don't know anything about contracts.
No it shuld be monitored who comes in power at HOAs, HOAs can be a good thing.
@@alandavis6429 it appears you don’t know anything about reason
@@YouraverageAmerican-c4vobviously you just make stupid comments.
The corporation, that fools call the government, cannot outlaw HOA's because they are also corporations that fools who do not understand they will never own the land voluntarily enter into.
ALL HOA's are communist organizations, if you don't like what the HOA is doing you have 2 options, 1) Get on the Board and change it, or 2) move.
I bet the police where annoyed as OP in the first story.
I will NEVER be a part of a homeowners Association. I've never heard anything buy bad stories. One time someone was painting his house yellow, the HOA took him to court. The house from the beginning was yellow.
My sister loved her HOA. Then the HOA president refused to let her bible study group meet in the community clubhouse. It seems he's an atheist and a lawyer. He used every ploy he could to harass the members of the bible group. This continued until he moved out of the neighborhood.
You do have to consider Selection Bias with these stories. The ones that go violently off the rails and end in nuclear revenge are the ones that go viral so to speak. The stories about "this is how my HOA actually does it's duties, doesn't overcharge for dues, the board is made up of perfectly reasonable people and the meetings are very civil" are not the ones that get views on youtube.
I live in a HOA (not in the USA) but I'm not part of it. I bought my house at a foreclosure auction, so I bought directly from the bank, paid in cash, in full, up front. When the moment to sign the contracts came, I just asked the bank to remove the bit about the HOA from the contract and they did. So I have a purchase contract and a deed that both say I'm not part of the HOA.
There used to be some idiocy from HOA Karens at the start, but using municipal beautification laws and national endangered species protection laws, I still get my way all the time. Then members of the HOA who want to do the same thing that I did, will get permission from the municipality and the HOA not being an actual resident can't file objections to permits.
@@phlodel Sounds like the HOA president hasn't heard of freedom of religion.
@@kevincozens6837 An HOA is not government, so freedom of religion doesn't apply.
I live in the Great State of North Carolina. Here if I tell you to get off of my land, and you don't, I can use whatever means I find necessary. My means have high capacity magazines.
@saludahead, as a fellow North Carolinian I concur. Mr. Smith and Ms. Wesson are always at my beckon call .
That's not a great state, there are no great states
Yeeyee
308 can reach out and touch someone just nicely. Fxck the HOA
*standard capacity
Maybe the cop should have of start charging the homeowners association for call and make waste and resources
Police departments used to do that but they were made to stop because it was making people afraid to call police granted the police can still fine people for misuse of emergency services but it has to be like 5 false calls in a row or like TV new coverage and the false caller needs to be made an example but that all depends on the state
A nuisance emergency call is a crime, so i think the coppers could do that. Correct me if i'm wrong.
Tell Barbara just to FO! And have her arrested for trespassing and sue for harrassment!
That last story had a happy ending - just lovely!
Totally agree,
Police DO NOT get involved in HOA disputes. They could care less. Trust me
HOA, for when you live in the freest Country on earth, but still want a bit of Communisim in your life.
I see you watch fat electrician
HOA? She would leave my front door fast and forever
It’s time to Lawyer Up!!
I’m just impressed the police kept coming out after the first one or two bogus calls
Not impressive. A DC couple were being victimized by an elderly lady who didn't like them. Calling in noise complaints and anything she could make up. This WORKING COUPLE was being awakened after 11 or 12 at night. They sued the city and won a 7 figure settlement. The hateful old bat was put on a list you don't want to be on. That kind of abuse of the police is not to be tolerated.
Barbara,I'M NO HOA MEMBER!!!! GET THAT THROUGH YOUR THICK HEAD!!!!!
Too much power for HOA board. This lady just free land for fee.
The second story there was a foul up about a year-and-a-half afterward and he ended up taking the one brother to court and got the money back with interest and court cost.
in the first story you should have gotten a cease and desist order against the hoa after the third time
Step on my land, refuse to leave, and threaten me? That's why 00 Buckshot exists...
The police should have had a good go at this HOA in the first story.
HOAs are microcosms of fascism, do not buy into one. They do not increase your property value either despite what real estate agents like to tell you.
People can also get in contact with the American Civil Liberties Union on the subject of HOAs.
HOA, a bunch of ŵœmæn with nothing better to do.
HOA are angry Karen's. 🤮
There are plenty of HOA Kevins.
A whole bunch of angry wah-men.
The fact that cops cant just arrest these people on harassment and improper use of emergency services is just insane.
😅😅😅😅
I live in Georgia. Have gone through a similar situation.
My deed says there was no HOA!
Over a number of nightmare years, I'm moving tomorrow.
They bill me, I pay, then they have tried to sell my home out from under me twice, even though the amount was paid.
Why not a cease and desist order? That is harassment!
If the HOA Covenant is not on the deed then they have no standing. One visit to a judge should have taken them out of the picture completely.
I don't understand why some one would pay to be told what they can and can't do on their property
In far too many cases, it's just a matter of HOA membership being baked into the purchase contract for the property, required to be included in any future contracts when an owner originally joined the HOA. A lot of people who live in a neighborhood with a dominant HOA just get bullied or tricked into joining it, with HOA representatives coming to insist the resident pay membership fees and sign a "new" membership agreement, which locks them and any future owners of the property into the agreement. At this point, too many neighborhoods are already locked into an HOA and those properties are sometimes the only ones available in the buyer's price range.
That said, (and believe me, if I could make it so, I would make it illegal to tie a property to an HOA,) for some people HOAs do offer some reasonable benefits, like keeping maintenance and landscaping companies on retainer at discounted rates (effectively paying for such services at wholesale because it's an entire neighborhood), or guaranteeing for those with more passive/conformist/vanilla outlooks that their neighbors won't be obviously "weird" or non conformist. It's not a mindset I relate to at all, but I can understand why some people might prefer that. What can I say, I wouldn't want to be their neighbor either. Maybe I could appreciate an HOA that gives discounts on certain services, but mandates members not bug each other over property issues that are none of each other's business, so long as that is baked into the bylaws and cannot be changed without the consent of every member.
lol! Her name was Barbara.😂
She’s exactly the kind of person to avoid. Forget the Karen.😂
F the HOA!!!!!!!
One thing i hate here, a wife has no legal right to kick a husband out, or vise versa
The succinct answer to someone complaining about the babysitter taking a child to the bathroom is an ice-cold, "His parents trust me, and their opinion is the only one that matters." But public shaming is also effective... and perfectly valid. 😂
I would never buy in an HOA neighborhood. It makes NO sense, you're paying twice for the same thing. Without the HOA, the city and or county would do just about everything that you really NEED an HOA for, roads, sewers, water, etc., it's already covered under your taxes, so why pay an HOA for the same thing ??? The BS about maintaining a standard for the neighborhood is just another way of saying they will be racist for you so you don't have to admit to being one.
I actually live in an HOA neighborhood. My dues pay for all the upkeep in the community. The pool the clubhouse the gym my biggest problem is my HOA doesn’t do anything. The rules say no RV vehicles in your driveway no boats in your driveway people do it anyway, it’s not like there’s an HOA police driver, cruising the neighborhood looking for violations.
@@Thisishard2333 In some HOAs there are HOA police, people that have nothing else to do than to check if someone has rust on some part of his vehicle, if he parks on his own grass, if maybe the color of the curtains are wrong etc, so the HOA can get money for fines. Money they have to use not for upkeep but for legal fees for harassment of people outside HOAs.
I will never buy a home with an HOA.
We really need federal legislation to drastically curtail the powers of HOAs. Basically, turn them into toothless kittens. With almost no power to enforce their will on anyone, not even their members.
Of course, condos and skyrises would need to maintain their power. We don't want buildings falling down because we got rid of HOA power. But single family buildings..., HOAs should have almost no say except to keep our front yard clean.
That last one... I love stories that "downplayed" a really good ending 😊
"Years later my father met the girl again, her name is Abby but I simply call her mom"
Idk it just warms my heart
EFF HOAs HOA 101 NEVER buy property subject to HOA tyranny....!
If you are not paying any HOA Fees you are not in HOA
Like I said many many times before. 5:06 HOAs Lower Property Value, Never Increase them. HOAs Harm Communities and Neighbors and Friends and sometimes Families. It is Much Better to Disband all HOAs in the World then Keep them around. So, If you can, Get on the HOA board if you live in a HOA and Get it Disband as Fast as Possible.
Calling the cops for no reason multiple times is a crime it self
Honestly if I was the Op in the first story I’d give the police 5k of the 50k settlement as an apology for having to deal with the Hoa’s stupid antics
That last one needs to happen to the women saying they’d rather be in the woods with a bear than a man. See how fast they yell for the man to protect them.
Barbara should be in prison for making false claims with H.O.A. threats.
HOA’s should be illegal.
Here’s what far too many people can’t appreciate: in some states even, as well as certain municipalities, you CAN’T get a home without an HOA, because for decades, cities have encouraged and maintained HOAs with every new development!! It’s fewer services the cities are obliged to pay, and they get extra tax monies when they do it, never mind the destruction of community cohesion and destruction of The American Dream. There’s NO financial disincentive and only financial incentives for them, so they become ubiquitous.🤬
The market needs to put their foot down. Let all real estate agents know that you'd rather be homeless than live in an HOA.
I love it, after the cop reviews the documents he agreed you weren't poart of the HOA.
Thank goodness HOA are very rare in my country. We hate what controls city councils have over us and won't tolerate HOAs.
Good thing Babs didn't knock on my door because she'd have been run off like a feral critter after being shown the proof that she had zero authority over me or my property ~ and told a lawsuit was being filed that would bankrupt her entire precious HOA. Those things should be declared unconstitutional and illegal!
Return favor and call cops on the HOA
Barbara is the HOA’s version of Karen
Lawsuit
First one “how many times can I say HOA in one post"
Ironic in the first story his value went up for not being in an hoa
What's ironic about it? I can't comprehend how allowing your neighbors to have fascist control over your property somehow increases property values.
It's his land and it's none of the HOA's business.
HOAs should be drug out of their meetings and have public demonstrations and examples made of their members.
He should have logged every contact and illegal 911 call and get a restraining order against the entire HOA then the next incident have them arrested
You're not gonna have worse manners than a vampire, are you? Come on now. Don't make me get the stakes.
There is a development north of Saint Petersburg that must have a HOA. I rode my bike through it during the holidays and noticed identical christmas decorations on EVERY yard as far as the eye could see. At first it seemed pretty, then creepy. I guess if you didn't celebrate Christmas you were out of luck.
At 13:33 your father died of a heart attack, then later at 19:10 your now dead father meets and marries the guide on the ranch.
Have I misunderstood something please ???
The father who died is the grandpa. OP is speaking as his dad then (First person perspective as mentioned in 13:26). Then at the end, OP started speaking as himself.
Would this not be covered by the 4th Amendment? Although the HOA is not a government Agency, but the 4th Amendment does not specifically state what constitutes "authority"!
Id have painted the barn purple and my truck pink
HOA's are a bunch of BS and I could never live in a place with one, I am way too short tempered and someone would get their arses kicked!
I would sue the crap out of the homeowners association until I own them!
HOAs like that is only about the people on the board being in a position of power, they ruin the neighborhood.
If you're ever in such a situation, document EVERYTHING (every fine, every letter, record every conversation if possible) and give copies of it to your lawyer.
HOA guy skated past the THEY stole some of his land did he get it back?
The other historic fact, for those CRT deficient: HOAs were created and spread once redlining by governments was Federally prohibited. HOAs were ways to PRIVATELY prevent the “wrong” people from moving in a community, no matter if all HOAs do this all the time, it IS possible to happen in EVERY HOA. It’s the cornerstone of any HOA.
The American Flag is protected against stupid rules about flag displays
i WOULD HAVE SUED BARBARA WITH A JURY TRIAL
Time for Barbara/Karen restraining order.
Dang HOA I Really hate them....
No they don’t. HOA has no right on your land!!!!!
Legit question here. Why do these HOA even exist? Like, we have nothing like that where I live.
HOA's should only be for condos.
Why didn't the cops just arrest the HOA people that were making false allegations.
If memory serves me correctly that's illegal.
Why would the police enforce HOA regulations? They are strictly a civil matter!
This reminds me of the veteran who had a military base change its name to his. The homeowner association told him he was not allowed to fly the American flag in his front yard. It went really badly for them
If you want your life controlled by someone else then go ahead join an HOA 😂
I would just ignore them and call the cops on them for trespassing
False accusations= crime lock it em up!
I'd point out to the " brothers " that they are not "entitled " to get anythimg.
Not a wild Karen 😂
At best it is a civil matter. How do the cops get involved? They are involved in criminal actions.
I would never never never buying something that i do not posses 100% . Tell the cops to leave they can sue you if they want.
Second story; Sounds like he needs to give the 50k back 🤷🏾♀️
Big government loves HOA’s because they can delegate a lot of property upkeep and maintenance to the locals, saving money. But they don’t want to put lots of regulations on them because that means more work for them.
Do these people not realize their "Actions has Consequences"
Don't be nice to HOA ppl they'll bug the crap out of you use a water hose right away
The first question I ask when searching out some real estate is 'is it in an HOA? If so, won't even consider it. I suppose some people like them but I sure as hell wouldn't want to pay someone to make ridiculous rules and fine me for doing what I want on my own property,. I've heard some horror stories of HOA's and how they got a handicapped veteran locked out of his own home or not allow a wheelchair ramp to his home. It's really disgusting some of the HOA's have so much power and how they can do horrible things to people who are the actual owners of their homes but end up in some sort of foreclosure or expensive legal battle trying to get out from under one of them.
Sounds like a good place for a 200 foot tall ham radio antenna.
I wonder how much power they have now after Chevron Deference has been overturned😮
All your acres and neighbors can hear your dog! No flag pole and no USA FLAG IS ILLEGAL!
Property value up, that's great. So are ur Taxes now. But glad u won.
Where is the restraining order?
If you truly want your freedom do not buy do not buy into a neighborhood condominium townhouse or any other type of housing that has an HOA . As a former HOA manager, I have found that only one out of 50 people will actually understand what an HOA is to buy there .
Sue them
HOA the mafia of homeownership
You should have sued her
Why aren’t you being proactive by suing the HOA and Barbara personally? The way you’re playing it they only have to get lucky once in a court of law ill informed of the actual circumstances. Lawyer up
The safe money is on that he did not go far enough. For example, Title 18 of the U.S. Code contains specific laws that make it a crime to use the U.S. Mail to threaten or extort someone. Then there is the Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organizations [RICO] Act, under the same title, making it a crime to do these things two or more times over several years.
In other words, the probability is, Barbie and her associates could have been dealing with federal charges to.
HOA need to be banned or better regulated!
Paint your fence purple then you can have them arrested
HOAs must go!