I live in a formerly red-burg redneck flyover area which has the misfortune of having a 500 unit development with an HOA.
The Township meetings are a hoot. I have never seen such a ball of insipid snowflakes as the folks in the HOA development who expect someone—anyone—to do everything for them.
Four inch trees pushing up the sidewalks? They expect the Township or the HOA to cut them down. I could do it myself with a pruning saw but these helpless hominids probably never heard of such a tool.
Speaking of tools, they ought to look in the mirror.
My mom got on the board of her former condo development just to be a troublemaker and try to rid the commie mindset.
Her facility had about 80 units. The by-Laws only allowed four rentals. Great idea in good economy. In a deep Michigan recession in 2007, horrible plan.
Grandma dies and leaves you her condo, once worth $120,000, now lucky to sell at $35,000. It’s nice but not as nice as your home so you don’t want to live there. An empty unit attracts rodents, is unsightly and will deteriorate quicker than an occupied dwelling. So, you rent it out.
My mom re-married and was in a similar situation. She did a rent to own deal with a guy.
Her “friends” on the condo board actually sued her. She was able to offload the place before it went to court.
Bunch of doofuses.