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Posted on 8/14/15 at 2:16 pm
Posted on 8/14/15 at 2:16 pm
...and mentions that there's an HOA associated with it, as she's done twice this month despite our hints that we want nothing to do with an HOA, is the appropriate response "Go frick yourself" or "Die in a fire"? My wife thinks "Die in a fire" could be construed as threatening, but I think it's the more honest sentiment and honesty is what is caled for here. Thoughts?
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Posted on 8/14/15 at 2:18 pm to randomways
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our hints
Maybe try being direct, and if it happens again, then roll with your method.
Posted on 8/14/15 at 2:27 pm to randomways
Just be upfront with her and let her know that you're such white trash that you insist on only parking your collection of rusty, non-running Volkswagens in your front yard.
Posted on 8/14/15 at 2:34 pm to randomways
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...and mentions that there's an HOA associated with it, as she's done twice this month despite our hints that we want nothing to do with an HOA, is the appropriate response "Go frick yourself" or "Die in a fire"? My wife thinks "Die in a fire" could be construed as threatening, but I think it's the more honest sentiment and honesty is what is caled for here. Thoughts?
Tell her that the next time she shows you a house with an HOA, you will find another agent. Simple.
You say hints, it should be a known requirement for agent if you give a shite about HOAs.
Posted on 8/14/15 at 2:36 pm to BloodSweat&Beers
Or you could tell them that you're not a douchebag yuppie, who gets mad because a kid has a basketball goal in their driveway.
Some HOAs are fine, some are completely fricking ridiculous.
Some HOAs are fine, some are completely fricking ridiculous.
Posted on 8/14/15 at 2:46 pm to randomways
Request a copy of the covenants as they are recorded. Some HOAs are nasty, others are just bare minimums which help keep trash people out of your neighborhood.
Posted on 8/14/15 at 3:00 pm to BloodSweat&Beers
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Tell her that the next time she shows you a house with an HOA, you will find another agent.
Posted on 8/14/15 at 3:03 pm to randomways
Congrats on low expectations
Posted on 8/14/15 at 3:08 pm to CCTider
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Some HOAs are fine, some are completely fricking ridiculous.
It really depends on the people on the board. Ours is pretty ridiculous, but the board right now is pretty chill and never bothers anyone. 5 or 6 years ago, the board sucked and they were all up in everyone's business.
Posted on 8/14/15 at 5:32 pm to randomways
Wow. I didn't realize there was a groundswell of support for HOAs. I suppose, statistically, some of them must be decent. I'm just not wild about the idea that they can dictate my (impeccable) choices in how I paint my house and whether I can erect a fence. (Yes, I said 'erect' and I'll say it again if necessary.) And, apparently, or so one of my lawyer friends at work claims, many HOAs can seize the house, take control of the mortgage, and evict the occupants if a dispute goes on too long. By law, not by covenant. Eesh.
I don't need that headache. Besides, if I want a dozen corpses of Herbie the Love Bug in my front yard as massive planters, I'll damn well put them there. Luckily, there are actually some pretty nice neighborhoods in the Durham and Raleigh suburbs where the Southern folk don't cotton to no stuck-up olee-gahchee. I guess I will have to be more direct with the realtor. She's a nice person but apparently doesn't understand why anyone wouldn't want to give that much power over to a group of strangers from the outset.
I don't need that headache. Besides, if I want a dozen corpses of Herbie the Love Bug in my front yard as massive planters, I'll damn well put them there. Luckily, there are actually some pretty nice neighborhoods in the Durham and Raleigh suburbs where the Southern folk don't cotton to no stuck-up olee-gahchee. I guess I will have to be more direct with the realtor. She's a nice person but apparently doesn't understand why anyone wouldn't want to give that much power over to a group of strangers from the outset.
Posted on 8/14/15 at 5:36 pm to randomways
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despite our hints that we want nothing to do with an HOA,
Wait...you are such a tool that you HINT to your RE agent what your requirements are?
How about growing a pair and telling your agent you will not consider a house with an HOA. If that is the case.
In which case you will be shown homes in the country, and not in developed neighborhoods. Because almost all neighborhoods will have HOAs.
From the sound of it, they exist to keep people like you from buying a home there. So, they seem to be working.
Posted on 8/14/15 at 6:04 pm to No Colors
Op sounds like a loser
Posted on 8/14/15 at 6:07 pm to randomways
I understand some hesitancy in getting involved in a subdivision with an HOA, but I'm not sure you're basing your opinion on reality.
Either way, just tell the realtor that is she would like to continue to show you homes in HOA subdivisions, you will be forced to find new representation.
Either way, just tell the realtor that is she would like to continue to show you homes in HOA subdivisions, you will be forced to find new representation.
Posted on 8/14/15 at 6:09 pm to randomways
Leave it to a Vandy not to know how to handle a real life situation.
Tell the realtor the truth!
And I mean this with all due respect because my oldest got a full ride with Vandy -- so it will always have a soft spot in my heart!
Tell the realtor the truth!
And I mean this with all due respect because my oldest got a full ride with Vandy -- so it will always have a soft spot in my heart!
Posted on 8/14/15 at 6:44 pm to randomways
HOAs suck at times, but you realize when you have nice shite around your subdivision (tress, bushes, flowers, signage) that it is ok. It is also nice to have people cutting their grass before it is up to their knees and no christmas lights still on homes in July.
Some people let the power get to them - just laugh at them and move on. Frick 'em.
Some people let the power get to them - just laugh at them and move on. Frick 'em.
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Either way, just tell the realtor that is she would like to continue to show you homes in HOA subdivisions, you will be forced to find new representation.
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Posted on 8/14/15 at 7:36 pm to No Colors
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Wait...you are such a tool that you HINT to your RE agent what your requirements are?
How about growing a pair and telling your agent you will not consider a house with an HOA. If that is the case.
In which case you will be shown homes in the country, and not in developed neighborhoods. Because almost all neighborhoods will have HOAs.
From the sound of it, they exist to keep people like you from buying a home there. So, they seem to be working.
Good lord. Some of you are taking this entirely too seriously.
I mean, it wasn't apparent from my two choices of "Go frick yourself" and "Die in a fire" that it wasn't really so much an issue of how to tell her -- the "hint" wasn't a literal dancing around the topic -- as of expressing my general dislike for the entire idea of of HOAs and my bafflement that people are so insistent that they're a major selling point? If you love HOAs, more power to you. Just don't get upset when people don't because you sound like it's hitting way too close to home for you.
Posted on 8/14/15 at 7:41 pm to randomways
About the only area where I would want to live without an HOA would be a nice in-town historic neighborhood with high home values, sort of like where I live now. Any new subdivision, I'd want an HOA.
People are trashy. HOAs regulate trashy behavior.
If you're ok with folks parking broken down cars on the grass, or keeping un-concealed RVs parked over the fence, or putting up crappy fencing, etc...then no HOA.
People are trashy. HOAs regulate trashy behavior.
If you're ok with folks parking broken down cars on the grass, or keeping un-concealed RVs parked over the fence, or putting up crappy fencing, etc...then no HOA.
Posted on 8/14/15 at 9:41 pm to randomways
Don't sweat the mad responses from "men" in here that live in cookie cutter assembly line homes that cannot crank a boat or wash a car with their shirt off at their own property.
HOAs are for meek metrosexuals that don't own man things. Buy a one off house with land in the county and live the dream without 15 other visible homes outside the back door they aren't allowed to pee from.
HOAs are for meek metrosexuals that don't own man things. Buy a one off house with land in the county and live the dream without 15 other visible homes outside the back door they aren't allowed to pee from.
Posted on 8/15/15 at 12:37 am to wmr
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People are trashy. HOAs regulate trashy behavior.
Or you could just try not living in a trashy neighborhood. I don't have a HOA, but the high cost of housing keeps your kind out.
Posted on 8/15/15 at 9:36 am to randomways
Just tell her that you are ONLY interested in homes where HOA membership is optional. If she misses that one more time, you'll just find a new agent. Obviously she doesnt listen well.
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