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I'd drop the HOA first, I sure as _hell_ don't need one of those.

HOAs come with the house. You can't just cancel them like you can cancel your netflix subscription.

No, but you can get elected to the HOA and move to dissolve it. Of course this isn't always advisable, some HOAs aren't awful, and some actually provide necessary services to homeowners.

I am with you there - the only HOA fees that absolutely need to exist is to service an elevator if it's a required part of your building.

Other than that many HOAs exist to fund the lawsuit against the developer for 20 years. <- this part was just a joke

so who is in charge for organizing repairs/replacement of common area things? Fences, parking lots, elevators, roof, pool, dog park, interior carpets, re-painting walls, etc?

I guess i’m thinking of a condo HOA. Maybe some of that is less relevant in a neighborhood with single family homes?

I do agree some HOAs are awful. But many actually help keep a place from looking shitty and from collapsing like the condo tower in florida a few years ago.

That is not always an easy thing to do and every HOA will vary. In general it will usually require a very high number (like 80%) of owners to agree, there are often multi-year waiting periods and sometimes poison pills which offer common areas to the local municipality on dissolution.

Depends on the jurisdiction and state / local laws. HOA enforceability can vary from "that's cute" to lien on a house.

Personally, I think the only thing worse than bad neighbors is any neighbors pretending they're lawyers.

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