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

". . . despite it being in absolute black and white he refused to accept any fault or offer anything to make things right."

The things homeowners will do for a good tradesman!

Sometimes, it's better to just leave well enough alone. By making an issue about what you “do or don't” have when you're, well… wrong—you're more than likely to end up with less than you started with in the first place. Especially, as it turns out when you're disputing what you think is the boundary of your new property… Because, as in this story, the neighbor who has been there for longer probably knows a thing or two about why that “boundary” was established in the first place As at any point…

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

When you snooze, you lose, HOA.

The house-buying process is stressful and difficult to navigate at any point—especially when it's your first, and you have no idea what you're doing or what to expect. The process will see results that can have drastic and possibly cataclysmic effects on your finances as well as on the rest of your life and its quality. It's exhausting. The process and paperwork involved are almost like a second job, with months upon months of weekends taken up by an endless stream of open homes. With possible…

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.”

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.

Is it smart or unethical to use squatter and tenant rights against squatters?