I LOATHE my HOA!! - Page 9

Glock&KimberLady · 10-15-2012, 15:08

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Originally Posted by NeverMore1701

A low class pretentious a-hole?

I figured it just made me a Libertarian.

**NeverMore1701** · 10-15-2012, 15:18

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Originally Posted by Glock&KimberLady

I figured it just made me a Libertarian.

Around here they're pretty much the same thing

Glock&KimberLady · 10-15-2012, 15:20

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Originally Posted by NeverMore1701

Around here they're pretty much the same thing

Ahhh...touché!!!!!

stevelyn · 10-15-2012, 17:07

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Originally Posted by Glock&KimberLady

Hrm, where do I fit in then? I have both.

You're not trying to push an HOA regime as the bestest place to live. You merely own a place that has one.

JuneyBooney · 10-15-2012, 18:54

HOA are hard to beat because they are not honest and lie quite well. Good luck.

frizz · 10-16-2012, 05:41

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Originally Posted by NorthCarolinaLiberty

No, not at all. Just like workers who are not forced to join a union when they contract with a private employer.

This is not a valid comparison, but I'm sure you will keep digging to find some more invalid analogies.

The people who owned the land subdivided it and sold the lots with restrictions and covenants (such as the HOA) that run with the land. No one is forced to buy a deed with an HOA clause. They buy them of their own free will, and it is very easy to buy a house without an HOA.

Again...

Why do you hate freedom?

frizz · 10-16-2012, 05:51

duplicate

HexHead · 10-16-2012, 06:01

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Originally Posted by Rooster Rugburn

Too bad adults cannot just agree to disagree. This is like just about everything, personal opinion.

Agreeing to disagree is one thing, but bragging about how they would prefer to leave crap on the porch, work on cars in the yard and not cut the grass for weeks is a whole 'nother matter. it shows they have no respect for others, much less themselves.

I'm all for personal freedom, but like the old saying goes, "your rights end at the tip of my nose".

frizz · 10-16-2012, 06:16

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Originally Posted by DanaT

I get that is how it generally works,but what legal principal allows me to sign a contract when I buy a house that is binding on the next buyer?

I just dont see the legal principla behind it (but I am also not a lawyer and specifically not a real estate lawyer)

The requirement is in the deed, and runs with the land. It is just the same as if you bought a house with some wort of easement.

***series1811*** · 10-16-2012, 06:45

When I was in south Florida, one of the HOA's decided that pickup trucks were ugly and got a bylaw passed outlawing "trucks" parking in driveways.

.....Only to find that "trucks" under the Florida vehicle code, included SUVs. DOH!!!

I leaned to hate them, living in Florida.

tantrix · 10-16-2012, 08:24

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Originally Posted by HexHead

Agreeing to disagree is one thing, but bragging about how they would prefer to leave crap on the porch, work on cars in the yard and not cut the grass for weeks is a whole 'nother matter. it shows they have no respect for others, much less themselves.

Doing whatever you want on your own property means you don't respect others? Well, I'm here to inform you that the day somebody tells me I need to cut my grass or get something out of my yard, they'll be told to piss off and to leave my property in record time.

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Originally Posted by HexHead

I'm all for personal freedom

Uh, no man...you aren't for personal freedom, you just proved that with this post.

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Originally Posted by HexHead

but like the old saying goes, "your rights end at the tip of my nose".

Here's a new saying: "Your nose ends at my property line".

uhlawpup · 10-16-2012, 09:33

Let me see if I understand this.

J.Kill rented a townhouse in a development with a homeowners association, and feels that the rules he agreed to abide by are unjust, and wants exceptions to be made because of his particular situation.

I see.

I found a great way to have a terrific homeowners association. I took it over. I am president. SheWhoMustBeObeyed is secretary. No screwy yard-nazi rules. We control 2/5 of the Board of Directors. The other named officer, the treasurer, is a good friend. The two at-large board members are serving because I asked them to do so.

If you agree to abide by our rules, we only expect that you do so. If you do not agree with our rules, we call a meeting of all the homeowners to see if they should be changed. In the greatest of our country's traditions, majority rules. If you choose not to abide by the rules you agreed to abide by, we make it very expensive for you, and use the money to improve the common areas for us all. We do not contract out any duties of the association or board of directors. All are handled by people who live there and volunteer for the assignments.

I like our HOA. I plan to live here for the rest of my life.

dan1488 · 10-16-2012, 09:53

I live out in the country on some acreage, Have plenty of stuff around that would get some of y'alls blood boiling. I shoot my guns in my yard, don't worry about property values, wouldn't mind if they go down which means lower property taxes.

Don't plan on moving so property values are a non issue to me.

P99er · 10-16-2012, 10:30

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Originally Posted by uhlawpup

In the greatest of our country's traditions, majority rules.

Are you aware this nation is NOT a democracy?

LAWDOGKMS · 10-16-2012, 11:01

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Originally Posted by series1811

When I was in south Florida, one of the HOA's decided that pickup trucks were ugly and got a bylaw passed outlawing "trucks" parking in driveways.

.....Only to find that "trucks" under the Florida vehicle code, included SUVs. DOH!!!

I leaned to hate them, living in Florida.

Oh good lord! That simply wouldn't fly in Tejas!

**NeverMore1701** · 10-16-2012, 11:57

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Originally Posted by LAWDOGKMS

Oh good lord! That simply wouldn't fly in Tejas!

No kidding, my truck doesn't even fit in my garage

uhlawpup · 10-16-2012, 12:58

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Originally Posted by P99er

Are you aware this nation is NOT a democracy?

Absolutely!

The Founding Fathers knew that a pure democracy could never survive. That's why they established a democratic republic.

johnd · 10-16-2012, 13:10

Meh, we live in an HOA gated community of 88 where the HOA has had a legacy of doing nothing, diverting funds to parties and friends etc but there again was a source of endless entertainment for the $120 or so a year with their shennanigans and incompetence. As someone here commented, they are like the government.
They cited me over moss on the fence while forgiving their friends of mouldy roofs and falling down fences etc.
So I sued them and sued them good too. Seems now Im a 1/88th part of a special assessment to pay myself the settlement winnings. Sweet/ I get the other 87 assessments and got rid of the entire board in one fell swoop.

Thisiswhoweare · 10-16-2012, 15:20

If you want to get back at the HOA board, read your HOA rules. If you don't have a copy, you can get a copy from them. Then read the section which requires the HOA board to provide a financial accounting in writing to any HOA member who inquires. If you get a financial accounting, take a look as to how the HOA spends its money from HOA members. My guess is you will find many things to pick at and even may find something to file suit upon such as misfeasance, malfeasance, or just plain incompetence by the HOA board.

uhlawpup · 10-16-2012, 16:01

As a renter, he may not be a member of the HOA. The bylaws should be public record, and he can check to see. The nice thing about being a renter is that he can move away if he doesn't like the rules. He needs to check his lease and see what the conditions for moving out are.

What it all boils down to is READING. And he can do that.

***jpa*** · 10-16-2012, 19:25

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Originally Posted by uhlawpup

Let me see if I understand this.

J.Kill rented a townhouse in a development with a homeowners association, and feels that the rules he agreed to abide by are unjust, and wants exceptions to be made because of his particular situation.

I see.

I found a great way to have a terrific homeowners association. I took it over. I am president. SheWhoMustBeObeyed is secretary. No screwy yard-nazi rules. We control 2/5 of the Board of Directors. The other named officer, the treasurer, is a good friend. The two at-large board members are serving because I asked them to do so.

If you agree to abide by our rules, we only expect that you do so. If you do not agree with our rules, we call a meeting of all the homeowners to see if they should be changed. In the greatest of our country's traditions, majority rules. If you choose not to abide by the rules you agreed to abide by, we make it very expensive for you, and use the money to improve the common areas for us all. We do not contract out any duties of the association or board of directors. All are handled by people who live there and volunteer for the assignments.

I like our HOA. I plan to live here for the rest of my life.

Yeah, some guy and his wife did something along those lines and got themselves banned for life from ever serving on another HOA board.

http://www.ktnv.com/news/local/173415661.html

uhlawpup · 10-16-2012, 20:46

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Originally Posted by jpa

Yeah, some guy and his wife did something along those lines and got themselves banned for life from ever serving on another HOA board.

http://www.ktnv.com/news/local/173415661.html

Not even close to our situation.

Our neighbors chose us unanimously, and only need a simple majority to remove us.

Heck, they even agreed to double our salary. Twice zero is still zero, even with the new math!

NorthCarolinaLiberty · 10-17-2012, 20:23

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Originally Posted by frizz

This is not a valid comparison, but I'm sure you will keep digging to find some more invalid analogies.

The people who owned the land subdivided it and sold the lots with restrictions and covenants (such as the HOA) that run with the land. No one is forced to buy a deed with an HOA clause. They buy them of their own free will, and it is very easy to buy a house without an HOA.

Again...

Why do you hate freedom?

Contracting with a guy selling his property is not contracting with the neighbors. Contacting with an employer is not contracting with co-workers (union). Requiring such contracts is about as anti-freedom as it gets.

gjk5 · 10-17-2012, 20:27

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Originally Posted by NorthCarolinaLiberty

Contracting with a guy selling his property is not contracting with the neighbors.

effing clueless.

uhlawpup · 10-18-2012, 11:20

NorthCarolina needs to read up on covenants that run with the land, and the freedom to enter contracts.

Without those basic freedoms, we can end up with chaos regarding land use and our living conditions.

If you don't like the covenants that run with the land, you're free to either not buy it or to get the required number of your neighbors to agree with you and change them.

That, my friends, is freedom at its most basic level.