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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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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'

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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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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?’

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

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

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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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‘They want some poor stooge to risk arrest for trespassing’: Couple offers $50 for a quick 'errand' they need run, is just a sneaky way to get a cheap home inspection of a remote property they want to buy

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Squatters get outwitted by management company after the landlord hires a professional 'nuisance' to move in with them: 'They were out within a week'

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