If you are considering living in an Home Owners Association (Lantana: foreclosed, HOA fees)

[newred5]

Originally Posted by Cryinsham30

oh sorry forgot sources

CNY homeowners sued, told they can't park pickup truck in driveway | syracuse.com

(and yes I know a 150 is a 1/2 ton, just using an example)

Soldier in Iraq Loses Home Over $800 Debt | Mother Jones
(lost a 300,000 dollar house over an eight hundred dollar debt)

Neither of these happened in a HOA in Florida either ...

[Cryinsham30]

Originally Posted by newred5

I would say those might be extremes and they might happen and no one should lose the house over sending dues to the wrong account . My guess is there's more details to that story

Thats just it, HOA's are often on the extreme side of things because those prone to being "extremist" mindset rise to power over the apathetic masses who are just square peg square hole types, they are extremes because they the form micro organizations for the sole purpose of the exlusion of others of different opinions, they draw a certain type, a type that believes in the end justifu the means when it comes to the normalcy bias of the many over the needs of the few, they putup walls and gates to shut out things that are perfectly legal and do no harm other than "look different" or "act different", whereas if these same people put the same effort into normal communities, the HOA's would never actually be needed.

[Cryinsham30]

Originally Posted by newred5

Neither of these happened in a HOA in Florida either ...

would you like me to go into just florida cases? there is alot on just that topic;

HOA, homeowner at odds over 'Florida-friendly' grass | www.wftv.com

over grass type

Love to Live in Pensacola, Florida~: 7 Crazy HomeOwners Association Battles! Read your rules & regs

1. Can't park your car in your own driveway. (florida)
7. Don't use 'inconsistent' shingles.
As if it wasn’t tragedy enough when a plane fell out of the sky destroying a Sanford, Fla., man’s home, his HOA then challenged his rebuilding efforts. It threatened litigation because the shingles and elevation in his new house’s plans didn’t match his neighbors’. (florida)


HOA Articles Florida

VIOLATIONS OF DEED-RESTRICTIONS?
FLORIDA-FRIENDLY LANDSCAPING? HAVING FUN?
Controversy brewing over statue of the Virgin Mary in The Villages
Lakewood Ranch HOA temporarily rescinds decision to ban path for disabled child
HOA reconsiders after resident reports it to federal authorities
Lakewood Ranch HOA cracks down on path for disabled child
BRAZEN ATTEMPT TO KILL HOMEOWNER'S RIGHTS
Spiteful POA blind-sided by karma
THE “NO WHEELCHAIR” HOA IS NOT EVEN A DEED-RESTRICTED HOA!
On the receiving end of a stern talking to (Having fun?)
DeBary man battles HOA over Lady Liberty statue
Christmas lights banned from La Chateau Condos
HOA asks Valrico vet to remove soldier statue honoring troops (Video)
'No kids' spray painted on cars in retirement community (Video)
HOA Fires Back at Fla. Man Who Said He Was Fined $5K Short Trees
Man fined $5,000 by HOA for trees that are too short
PAVING PROBLEM: Boca Falls To Block Mail, Hamper Police, Rescue
Trails at Rivard residents upset over response to abandoned homes
Residents oppose HOA decision to cut down hundreds of trees
Deputies seek larceny charges against Kissimmee HOA president in trash can caper
Kissimmee HOA walks off with residents' trash bins
MARSH SOUND ASSOCIATION LOSES LAWSUIT OVER FLORIDA-FRIENDLY LANDSCAPING
Flap over fins lands mermaid in hot water (Video)
Brookridge votes to become 55-and-older community
Boca Quay's HOA bans skateboards, scooters, kids outraged over lack of places to play
HOA demanding couple plant grass on property
HOA tells man, 83, he can't have backyard garden
Political lawn signs: Free speech or an eyesore?
HOA rules aren't made to be broken
Neighborhood association sues homeowner who has water-conserving yard
Homeowners, citing little-known law, win battle with HOA to plant Florida-friendly yard
Keene's Pointe community in Orange County may bar sex offenders
Hate grass? Here's how we can get rid of it
With Lightning out of playoffs, homeowners association dispute over sign fizzles
Bay area hockey fan battles homeowners association over Lightning sign (VIDEO)
How Lightning fan outwitted petty HOA over playoff sign
Weston homeowner fights to protect her garden
FLORIDA FRIENDLY LANDSCAPING? ASSOCIATION BOARDS WASTE MONEY IN LEGAL FEES!
Community targets homeowner's drought-tolerant plants (EDITORIAL)
Beacon Woods, homeowner clash over landscaping change
UPS Has Homeowners Upset In Seminole Neighborhood
USE OF ASSOCIATION FEES
HOA takes issue with homeowner's landscaping (Video)
Tavares neighbors in a tiff over Florida-friendly 'jungle'
No Hoop For You: Suburb Bans Goals
HOA pans homeowner's energy-efficient white roof
Coral Springs homeowners association orders cop to remove his 'God Bless America' sign
Orange County homeowner battles HOA
HOA POLICY COULD FORCE OUT FAMILY MEMBERS (VIDEO)
Flap over truck in driveway to cost Hillsborough community $187,443
Homeowner sued by HOA for using artificial turf
Riverview woman's fake lawn plan gets clipped (VIDEO)
Homeowner battles HOA, wants her roof to reflect an energy-saving ethic
Battle lines drawn over unique home in traditional Tampa suburb
Resident continues fight against Summerfield HOA
HOA COMPLIANCE: LEGALIZED BLACKMAIL?
FINING OWNERS FOR DEED VIOLATIONS? DO IT THE RIGHT WAY!
Ranch HOAs announce automatic debit option
SRVA upholds fine
Decogate’ resident may take HOA to court
Homeowner group OKs $4,000 yard art fine
Regulation rare for homeowners
Latest HOA fine sparks Jensen remarks
Homeowners groups need to enforce rules consistently
BOARD MEMBERS LEVY $1,600 FINE -- BUT IGNORE OWN VIOLATIONS!
LWR board holds firm on landscaping rules
Woman fined by HOA for yard decorations
LWR residents fear retaliation from association
Residents spar in Ranch ‘Deco-Gate’
Lakewood Ranch woman fined $1,600 for yard
Summerfield resident challenges HOA rules
Homeowners association won’t let North Naples couple ‘go green’ with their roof
New Florida landscaping law supersedes homeowner association rules
Lawsuit over age restriction rules forces Florida homeowner out
Seffner homeowner, association at war over fence, boat
HOA Tacking On $4,000 Fee To Sold Homes (VIDEO)
Yard wars take on new scope with fall's arrival
TEXAS SENATOR JOHN CARONA'S ASSOCIA INVADES FLORIDA!
'Green' yards get a break: Florida offers protection
Law gives homeowners yard control
Porch dispute pits couple against property owners association
Florida law would trump homeowners associations on lawn rules
Family Allowed to Build Playset After Four-Year Fight -- Cimarrone Golf & Country Club
SOME CALL IT ENFORCING DEED-RESTRICTIONS -- OTHERS CALL IT HIGHWAY ROBBERY!
Political signs may lead to troublesome times, condo fines
Even with drought, homeowners face fines for brown lawns -- Saxon Woods POA
Homeowners paying $771 apiece for sidewalk suit -- Magnolia Trace At Cross Creek Ass.
Fence raises a hue and cry -- TWIN LAKES OF BRANDON HOA
Neighbors and homeowners associations at odds over alternative yards
Generator removal leads to one widow's fight
Heritage Harbour forbids signage -- Heritage Harbour, East Manatee
HOME IS WHERE THE HOA IS -- AVERY PARK HOMEOWNERS' ASSOCIATION, INC.
Magnolia Trace feeling blue about sidewalk -- Magnolia Trace At Cross Creek Ass.
HOA suffers crushing defeat in court -- Turtle Creek HOA, Orlando
Realty firm sues Golden Eagle -- Golden Eagle HOA, Tallahassee
Associations, city at odds on permits -- Pembroke Pines
Tenants forced from home -- Gardens of Gulf Cove Property Owners' Association, Englewood
Revisions on deed rules fire up locals -- Westchase Community Association -- Tampa
Building permits causing uproar - Pines, associations split on proposals -- Pembroke Pines
Friends in deed? The politics of homeowners associations can be spirited
Boards may gain power -- Pines measure would tighten reins on permits -- Pembroke Pines
Longleaf residents say no to criminal checks -- WESLEY CHAPEL
Community targets illegal hoops -- Tampa Palms Owners Association
Realtor commission clause in CC&Rs challenged -- Golden Eagle HOA, Tallahassee
Ponte Vedra family claims harassment -- Sawgrass Association
Shutter issue dividing full-time, part-time residents -- Naples
'Protection or harassment?' residents wonder -- Sawgrass HOA
PGA National association persnickety on shutters -- PALM BEACH GARDENS
In stucco world, some prefer stone -- ASHBURY PARK HOA, Orlando
Deed Limits Fight Splits Woodlands -- Gulf Harbors Woodlands Association
Fences leave bitter feelings -- Barrington Hills HOA, Dunedin
Couple in stew over statuary -- Unsightly Eagle -- Oakwood Village at Beverly Hills
Turf war ruffles wealthy Marco Islanders
Get-tough attitude urged on deed rules -- WESTCHASE
HOA Signs -- Political Divide Among Neighbors -- Orlando
Deed restrictions may stay amid rising values -- Plantation of Carrollwood
A nonnegotiable neighborhood - Westchase Community Association, Inc. -- Tampa
Fight building over fence - Barrington Hills HOA, Dunedin
Valrico: Association to enforce property violations
Heavy hand of association boards
Proposed grass patches quench furor over arid landscape - Oakwood Village HOA
Landscaper or rule breaker? Read on - Oakwood Village HOA, Beverly Hills
Where saving water bends the rules - Oakwood Village HOA, Beverly Hills
A rare win - Calusa Trace HOA
For sake of order, a lock-step culture - Calusa Trace HOA
Judge denies defendants motion to dismiss - Success for homeowners in Melrose Landing
Florida Couple Alleges Religious Discrimination Involving Statue - Mote Ranch HOA, Sarasota
Florida Homeowners Group Tells Woman To Remove Virgin Mary - Mote Ranch HOA
Homeowner's fence rests on common property - Flamingo Villas Association, Inc.
Mailbox battle raises a red flag on homeowner rules - General problems in HOAs
Man sues to standardize deed restrictions - Country Place Community Association
Community divided over deed restrictions - Original Carrollwood, Hillsborough County
Deed restrictions now the norm in HOAs
2 trees, a cracked wall, lawsuits aplenty - Crystal Lakes Manors HOA, Lutz
Homeowners' Association code posse rides herd on rule-breakers - The Lakes, Weston
Couple suing association in house-color dispute - Hideaway Beach,Marco Island
Destiny East sues over red metal roof - Destiny East HOA
Development allows movable basketball hoops - Westchase Comm.Ass.,Tampa
Homeowner digs in to defend trellis - The Villages, Oxford
Overgrown yard might get owners booted out of home - Tequesta Village, Palm Beach
Resident, association feud over fence - Tampa Palms
‘Civil disobedience’ created in Majestic Oaks neighborhood - Ocala, Marion County

[Cryinsham30]

Soldier returns from duty to find car towed, sold

MARGATE, Fla. (AP) - When U.S. Army Reserve Lt. Col. Alexzandria Kelly returned home from duty in Africa last year, she was heartbroken to find her car had been towed and sold.

Yup HOA's in flroida are sooo much different than everywhere else, nope in fact I would say that HOA'S in florida are probably the worst examples of HOA's anywhere because they are made up of all the people that fled their own states to settle their little commune in the south.

[newred5]

I get it, you don't like HOA s , don't buy or rent in one and you will be OK

[newred5]

I was really just pointing out the fact that if you don't like or know the rules in an HOA don't buy or rent there, really wasn't looking to argue about them .... I'm out , you win

[JERSEY MAN]

Originally Posted by newred5

I was really just pointing out the fact that if you don't like or know the rules in an HOA don't buy or rent there, really wasn't looking to argue about them .... I'm out , you win

That's two of us. It's simple, I enjoy them.

[PLBR]

Like someone said earlier...if you like things done for you and most likely lack imagination, you will probably like them. That sounds like a dead head type person to me or someone who would have enjoyed living under Nazi regiment. HOA's can be like living in the ticky tacky post world war 2 homes.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VUoXtddNPAM

tick·y-tack·y (tĭk′ē-tăk′ē)
Shoddy material, as for the construction of standardized housing.
adj.
1. Made of shoddy material; cheaply built.
2.
a. Marked by a mediocre uniformity of appearance or style: ticky-tacky rows of look alike houses.
b. Tawdry; tacky.

When you think about it..the truly nice neighborhoods have custom homes where each is unique and has each their own style.

http://www.davidmcelroy.org/?p=9336

[HarryWho?]

Originally Posted by PLBR

Like someone said earlier...if you like things done for you and most likely lack imagination, you will probably like them. That sounds like a dead head type person to me or someone who would have enjoyed living under Nazi regiment. HOA's can be like living in the ticky tacky post world war 2 homes.


tick·y-tack·y (tĭk′ē-tăk′ē)
Shoddy material, as for the construction of standardized housing.
adj.
1. Made of shoddy material; cheaply built.
2.
a. Marked by a mediocre uniformity of appearance or style: ticky-tacky rows of look alike houses.
b. Tawdry; tacky.

When you think about it..the truly nice neighborhoods have custom homes where each is unique and has each their own style.

How does modern culture escape ‘little boxes made of ticky tacky’? « David McElroy

Get carried away much? Why is it there seems to be no common ground? Why does everyone have to be diametrically opposed? I've met several wonderfully talented artists who live in "dead head" developments, as well as several who live in manufactured housing. I think you're also confusing economy of scale with totalatarianism.

[Cryinsham30]

its the internet, everyone is automatically opposition until proven otherwise, sadly the widescale use of "discussion forums" has turned our society into one big argument instead of intelligent, self realized point/counterpoint discussion, instead it is much easier to use canned statistics and facts to support your side as an absolute rather than work towards a point where both/all parties reach mutual respect for the others opinion and may have been swayed slightly in one direction or had their own beliefs further cemented in. Right or wrong, it is what it is, I prefer discussion until a point of a invalid point being made and having to use the said canned evidence to right the wrong. This thread is case in point, where I noted originally that HOA's were not all bad, but only fit certain type of people, who live a certain way and think a certain way, and that many had critical issue's with HOA's, until someone said it was only in the extreme that there were issues. So instead of moving the discussion along on a wrong point (the wrong point being that problem HOA's where an extreme minority), I provided said evidence to the contrary, then get accused of "arguing" and hurt someones little feelers. Owell.