Comments on: Anatomy of a Homeowner Association http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/anatomy-of-a-homeowner-association.html personal finance blog with anecdotes, advice and commentary. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:01:14 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Richard Valla http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/anatomy-of-a-homeowner-association.html/comment-page-1#comment-174186 Richard Valla Sun, 28 Oct 2007 22:13:00 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/anatomy-of-a-homeowner-association.html#comment-174186 thank you, enjoyed your aritcle. we have a problem with our HOA, been looking for days trying to find help. the original HOA was desolved in 1989 by Sec. of State's office here in Ga. we have a group calling themselves a HOA, not registered, not incorporated, no by-laws, only 24 year old covenants. they are issuing citations and taking people to court.there are others on the list to be taken to court. we have tried to tell them that they are not operating legally. they say that they don't have to be incorporated or registered or have by-laws. do they have to have by-laws.can you give us any help. there is a meeting tommorrow night. thanks richard. thank you, enjoyed your aritcle.

we have a problem with our HOA, been looking for days trying to find help.
the original HOA was desolved in 1989 by Sec. of State’s office here in Ga.
we have a group calling themselves a HOA, not registered, not incorporated, no by-laws, only 24 year old covenants. they are issuing citations and taking people to court.there are others on the list to be taken to court. we have tried to tell them that they are not operating legally. they say that they don’t have to be incorporated or registered or have by-laws. do they have to have by-laws.can you give us any help. there is a meeting tommorrow night.
thanks richard.

]]> By: Andrea http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/anatomy-of-a-homeowner-association.html/comment-page-1#comment-81213 Andrea Fri, 20 Apr 2007 23:36:56 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/anatomy-of-a-homeowner-association.html#comment-81213 I was on our board for three years, and wow - being on the board of an HOA is a great way to find out some of the wacky stuff that goes on behind closed doors. That wasn't really my cup of tea and I was happy to leave the inadvertent snooping behind when my term was up, but I have to admit it was interesting. What people need to own up to in these covenant controlled communities is that as much as you might think the HOA is in your business, you 1) bought the house in the neighborhood, so you chose it, and 2) you know good and well you're going to call the HOA if your neighbor decides to paint their house pink and start parking their RV in the front yard. I got tired of listening to people complain to the HOA about every little thing that I started asking anyone who complained about how intrusive the HOA was if they were interested in joining the board. Silence usually ensued. I was on our board for three years, and wow – being on the board of an HOA is a great way to find out some of the wacky stuff that goes on behind closed doors. That wasn’t really my cup of tea and I was happy to leave the inadvertent snooping behind when my term was up, but I have to admit it was interesting.

What people need to own up to in these covenant controlled communities is that as much as you might think the HOA is in your business, you 1) bought the house in the neighborhood, so you chose it, and 2) you know good and well you’re going to call the HOA if your neighbor decides to paint their house pink and start parking their RV in the front yard.

I got tired of listening to people complain to the HOA about every little thing that I started asking anyone who complained about how intrusive the HOA was if they were interested in joining the board. Silence usually ensued.

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