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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!’

Elna McHilderson

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

Elna McHilderson

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Couple with 14 cats wants to sell property for top market value, relator seeks advice on how to inform them that the bad cat odors are deterring potential buyers: ‘[They’ve] ruined their resale value'

Elna McHilderson

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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

Elna McHilderson

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‘I played the long game’: Wronged homeowner enacts revenge on lying real estate agent, sends him fake love letters for six years and accidentally exposes his actual infidelity

Lana DeGaetano

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Tradesman does exceptional work but has an extremely bad flatulence problem, homeowners don't know what to do: ‘There has to be some degree of professionalism in this situation, right?’

Elna McHilderson

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New Neighbor encroaches 9 inches over existing boundary, loses 20 feet after landowner orders survey: 'Homeboy should have just let sleeping dogs lie...'

Brad Dickson

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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

Elna McHilderson

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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

Elna McHilderson

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Desperate homeowner ensures HOA doesn't see a dime of their fraudulent fines: '[The] HOA never tried to collect or contact us again'

Brad Dickson

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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

Elna McHilderson

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

Elna McHilderson

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'I regret buying our dream house': In-laws pressure couple into buying $1M home in the country, stick them with an expensive mortgage

Elna McHilderson

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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

Elna McHilderson

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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

Elna McHilderson

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'Quit watching HGTV': Professional contractors and tradesmen share the biggest issues they experience with homeowners

Elna McHilderson

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