how to handle your hoa

‘I might actually respect the HOA for this move’: HOA pulls ‘Uno Reverse’ and successfully restricts a door-to-door sales company with 120 voicemails

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Property owner calls out HOA for shady charges but gets ignored, does his own detective work and finds proof that's suable for $4,000: ‘You can beat the HOA—sometimes!’

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‘Now [$12,000] looks like chump change’: 20+ NYC renters share their most frustrating experiences in the real estate market

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Beloved old couple moves out and loud obnoxious gearhead moves in, neighbor gives him a dose of his own bad-neighbor medicine: ‘I took a gamble… It was the right call!'

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Shady arborist causes over $300k in damages to neighbor's yard, neighbor purchases his and his parent's online identity: ‘MY website is the #1 result on Google if you search for [him]’

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'Keep your word’: Carpenter tenant gets evicted after making a gentleman's agreement and spending $10k of his own money on renovations, rips everything out as he goes and gets the last laugh

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'I say they can kick rocks': HOA gives homeowner the go head to paint their house black, Karen member tries to get board to to retract approval after project is already finished

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'They're angry, but hands tied': HOA declines building request over 30 days after it was submitted, homeowner throws their own rules back in their face and gets to build anyway

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'HERE's [to] looking at YOU!': HOA member falsely accuses his 70-year-old neighbor of ‘watching’ him, so senior neighbor roasts HOA with a cardboard cutout of himself in the window

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'Saved probably... $300 per year?': Homeowners confess their sneakiest ways around their HOA's most useless rules

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‘Board needed to flex their might’: HOA only approves of one roof color, homeowner tricks them into thinking her color is the correct one, gets away with it

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'Imagine being that upset over the color of someone else's house': Pro-HOA post finds its way to anti-HOA subreddit and gets hilariously ripped to shreds

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‘Why would she even be mad about FREE LEMONS?’: New homeowner writes unhinged letter accusing neighbor of throwing lemons from his lemon tree into her yard, has a spot-on clap-back

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‘She went ballistic’: Karen HOA President thinks SAHM neighbor is her free nanny, gets shamed in the middle of the street

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‘Boy, was I tickled pink': Couple who's lived in their home 15 years gets a 4-page passive aggressive plea to join the HOA for $70 a month, turns them down

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‘It's the bane of my existence’: Homeowners share the minor issues they ignored when buying their home that are now much bigger problems

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