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This week, Asking Eric addresses the isolation of standing up to a suspicious HOA president and the fallout of losing long-term friends. Also, a woman questions her marriage after her husband ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jeffrey Steele has been a freelance writer for one-third of a century. ecoming part of a homeowner’s association is a growing ...

When buying property in a common interest development (“HOA”), one automatically becomes a member. Here are 14 items to consider before closing escrow: Read the CC&Rs. CC&Rs are covenants ...

Living in a Michigan homeowners association can come with its pros and cons. Debates over imposed rules, violation notices and fines can quickly become the hot topic of a neighborhood. In Michigan, ...

More than 75 million Americans live in subdivisions or other communities with homeowner associations (HOAs) that require them to pay monthly fees and follow a set of rules. And Floridians who live in ...

The clash is about strong personalities, an exacting homeowners’ association and a partisan divide that has reached the hyperlocal level. The clash is about strong personalities, an exacting ...

To Californians who think their homeowner association fees are too high: take a dash of solace in knowing it could be worse. My trusty spreadsheet examined one housing cost the Census Bureau hadn’t ...

Q: Our HOA has their bank accounts with an online bank. Our payments are mailed to a postbox address outside California. I contacted the bank, and they were unable to provide a physical branch address ...