Why do people agree to homeowner associations?

I've just heard of too many on power trips and come up with crazy stupid ideas like this to trust them.

They must keep their garage doors up from 8 am to 4 pm Monday through Friday or get a $200 fine.
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Sevendays · M

If you own a condo or a house in a community where maintenance on common roads or lands, someone has to pay for that maintenance. The rules are in place to protect you. For example, if you bought a house in a high end community, would you want some lowlife with money leaving 10 junk cars on the lawn and depreciating your investment? That being said, some of the rules and some of the people enforcing them are just ridiculous.

sstronaut

@Sevendays I haven't really been in such a position, as I live more out in the country, but generally of the opinion let people do what they want with their property.

That being said, a guy within a ½ mile of me has a ton of old cars that I think he was going to fix up and then stopped.

some of the rules and some of the people enforcing them are just ridiculous

Exactly

Musicman · 61-69, M

@Sevendays You said it perfectly! I couldn't have done it any better. Now with us I knew we wanted to store the RV at the house so we made sure we bought in a non HOA neighborhood. We have one neighbor who would be much happier if our RV was stored elsewhere, but being in a non HOA there is nothing he can do about it.

sstronaut

@Musicman I never understood why an RV is seen as a taboo or negative thing.

SatanBurger · 36-40, F

@Sevendays

would you want some lowlife with money leaving 10 junk cars on the lawn and depreciating your investment?

That would probably be already illegal and you could tow those cars cos they'd be on private property more by federal law than any homeowners association tho. Seems just a bunch of Karens want to be silly.