HOA sends him 1 dozen-plus parking tickets, but he doesn’t own a car
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- Опубликовано: 14 май 2024
- His Homeowners Association has sent him over a dozen parking citations, but he doesn’t even own a car.
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HOA's should be banned in America
No. Just don't buy a home where a home owners' association has any power or jurisdiction over you. If someone else wants to subject himself to this kind of abuse, that's his business.
@Qrayon the problem is there's too many communities with HOAs and just about every new community being built has an HOA now it's effecting the home buyers market because if they want to live in a nice new neighborhood they have to be subjected to the HOA and a lot of these HOAs are scam artists who steal the money for themselves I've read countless articles about HOAs being sued and people ultimately being imprisoned for it
Maybe not that extreme, but there should be lot more restrictions placed on them. The biggest thing would be to disallow them from foreclosing on the home for unpaid dues/fines.
@@Qrayon What fantasy world do you live in? They are everywhere...all new developments have them. You can't find homes without one.
@@frankb6333 That's BS. There are plenty of homes without them. Maybe get out of your fantasy world bud.
No HOA should have the ability to put a lien on someone’s home for anything.
A lien and a foreclosure are not the same thing.
@@neilkurzman4907doesn’t change it. HOAs should not be allowed to put liens on homes.
@@reeddeer793
So you saying, HOA’s can’t collect fees or fines they’re optional?
@@neilkurzman4907 HOA's didn't put up money for the home so they shouldn't be entitled to a lien on it. If they want a monetary interest on the home they should buy it for the owner and the "owner" can rent it from the HOA. As for fees for services rendered, they can do like any other business that didn't get paid for their services, take the customer to small claims court.
@@neilkurzman4907no one except a duly elected public government should collect fines. Period.
You can't cut off water on a squatter, but an HOA can cut off water on a homeowner?
Well yeah dude because squatters are usually Democrat
The poor victim Democrat is obviously being oppressed by everyone around him so like we all have to take pity on him and give him free stuff
So actually googled this because I've never heard of it and it seems to be that in most places it's considered a do-it-yourself eviction and that's why it's illegal.
@Kr0n1kTh3Kl0wn
🐊 🐍 🐦⬛ = you
HOA can literally force you out of your home. They can sell your house out from under you if you have a lot of fees. It’s insane.
@@Kr0n1kTh3Kl0wnNO ONE should've liked this comment but unfortunately today's world likes to make EVERYTHING political. Learn how to think for yourself
You know something? I've never heard a single good thing about a HOA.
You know something? Your comment is stupid AF.
If you ever had a neighbor that turns the property into a trash dump. They have crap everywhere. You’ll never have that in an HOA. That’s the only benefit.
@@lolly1405 The city/county/state has laws against that, so you don't need a HOA to fix it.
@@dubious6718 Though I don't like or agree with HOAs. Waiting for the city / county / state to enforce clean up of a neglected properly can take years. If the HOA's rules were reasonable they wouldn't be so bad. But half of them create ridiculous rules just to have the ability to fine the home owners.
I've worked in several HOA's and neither have I.
Moved into a HOA community when I was 52. Enjoyed it for about 2 years. Several older people would walk the streets every couple of weeks looking for any little infraction. They wouldn't stop and talk to you about it, they would send a registered letter. At 55 I retired and spent several hours a day in my garage. Car maintenance, wood working projects, etc. Got a letter that my Garage door could only be open during ingress or egress. Hung a for sale by owner sign out and was gone in 6 weeks. Rented a trailer for a year. Bought a couple of acres outside of town and built a house. Chickens roaming the back yard, 2 horses, mow the grass when I feel like it, and leave the Garage door open all day. Nice.
Nice! I would never, ever buy and live in an HOA community. Bought a 5-acre lot (wooded with a creek, momma cows in back) in a rural area, built a house, sold my city house (not HOA) and paid off the construction loan with the proceeds for a free and clear home in retirement.
Send them a registered letter with just a photo of the view from your front porch, with an inscription on the reverse reading "Suck it!" 🤣🤣
Congratulations on regaining your freedom. Smartest move you ever made getting out of there.
living the dream. i'm envious.
I'm glad that HOAs don't exist in Australia. Nor can one exist, at least in the USA style. I'm not certain why not, but I believe that they're regarded as an attempt to circumvent the authority of local government. You can't have a private road leading to properties owned by completely unrelated owners in Australia. The road must either be a right-of-way where the owner of the land the road is on is responsible for maintaining the road and keeping it open to the other people, or the road must be a public road, owned and maintained by local government.
There's a minor exception for flats (what the USA calls apartments) and similar, but the powers of the company which maintains shared infrastructure in the building are strictly limited.
Avoid HOA homes at all costs.
I will live in a cardboard box before I'll ever live underneath any Godforsaken HOA!
It’s not easy. Over 90% of homes have HOA. Look it up
@@dingoberry5252 WORD IS GETTING OUT!!!!!;-----ONCE HOA NEBORHOODS SEE THEIR HOUSEING VALUES PLUMIT BECAUSE NOBODY WANTS TO LIVE THEIR;---OOOOOOO RELIGON WILL COME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@dingoberry5252 I do not believe that.
REALLY hard, these days - unless you want to live in the middle of nowhere.
HOA's should be required to have their accounting audit every six months. Most HOA's are corrupt.
Every week shown to all ppl in the HOA my dad knows a guy who was part of a HOA never late on anything why was he kicked out? Overgrown yard because he had surgery and had hired someone to take care of it they didn't and none of his lazy neighbors or the HOA told him about it TILL HE WAS KICKED OUT and one of the laws? They had to give you warnings where did they leave it? Mailbox/door instead of calling him knowing he was not going to be home for 4-6 months he had some kind of surgery forget that also had to have therapy with it
Never buy a house in the area that has HOA. This will cause the value of the houses in that area to drop and people rise against HOA.
If the HOAs are so nosy how come they don’t know this guy doesn’t own a car?
Because they are just being complete assholes for the pure joy it gives them.
profits
They don't care. Its like what causes most problems in this world, power and money.
The know the home owner does not own a car but they just don't care because they are entitled little tyrants.
The HOA doesn't care if he owned a car. The HOA probably needed the money for refreshments at the next HOA meeting.
What do people need to know about living in a HOA community? 1) don't do it!
2) always refer to rule 1.
depends on the HOA, mine is a breeze. only eight 5+ acre homes with just 2 rules. All buildings on your property must match in whatever color of your choosing, and we all use the same trash service to minimize heavy truck traffic on the private asphalt roadway in the neighborhood. Since it's private the upkeep falls on us home owners yet out dues are only $800 annually.
100%
Yes.
@@tylermallory2504 You pay 800.00 a year for what? Sounds like they don't do anything for you.
You act like they have a choice. LOL!!!
I would never buy a home in an HOA community.
You took the words right out of my mouth!
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Good luck with that sadly every where they have hoa
About the only HOA rule I would want is "No barking."
@@cropduster123 Sadly, not anymore. Every new development has an HOA, and older homes and neighborhoods without one are being replaced with new neighborhoods with HOAs. Their power has to be limited without a doubt, but I think we should still keep them as there are a few good HOAs to take examples from/
I'm going through a HOA NIGHTMARE as I type. First 2 1/2 years of being in my townhome they told me to paint the entire house or they would fine me and shut off my water. I was stressed out I didn't have the money to paint it cost everything I had to buy the house all my savings are gone. They started sending threatening letters. So I pressured washed an touched up the paint with the little money I borrowed. That wasn't good enough they threatened a lien and had a lawyer call me. I Painted my whole house, then my refrigerator went out my brakes on my car had to be replaced. I have no savings I am down to $300 in the bank. I racked up fines for $6,100. I don't have it. I want to move I hate where I live now. It once was my dream home, now it's a nightmare thanks to them. I am so depressed at 62. I made a mistake buying into a HOA community!!
The HOA is like the adult version of a bully stealing your lunch money.
Amen to that!!!
It is.
Imagine paying someone money to tell you what you can and can’t do on your own property
Wow, it’s almost like living in a town or a city.
It's not your property they own the land the house in on.
@@jadonmesfun6479
Property covers a lot more than just land.
And sorry look up men can take your property for a multitude of reasons
@@jadonmesfun6479 your right but not all HOAs are like that
I prefer freedom myself. At least as much as I can get. It's really strange to me that ppl actually want to pay someone to tell them how to live.
Excessive fines by HOAs are often an indication that the HOA board are misusing funds, as in using the money for their own personal benefit or are embezzling the money.
I've heard the same thing many times and most of the time the HOA board is misusing funds.
@@1-Wheel-Drive We have a $300 annual fee and we have private paved roads and a private paved airfield. But we'll need to get an assessment for the money needed to repair the shrinkage cracks in the runway.
Much of the maintenance on the community is done by members. It's cost effective, as in no cost. The president runs his tractor to plow snow. His only compensation is he pays no annual dues.
Just charging someone for anything to do with parking when they don't have anything which could be "parked" should be grounds to investigate the HOA and the board members for deliberate fraud. Threatening to "foreclose" on their house should be investigated as extortion.
It's the governments fault that gave them power to run peoples lives on behave of themselves. This are the issues we need to ask those governs when ever they want your vote.if there's a petition to stop buying houses in hoa area then they will rethink this crap I'm tired of the I have they do nothing in the area but harassed certain individuals
It's intimidation to force out people they don't want.
@@AbsaalookemenschA private air field? That's kinda throwing it in these people face .
When shopping for a house, make it clear to your agent that you will NOT consider any property with an HOA. If they take you to such a property, drop them like a bad habit.
Good tip
Just make sure that you get language in the agreements that they make you sign, to allow you to fire them.
I really got lucky. The HOA where I bought my house went bankrupt 2 weeks after the closing on my house. We have lived free ever since.
I have a feeling HOAs are often slowly and methodically destroyed from within by covert means.
HOA's need to be prevented from ever foreclosing on a home.
They need to go the way of the dinosaurs.
I can see letting them add liens. Foreclosure, though, is insane.
HOAs need to be disbanded their ridiculous these days
Hoas do not increase property value
Why do they have the power to foreclose on a owner’s house. They are not the bank. Residents should start lawsuits against them.😡😡
Free house and money
It's in the contract when you buy the condo or house.
Yeah it’s in the sale contract. A lot of the smaller details are buried/never mentioned but they (some) pressure people to sign with a sense of urgency or threat of penalty
HOAs have a lot of power and the courts allways uphold the contract that they sign.
Or claim the property is already in the HOA 'jurisdiction', when it is not.
I remember a neighbor getting a huge fine cause some kids had littered and the trash blew onto her yard so she was then ticketed. Trash wasn’t even there long, they jumped on it. HOA would peek over fences looking for things to ticket for cause it turned out they were corrupt and pocketing the money. What a surprise! 🙄
The funniest part is HOAs aren't even necessary. My neighborhood doesn't have one and the city is very responsive to any blight neglect dead trees etc...
My only experience with a HOA was when a toddler was walking the area on New Years Eve. We tried to find the parents, but finally had to call the police. The next morning the HOA President was trying to tell me I should have called him first. Told the little Nazi to get off my property.
What the heck is the HOA president going to do different that we wouldn't be able to do ourselves?
Power-hungry wannabe found his niche
@@benwagner5089He needs to be investigated. He might like much younger humans then normal.
@@kitsiewr BINGO!
So my HOA isn't the only one that residents call Nazis! Good to know.
Foreclosure on homes for 2K in fines when the average home in the US is 450K? That is crazy. I would never buy a home with HOAs since this seems to be the new norm.
I would sue the HOA over that and say "The foreclosure is illegal unless they give me the whole difference in the cost between the value of the home and the fines!"
according to lawyer on RUclips in some states hoa can foreclose on house over $200-$300-Georgia, Florida, Texas, Las Vegas, & perhaps Nevada have many nightmares with hoa
according to lawyer on RUclips in some states hoa can foreclose on house over $200-$300-Georgia, Florida, Texas, Las Vegas, & perhaps Nevada have many nightmares with hoa
according to lawyer on RUclips in some states hoa can foreclose on house over $200-$300-Georgia, Florida, Texas, Las Vegas, & perhaps Nevada have many nightmares with hoa
according to lawyer on RUclips in some states hoa can foreclose on house over $200-$300-Georgia, Florida, Texas, Las Vegas, & perhaps Nevada have many nightmares with hoa
If a landlord can’t turn off the water how can an HOA?
Because in an HOA you own the house above the ground and they own the pipes below the ground
@@Kr0n1kTh3Kl0wnBut, by law, it makes it uninhabitable.
@Kr0n1kTh3Kl0wn that's not always true. I live in an hoa, but I own all underground utilities in my yard and have my own direct payments for water, trash, recycle, sewer, electric, fiber internet, and pest control. The street is even city property. My HOA also has no board or president at the moment, which is very nice.
I’m so grateful my grandma got lucky with her hoa. Apparently it’s power is limited to maintaining the neighborhood road. She got annoyed when the road widening killed a couple trees, but on the other hand when her husband was dying of cancer and we fell behind on keeping the shrubs along the road trimmed, instead of fines they used discretion and had volunteers trim back the overgrown shrubs so they didn’t hang over the road. A neighbor had a tree fall across the road in a storm and they called together people in the neighborhood to use chainsaws to clear it while the storm still raged.
Just sounds like good neighbors to me! They're priceless!
HOA: a tree fallen by the storm? I'd fine you for that. You should have removed it minutes after it fell!!! 😆😆😆
HOA: a tree fallen by the storm? I'd fine you for that. You should have removed it minutes after it fell!!! 😆😆😆
The lady who got her water cut off, WTF???
In England that is 1,000% illegal for a water company to do that.
it is illegal inmost states as well, the water is NOT property of the hoa it is city property, a guy did this out here and got 40k fines and 2 yrs and the judge ordered restitution and water to be turned on.
I had properties in the Midwest, and yes, the town DID turn off water, and lock it, for non-payment.
The town did because the town was owed money the HOA did it in this case and they did not have a legal standing to do so as they were not old any money. It's not even clear if she owed anything water not the water company
@@jimmyday9536
@@jimmyday9536the HOA had the water turned of because she was behind on her HOA bills. Not behind her water bill.
@@charliedulinbut was water included in the HOA?
Sue the HOA for harassment and send a copy of the lawsuit to very member of the HOA, so they know what the HOA board is doing with their money. Also, as a part of the lawsuit, demand an outside audit of the HOA's use of funds.
Not a bad idea. I'm not sue happy but that might just shut them up.
Suing your HOA or condo association is like shooting yourself in the foot. LOL. Who do you think has to pay the legal costs? That's right, YOU. 😎
@@jimmyday9536 That's why I specified that they should send every member of the HOA, not just the board members, a copy of the lawsuit so they know what their board is doing and how much it will cost them.
@@jimmyday9536 So sue then move the hell out. You don't want to live there anyway.
@@jimmyday9536you realize that’s how court works right?
People...stop buying these homes with an HOA, I don't care how nice the house looks, you're eventually asking for a problem.
I have a friend with an HOA and she told me that they sent her an email warning that she left her garage door open several times within a 2 month period. WTF
... and then there was that one HOA who tried to force residents to leave garage doors OPEN all day long. The lame excuse for that was "so they could check to make sure nobody was living in the garage"
@@ralphm6901 Oh, that's a big invitation for theft of anything in the garage.
@@jamielpatterson2576 yes, they couldn't keep anything in the garage, and had to ensure that the interior door was solid and lockable. I think the homeowners may have had to go to court on that.
WHY do people buys homes in HOAs? My daughter was thinking of buying there and I told her NO! What positivity comes out of living in one?
We are living in our 3rd purchased home. In each case we told the realtor: Under NO circumstances will we consider a home with an HOA. If enough people do this the HOA neighborhoods will be ghost towns and the HOAs will starve. Can't collect dues from an empty house.
I did the same thing and every house I found that I loved was immediately off the list when I found out they had an HOA. No way in hell I'm paying hundreds of thousands of dollars to be controlled by Karens who in the end will steal my property I paid for after making my life miserable over the stupidest little shit ever. If a home is in an HOA it's value is literally ZERO dollars to me. I don't want it. If it was offered to me for free, I would most likely take it to 'try' to profit from it, but I would still have to 'consider' it before doing so because of all the issues, time, and money it may cost me to deal with it before I get it sold. So much for maintaining home values which was their original purpose. smh
Actually, HOAs can't _just_ collect dues from an empty house, they can fine you the millisecond anything is posted on the door, the grass gets a tiny bit too high, if you're not maintaining it to the HOA standards, and even if any signs of emptiness imply that the neighborhood isn't desirable to live in. As long as you own the house, even if you can't sell it, the HOA has power over you and exists solely to grow its funding and power. When I was looking for my home, I was shown a home in an HOA which prohibited the posting of for sale signs because it might make the neighborhood look undesirable.
I recommend anyone having problems with their HOA study for and get their Amateur Radio license. It's cheap and far easier than fighting HOA Fascists. Then, give the HOA notice that you're going to install a 40 to 60 foot antenna tower (assuming you don't have overhead power in the neighborhood). Include lots of pictures including the really big Yagi antennas and guy lines to show them the kind of installation you're considering. Thanks to federal law, HOAs are powerless to restrict HAM radio towers. If you bargain down their harassment vs. the tower you're gonna install, you can do a lot.
There's the irony. An HOA is supposed to keep up the value of a property but I'm pretty sure being in an HOA must drop several thousand off the price.
Except that many cities and counties REQUIRE them for all new construction, as they do not want to bear the burden of supporting roads, water and sewer lines. So that push that expense onto HOA's, while still charging property taxes.
@@nunya3163 That would also change real fast if people refused to buy them. When a city requires it and nobody agrees to buy in the city, they will rethink their bullcrap requirement and possibly even reverse it to the opposite direction of banning them. One, the city won't get new residents and therefore won't be able to survive, and two, the construction companies will petition the city to change their rules or will stop building there.
People need to vote with their dollars instead of accepting nonsense situations. As long as you keep giving your dollars to what you do not want, it will never change because as long as they keep getting their money, 'all is well' in their world.
I can't comprehend why anyone would want to buy a home with hoa. I would never risk my home with such stupidity. At one time some of my neighbors wanted to bring in an hoa, the neighborhood showed up for the meeting and we made sure that they never attempt that stupidity again. They literally got scared for their lives in that meeting, they got run off for good and we had a great laugh. Our subdivision is the only one in the town we are living in that has no hoa.
A lot of homes are in an HOA before you buy them. If you need to be in a specific area for your child’s school district, or your work, or some other reason then sometimes homes in an HOA are the only viable option. It’s terrible. And a lot of people go into it thinking it won’t really be that bad because there aren’t many rules… but then they go and make more rules later… and then they’re kinda trapped
Maintain "Property values". Lamest excuse ever
@@RachelAmmonspeople need to realize if they make a child it’s your responsibility to teach them 🤦🏽♀️. So u move to a hoa for a school when the hoa can come up with any rules out their ass to take one of the biggest investment in most people lives.
I really do not see why they exist but Karen's Inc. Right? They should be cops if they like paperwork so much.
@@toddaulner5393 to keep blacks out of the community. It’s kind of biting everyone in the ass now. Now they are harassing everyone no matter what color.
Not only would I never live in a HOA community, but I wouldn't even want to own a home with another tenant.
I bought my single-family home in 1997 for $149K, that was the going price then, not a steal by any stretch, and folks told me I should've bought a two-family and rented the other out as it would pretty much pay the mortgage for me. Not interested. I don't want a neighbor in the same structure and I don't want to be a landlord.
Paid the mortgage off in 21 years on what was a 30-year fixed and all I pay now is insurance, taxes and the occasional upkeep.
How about this? Don't move to an HOA community!
Sadly, in many places, that is just not possible, as local governments refuse to add new roads and utilities to their obligations, so that mandate an HOA to support the roads and other infrastructure, all while still colleting property taxes. It's literally double taxation.
At what point does this harassment become criminal!
When laws are put in place to stop this from happening.
foreclosing on a home, which costs hundreds of thousands of dollars for an amount of money that won't buy a 40 year old running car.
that is INSANE.
If they fined him for other people parking in front of his house, I would hire people to park their cars in front of the HOA board members' houses. That s**t would stop!
That is how I got our guard president to fire the property manager! I told him I was going to park a junker in front if his house so he could see how it felt to get a ticket when it wasn’t his car. That did the job
I had this problem. They would ticket us as the closest house without checking that this was our car (it was not). I had to dispute every single one. One month I got three tickets for the same car on the street (which the city owns and is not marked no parking ). I was able to work with the board president to get our property manager fired because they were the problem
I remember when the Real Estate agent mentioned how great the HOA was and we both yelled "Stop the Car". We live in Central California and a Team of Clydesdales couldn't drag us ito an HOA. I have my Own Swimming Pool and Spa. I don't want you in mine and I promise that I won't use yours. My next-door neighbor built their house in 1988. I've only spoken to them 6 times in 36 years and that was about replacing the shared fence. We live in a fairly large subdivision with 8,000 sq ft lots and 1,700-2,100 sq ft single story houses.
I really don't care what color you paint your house and the city ordinances don't allow you to raise Goats in the back yard.
HOA's remind of those High School Clubs and who was running for President.
HOA personnel need to be held legally liable for mismanagement
The American dream is over .
And home owners should be held liable for not knowing whats in their bylaws lol
I was in real estate for years and always strongly advised buyers to avoid any property with a HOA. I even had a waiver I had a lawyer draw up when buyers were still interested in proceeding with a purchase of a HOA property because I worried I could be held liable later on if there were problems. The waiver was about how I fully advised the buyer about the terms of the HOA and how they could affect them and that I would be held harmless in the future if any issues arose. HOAs had some good intentions but have gotten way out of hand and have far too much power.
A lot of elderly people that are hopelessly addicted to criticizing others
Never live anywhere there is a HOA. You never actually own the home.
Now do property taxes!!!!😂😂😂
@@dsc420247 Where I live certain type of people are EXEMPT, SO YES, WE do INFACT OWN our HOMES.
@@dsc420247 Ha! I was going to say the same thing. When you have to pay the government their annual "rent" in the form of property taxes, and they can take your home away from you if you don't, then you don't actually ever own your home.
Not all that different from any municipal organization. Miss your property taxes and they will take it. Don't adhere to codes that they set and they will fine you until they can take your home for missed payments. Outside of all of that, multiple govt agencies constantly write new codes that they then use to trespass and order you about on your own property, with the idea that they, too, can seize your land. Until all property taxes are abolished and all levels of govt are forbidden to make laws about how you use the land that you own then you never own your land or home.
Actually that's not entirely true technically you do own the home but the HOA retains ownership of the foundation that it sits upon
So like theoretically if you had enough money you can find a way to lift the house off the foundation and take it with you...
But it's literally cheaper to build a brand new house from scratch in most cases
an hoa should never be able to foreclose on a home.
I agree but they all do it.
An hoa can foreclose on your home for something that the government can't--even when it would be illegal for the government to do it, hoa can. Mini nazi government with zero oversight.
Anyone that has a lien on a property is legally able to foreclose.
We were moving as I'd started a new job 15 years ago. We had hoped to move into new developments in DuPont, WA, so I could bike to work when the weather was nice.
Everything available was in an HOA. Only one car allowed in the driveway, street parking for no more than 2 hours, park your second car in the garage. No antennas allowed except a satellite dish.
So we moved in 10 miles from work. No HOA, nice neighborhood. Two 2 car garages for my workshop and electronics lab, two cars parked in the driveway, and street parking.
Ten miles from work isn't so bad, except in bad weather. We don't have any HOAs in my area, but it's nothing for people to spend up to an hour getting to work.
They can't legally enforce that " no antennas" rule
I am 61 years old and cycling 10miles is the fastest way to get to work. Door to door 25 minutes.
Why are the names of the individuals on these HOA boards, the people making these calls to scam these poor homeowners, not being publically named by the media?
I get that people want some structure in their lives but allowing these common people to dictate how everyone should live in an HOA just seems unrealistic. Most of the times these HOA members are nothing but bullies.
Narcissists are attracted to become HOA members so they can worm their way in to control & bully people
Isn't it 100% of the time?
There's only one type of person that would be on a HOA board.
Boot or tow the car so the actual owner has to pay to have it removed.
Exactly. I'm pretty sure it's against the law to actually fine them for a vehicle that isn't theirs if they haven't first contacted the individual about it or local law enforcement.
You can’t just have a car towed that is legally parked.
@@maryricketts7337 , These cars were illegally parked as per the citations, and HOA rules/bi-laws. Yes! They can definitely tow or boot when rules/laws visibly posted. Different states probably do have different rules/laws on city property parking although private property parking HOA property is usually fairly straightforward.
You would have to have rocks in your head to buy a house in an HOA neighborhood 🙄
The real problem is homeowners don't vote the board out because no one else runs. You gotta get involved people.
Everyone has time to complain, but no one has time to serve on their board. Shrug.
@@jimmyday9536then get rid of it!
Over many years of my professional career, I've had to work with all levels of government. My conclusion early on was that the closer you get to local government, the worse they are to deal with. An HOA is for all intents and purposes, a local government. You get petty bureaucrats that suddenly realize that they have these new super powers and they take out that hammer and scour their domain looking for nails to hammer down. Admit their mistake ? Gawd forbid.
I'll never live in an HOA again. Major scams! I moved in to a brand new neighborhood and the HOA spent money to resurface the streets. They had tar spayed down and topped with gravel. Prior to that the streets were smooth and new. Then they claimed they overspent on snow removal and increased dues. The streets were only plowed twice that whole winter. I built a beautiful garden with trees and a pond with water fall, but the HOA would have to come through the house or fly overhead to see it. Then the housing market flipped and I would have had to give the bank over $110k just to take it off my hands. I let it go into foreclosure. During that a tornado took out much of the neighborhood including my (former) home. Karma for bad HOA dues.
It's usually someone with serious mental power and control issues who 'manage' HOAs, but they manipulate you and hide nefarious intentions with overly cheerful smiles a phony personalities. I'd rather string a hammock between trees than live in another HOA.
I live in an HOA and received a warning for overgrown grass. My lawnmower broke and was under warranty thru Sears. Well Sears closed and I had to take it 200 miles to another city for repairs if I wanted it covered under warranty. It took a month to get it back. To avoid HOA fine, I had to write a detailed explanation as to why my lawn was overgrown including future steps I will take to make sure it doesn’t happen again 😳
damn...I don't know why people would pay $ to add more stresses to their lives.
Soo...just like in elementary school?
200 miles x 2.. to fix a used lawnmower?? Couldve got a local hs kid or handyman cheaper than 100$ in gas.
You pay for the ability to be fined over cutting your own grass at someone elses discretion?
Niceeeeeeee , do you tip them at the same time ?
Never, ever buy a home with an HOA. Crazy jerks are always on the board.
If you buy a house with an HOA, you are a fool.
In many cases people don't have a choice, especially if you want newer construction. Yeah, HOAs can be terrible, but I've never had an issue with any of my properties.
@@bikeman7982 you always have a choice.
@@markfeemster8135 Get over yourself. We have an HOA because the county in its wisdom decided all the roads in the subdivision are "private," which means they won't pay for maintenance. So our subdivision has to. And we formed an HOA whose main job is to make sure the roads are maintained. We don't poke in peoples' business, we just take care of the roads.
Try doing that without an association.
@@markfeemster8135 Nothing in life is without risk. Sure, there are always choices, but insisting on non-HOA properties can result in huge compromises for many. If one is looking for new construction, it's almost impossible to not have a HOA. Like everything else in the news, negative experiences get amplified. The worst thing a HOA did was to accuse me of illegally charging my car from a community power outlet. They dropped it as soon as I pointed out the car was actually a neighbor's and it wasn't even parked my assigned spot.
@@demophys4883 just the roads, for now.
One reason for the proliferation of HOA communities is that local governments are happy to get out of having to maintain the roads, lighting, etc. within the development to the point of requiring it in nearly every case. So, if you don't like it, get on your local government to stop doing that. Make your property tax go to maintaining all roads which, of course will cost everybody more instead of making subdivision residents pay for it
Years ago I owned a condo with a pretty good HOA. It was 28 units and our board of 3 was run by 3 tenants. Dues were low and the property was kept in pristine condition. Unfortunately, some of the other owners weren’t happy with $100/month HOA fees and a clean property. Eventually the HOA had to transferred to a property management company. The dues immediately went up to $150/month and were about $175 when I left. The last that I heard the dues were $350/month.
In Florida you can file a law suit against the HOA officers as private individuals. To pay something you do not owe is just side stepping your responsibility as a good citizen. Go after the HOA for damages and court costs .
Want to live in 1930s and 40s Germany, move somewhere with an HOA
I don’t think they had HOA’s back then.
@@jayhache5609 No but the HOA board members do act like the Gestapo
@@mikeydude750 I disagree.
@@jayhache5609 Sounds like you're one of them then
@@mikeydude750 Actually I think the HOAs are worse
Over here in the UK they are not allowed to cut off your water as it is a human right. How can the richest country in the world do this to people?
Unfortunately we decided money is worth more than human life over here.
Greed for money.
... the richest country where the top 5% control 90% of the wealth. That's how they can do this.
"Richest country in the world"!?! Certainly not the USA. Country is bankrupt. Out of control government debt at ALL levels: Federal, state, county, municipal. Politically bankrupt. Education system has become third world.
When I was house hunting in 2002, the #1 thing I required was NO HOA. They're just a haven for petty tyrants.
Dont live in a HOA... Couldnt Pay me enough to live within one.
This is why HOA's should not exist.
Why would somebody want to to live in a HOA neighborhood?
Because that's most new houses in America?
@@machupikachu1085 That's not a reason. They're are plenty of areas that don't have them. I'm asking for why someone would choose a neighborhood like that.
With neighbors from hell caused me to leave an HOA and will never go through the hassle of one of those properties again.
I will be happy to help the homeowner to go against the HOA ‼️
How many more reasons do people need to not buy in an HOA until there are firm ironclad laws put in place against their overreach. When we were home shopping, a couple agents told us all we would be able to buy would be in an HOA or a condo, I told them I'd live in a tent first. That those fees could go towards the principal on our mortgage, We did buy a home NOT in an HOA, not even 100 feet from my property is a 5 are piece of land with a barn on it with horses and llamas. We have overpaid the principal ever since the first payment was due and knocked like 5 years off the life of the mortgage so far. AND we have the double homestead exemption. Saves a fortune in property tax AND when we hit 65 in a few years. ZERO property tax. Plus there are several other types of homestead exemption for other types of people.
He should tell them he’s not paying any parking fines, and they can tow the car away for scrap.
Great idea.❤❤❤
You are wrong as what you are dealing with is Marxxism; aka: Communism. No such event happened in Spain, Italy or Germany. No ban me for 24 hours Dummies.
He doesn't own a fucking car
So stop i'll reporting you.
I live in an HOA community. Not by choice, it was the only thing could afford. My HOA is actually pretty good. Thank goodness.
"What should a person be considering when looking at an HOA community?" DO NOT MOVE TO ONE!
Its amazing what people will put up with before resorting to making a killdozer.
My hoa charges $65.00 a quarter. We have hundreds of homes and no-one hates them. The lady in charge is awesome. No complaints…ever.
HOA is alive because of these home owners.
HOA is minimum 350 includes water, trash, sewer and exterior maintenance
But they shld not have power to dictate owners
I live in a neighborhood and it was also my childhood home I now live in with my kids. We have always had HOA. Never had a single issue. Our hoa covers the amazing playground basketball court and baseball field. The neighborhood block party, when Santa and Mrs claus come to visit and give every child a gift and our Easter egg hunt and the up keep of the common grass and trees. Nothing else. They don’t care what color your house is what your yard looks like. One person ended up sick and was out of work and a lot of people rallied and helped anyway they could and their hoa fees were waived while they were out sick and also another 6 months.
I own a townhouse in an urban neighborhood. Living in the inner city means we don't have HOAs. Our neighborhoods are hundreds of years old. How could you even create an HOA in an old established inner city neighborhood and how could you enforce it? One of my neighbors at the end of the block built a garage over his parking pad. It looks great and I was jealous that I couldn't afford one too. One evening my girlfriend, who at that time lived in a HOA complex and was having trouble with them, was visiting. She saw his garage and said, "if he lived in my complex we would make him take that down!" And I said why? It's not bothering anyone - even though I wish I could afford to do the same I'm not going to tell him he can't have a garage! That's one of the best things about living in my urban neighborhood, we don't have HOAs. At most we do have civic associations, gardening clubs and street cleaning days. But when you live in the city your neighbors are usually very live and let live kind of people. Although with the neighborhood changing we are getting people who complain about the kids riding their bikes up and down the street or the kids making noise. I think that just means the neighborhood is alive and vibrant. They complain about the police sirens or the ambulance and fire engine sirens. I tell them - hey - if you want quiet go back to the suburbs.
I live in Los Angeles inner city area. At one time I rented where there was a block club determined to get all renters out. any little thing, kids playing in my front yard, a little too much giggling from babies, the extra ice cream truck trips pass my house on a hot summer day got complaints. I never explained to anyone who was who in my house, as my hubby and his nephew both were living there, and my grandchildren lived in the duplex on the other side. Someone who was a dog grooming customer of mine owned a house in the next block and told that group to leave me alone. The way some people acted you would think that they thought they were living in Beverly Hills, not next to Watts. People are always too nosey.
The best way to fix the problem is never join an HOA.
Just being under HOA control must cut the property value in half. I would walk away from a house if I didn't know it was HOA already. Incredible.
HOA is the ABSOLUTE WORST ASSOCIATION EVER. I PRAY ZI don't ever have to reside in one.
If that's even true, then how do they have his name??? Names no logic.
Unfortunately a lot of people live near a city or suburb. Even in rural areas you may not want to go near anything that says "subdivision". If a realtor even hints at the word HOA... pull a 180 and dont look in the rear view.
Years ago, someone brought up the idea of a HOA in my subdivision during a party. Everyone else resoundingly said "No!".
Not forgetting a HOA evicted a couple because their recently orphaned grandson moved in with them. The reason the grand son was 9 and only over 55s could live in the HOA
If this happened to my family, there would be lots of mysterious house fires in that neighborhood.
Many years ago I used to work at an HOA as a security guard. The majority of the board members kept a very tight reign on the CC&R's. As a security guard I was provided a multiple page list of possible write-ups to turn in on a daily basis. One day the president of the board had me actually write up the treasurer of the board for a HOA violation! This was how petty the board president was on a regular basis. If the security guard did not fine violations they replaced the security guard. I lasted as long as their security guard as long as I could tolerate the BS involved with playing their games. You could say that I was NOT a very popular person to some of the residents. I was thrilled to be reassigned elsewhere!
My grandmother lives in a hoa and it seems to be a good one. The hoa fee is, I think, $25 a month. They use that money to cut grass near the roads and keep the signs looking clean. They also organize two big yard sales a year so they pay some in advertising. Doesn't seem like they enforce a lot of their rules since my grandmother's neighbor has a shad in the back and that's against the rules.
The HOA in my neighborhood fined a home owner for having 20ish kids' bikes on the lawn. The home is feet away from the school bus stop. Kids didn't have any other place to put their bikes. The home owner was happy to let the kids keep the bikes on his lawn. The fine was dropped.
Most HOAs operate illegally. In my state, you must take a class and get a certificate of completion from a community college before you can serve on an HOA board. I was the only member of my board to have one. Nobody checks. Without having the ENTIRE board certified, you can’t fine anyone legally in this state. The courts never check. When I became fed up with the HOA board I contacted a lawyer. Because they didn’t know about certain provisions in the law, I was able to get my HOA dissolved. The HOA board was embezzling money, falsely fining people, levying fines they couldn’t legally collect and so on.
A HOA says that between the Feds, The State, The County, The City, and the Neighborhood.... doesn't have enough laws for you so you want an HOA.
I told realtor six years ago absolutely no HOA when searching for a home. HOSs should’ve been banned years ago. They’ve gotten beyond ridiculous with these soccer mom Karens running them.
That awkward moment when the people you’re living around are shadier than the people you thought you were keeping out.
Hoa is a police state you ignorantly buy into. I would never do that to myself.
Don’t buy home in a HOA.
When my parents and I moved to Florida a few years ago, we rented a house in an HOA. They complained about everything but worst part? It was right next to the 'bad part' of town. Always domestic disputes, cops being called, etc. and they wondered why some things were being stolen inside the HOA or teenage kids that didn't even live there were walking around. No matter how many fences they wanted to put up, you can't stop them walking in the gate when someone else is coming or going.
I do not live in an HoA and never will.
What do people need to know if they're considering moving into a community with an HOA?
Don't. That's it.
The people that serve on the HOA's don't have a clue as to what they are doing. They need to be sued personally.
After my delightful experience in an HOA, I have sworn NEVER to buy a house in one again.
In my country, houses in gated communities and gated communities itself are built and funded by corporations. And once the house is purchased, all that is left to do is pay a monthly fee which will be used for maintenance and payrolls for the guards and the cleaners. HOAs are nonexistent. We all mind our own businesses and does not make a living harassing our neighbors.
What country would that be...? Not the USA, I presume?
What people should learn from this is never buy a home where there is any form of HOA.
I lived most of my life not in an HOA, moved to an HOA five years ago.
I can’t build the fence that I want, I can’t put up a small shed, I can’t build the sun porch that I want.
So I’m not doing a damn thing to improve the property, just maintaining it.
Probably move in another five years.
I owned four investment townhomes in a covenented community. I was even president of the HOA for a while when residents got sick and tired of the tyrants running things and elected me to stop the bs. One board member told me I should not even be eligible to vote, let alone be on the board or president since I didn't live in the community! My father and mom lived in an HOA community in FL and were constantly subjected to the tyranny of that group of HOA 'officers'. HOA's are ridiculous and should not even be allowed 1/10 of the powers that they've been granted by covenant. Their ridiculous egomaniacal tyrants who mismanage the monies entrusted to them more than half the time.
Isn't it crazy how there are literally THOUSANDS of these stories, but HOA's are still do as they've always done. 🤔
I was on the board of several HOA and condo communities. The basic issue is, these are run by volunteers who often have an axe to grind, and often have little or no business knowledge. But the real kicker is, they are on these boards because they were ELECTED BY THE OWNERS. The vast majority of people simply do not read their ByLaws, they don't attend meetings, they don't vote. And then wonder why things are the way they are.