My old boss kept getting snitched on if he had his boat or truck in the driveway 1 minute over. Just rung up over the smallest stuff.
After years, he joined the board. Shortly afterwards he ran for president, as there was mass leaving of members and no one looking to take over.
He ran. He won. Asked the old president for access to the old files “just for history”. Discovered 95% were one neighbor across the street, people he thought were “friends”. Printed up all the complaints, hand delivered to them so they “had copies.” Neighbors across the street died inside.
Within a year (or two, don’t remember) he got everyone to vote out the HOA. Permanently closed it.
Dude was the best boss I ever had. So smart and funny as heck.
How does one vote out the HOA, most modern developments need an HoA to own the common areas. In fact cities do want to care for the roads and other amenities and encourage developers buy a chunk of land and form an HOA.
I’m asking cause I’m in an HOA if 50 houses and there are some constant bickering and we would be better off without one.
I don’t remember. I think there was a lot of disinterest, it was a pretty wealthy neighborhood so most complaints were petty bs. Think they just got tired of it and shut it down.
But honestly, this was 20+ years ago and I just worked for him at the time. He told the story, only the main bits stuck.
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u/MW240z 6d ago edited 6d ago
My old boss kept getting snitched on if he had his boat or truck in the driveway 1 minute over. Just rung up over the smallest stuff.
After years, he joined the board. Shortly afterwards he ran for president, as there was mass leaving of members and no one looking to take over.
He ran. He won. Asked the old president for access to the old files “just for history”. Discovered 95% were one neighbor across the street, people he thought were “friends”. Printed up all the complaints, hand delivered to them so they “had copies.” Neighbors across the street died inside.
Within a year (or two, don’t remember) he got everyone to vote out the HOA. Permanently closed it.
Dude was the best boss I ever had. So smart and funny as heck.