[tbpiper]

homeowners association

The Third Reich lives.

[Roberts]

This is a common practice to keep management fees to the HOA lower by bringing in revenue from buyers via document/transfer fees.

[unixfox]

"Now, with slow resales, it's causing problems for companies that relied on the transfer fees," he said.

BOO, EFFING, HOO!!

Kinda like trying to tax your way out of debt.

[DCPatriot]

Not only do they charge an average of $150.00 for the copies of by-laws and current budget...they will only have them prepared in less than 5 working days if you cough up another fifty bucks!

Furthermore....now there is an additional charge to the buyer...usually $50.00 just to edit the address to reflect the new owner’s name.

We’re talking about Maryland here.....btw.

[EggsAckley]

I live in a rural area, 14 homes, private road and road maintenance association. No HOA. Most of the properties are 5, 10, 15 acres, some even larger. A woman from “the big city” bought a house on the smallest parcel, quite a bit less than a quarter acre, and she's now fighting tooth and nail to force an HOA on us. In her three years here she STILL has not had to pay a dime for anything, since she's holding up any kind of road work with her HOA silliness.

Never never never will we submit to an HOA here. She can just go back to San Jose if she wants to live like that.

My blood boils when I read these HOA nightmare stories.