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Re:A Growing Problem in Real Estate: Too Many Too Big Houses by saltminer on Thursday June 20, 2019 @02:43PM (#20235923)
The mortgage might be more secure, but an HOA can turn your life upside down if it's run by power-hungry busybodies and they can destroy the property values of the whole neighborhood while they're at it.
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Re:A Growing Problem in Real Estate: Too Many Too Big Houses by mcguire on Thursday June 20, 2019 @03:48PM (#20236637)
I've lived in several HOAs in the past, and yeah, they can be a pain. But in my experience, they are mostly concerned with not destroying the property values. In practice, they're only interested in stuff that's egregiously stupid. (Say that crazy old lady with the weird, creepy Halloween decorations including the beheaded baby that stay out from Labor Day to New Years.)

Plus, it's easy enough to avoid HOAs.

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