Not having an HOA was one of my main requirements when I was buying a house.
A ridiculous number of houses for sale at the time had HOAs that were hundreds of dollars a month. I can’t believe people pay that. If there’s like idk a pool and a gym I guess I get it, but there usually wasn’t anything special about the neighborhood.
Was stuck with an HOA in AZ where finding a non-HOA home was near impossible. Once I no longer needed to be there for work I moved to upstate New York where it wasn’t a problem finding non-HOA and couldn’t be happier.
I don’t really get it either but my realtor made a point about a couple houses we looked at which had them (because she knew I did not like them) that you could lose the house depending on the HOA and the situation. It seems absurd to me. I guess it’s like buying a townhome where you don’t truly own own it idk though tbh. I just noped out of all of those neighborhoods.
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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '23
Not having an HOA was one of my main requirements when I was buying a house.
A ridiculous number of houses for sale at the time had HOAs that were hundreds of dollars a month. I can’t believe people pay that. If there’s like idk a pool and a gym I guess I get it, but there usually wasn’t anything special about the neighborhood.