Even a crazy cat lady wouldn't want to buy this place...

When dealing with landlords, make sure you get everything in writing!

Let's face it: paying rent stinks. It's like setting a pile of money on fire every week just for the privilege of surviving and oddly reminiscent of paying mob dues. You have virtually no rights to the home, along with virtually no guarantees, and in a lot of places, you can basically be asked to leave or pay more arbitrarily at virtually any point. Still, if you're fortunate enough to have a place of your own, you'll come to find that you're basically still just renting from the bank anyway, p…

"Using the legal background of my fiancé, we send a strongly worded letter building on my input. As a result the landlord paid the deposit in full two weeks later and I never heard back of him."

The things homeowners will do for a good tradesman!

Why are HOAs so fixated on house color? Let people live!

When you snooze, you lose, HOA.

When the HOA goes low, you go lower.

Nothing is worse than living somewhere with arbitrary rules about your own property.

“I'm angry with myself for going against my gut and what I originally wanted to do because now we are priced out of that area…”

“Be an utterly unethical thorn in [the HOA's] side which can never be removed or retaliated against. I'm not locked in with them; they're locked in with me.”

“[He left] a note stating if I can't do what was agreed upon he would evict me.”

It really just comes down to whether you are pro-purple house or not…

Are you planning on hiring a professional for some work around your home? Then you better read up!

Apparently, this entitled neighbor has never heard of the teachings of Sir Isaac Newton…

Surprise, surprise—nobody wants to do professional work for nickels and pennies.