[Justa]

Bought mine w/o a HOA. It was the developer's home and he parted out the other lots, keeping the best for his own. The HOA he setup is long dead (term limited).

Yeah, HOAs are a scourge. One of the first things I checked when looking at houses.

[driftdiver]

I’m convinced their main purpose is to protect the developer until he sells all the homes and bails.