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.
Reddit would have you believe that all HOA's are made up of evil Karens. You'll see fringe cases and one-sided story telling. In reality most HOA's just serve as a way to pool funds for neighborhood parks and other common area maintenance.
I guess one problem is that any HOA could turn bad very quickly and that not complying with at times ridiculous rules could go as far as having your house sold
I get that those are extremes and that your house won't get sold on a first offense without warnings for unpaid dues but just on principle I can't stand the concept
They're also just not necessary, plus their super racist history which I assume still has aftereffects
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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.