Homeowner shouts down HOA - 2012-06-11

Irvine homeowner Al Schwartz shouts at an HOA representative in an attempt to prevent the association from removing bushes he has planted in his front yard. Video by Frank Mickadeit, The Orange County Register. Published on 2012-06-11

[@abmia77]

It’s not about the bushes,it’s about power.

[@jasonleslie203]

Pretty much.

[@howardcihak9369]

No, it's NOT about power; it's about violating certain rules you agreed to abide by when you purchased your home in the HOA. No one is forced at gunpoint to purchase a home in an HOA, and it's made pretty clear there are rules that govern the association. If nothing else, the HOA is a democracy and you can persuade your fellow owners to vote for a change in the rules, but you don't have the right to unilaterally violate those rules with impunity.

[@RandomHeroGames]

@@howardcihak9369 HOA is nothing about democracy. It's about power and controlling others to be just like they are. You can't be free or different in an HOA, everybody has to be like eachother like a dictatorship.

[@howardcihak9369]

@@RandomHeroGames I base my comments on 40 years of managing condos and HOAs and as an owner and resident in several different ones during that span. Those are MY credentials that suggest, if not prove, that I may know what I'm talking about. WHAT ARE YOUR CREDENTIALS?

[@RandomHeroGames]

@@howardcihak9369 40 years of managing might sound like a feat, but that doesn't account for other peoples HOA's.

[@lisachuck999]

HE SOUNDS LIKE HE KNOWS WHAT HE IS DOING

[@waynesimpson2040]

There is no way anyone convince me to ever live in a community that had an HOA...I understand people need places to live but places like that will never be on my list of choice. When you commit to live in a community that has an HOA you already know this kind of scenario is possible and probable. That's my story and I'm sticking to it 😉👍

[@dabprod]

This is why you NEVER buy a home in one of these neighborhoods. EVER

[@cc9316]

never move into a HOA

[@kevinrivera5064]

Home is a place of peace to rest to be with family and friends this is a HOA at it's finest

[@johnsmith-wj7qf]

10 HOA RULES THAT ARE CRAZY LIKE THE TWILIGHT ZONE. 1. if you don't cut your grass 1 1/2 inch exact their is a 1,000 fine.(grass must be cut 4 times a week). 2. if you don't put your trash can out for trash day 12inches from the curb their is a 290.00 fine for that. 3. if you sleep on the left side of the bed. their is a 500.000 fine for that. 4. if you turn your bed room night light on after 7.p.m. their is a 400.00 fine for that. 5. if you open your home door and turn the knob to the left. their is a 1200.00 fine for that. 6.if you flush your toilet after 6.pm. their is a 125.00 fine for that. 7.if you hello to people on your street after 3 p.m. their is a 100.00 fine for that. 8. if your cook diner after 5 p.m. their is a 900.00 fine for that. 9. if you open your blinds on a sunny day after 1 p.m. their is a 600.00 fine for that. 10. if you come home after 8 p.m. their is a 1200.00 FINE FOR THAT. (all fines subject to change*)

[@AshsOldIndia]

First mistake - buying a house with HOA!

[@markhudson517]

We need federal law limiting HOA powers, and establishing clear pathways to HOA dissolution

[@stupidplumbing2343]

No one has a problem with their HOA as long as they're controlling someone else. The fact that HOAs still exist proves this.

[@fg3568]

Here we are 14 years later.....NEVER buy a home with an HOA!

[@Toyotas_n__Tools]

She says dont come any closer but she continues to move closer to him.

[@nunya3163]

I would love to know the outcome of this. Did they tear out the plants or not?

[@edwardsadler6003]

The hundred and something people who gave the video a thumbs down was probably the power hungry wannabes, never buy are rent anything that has a HOA. They can make your life a living hell over nothing just because they can.

[@needabreak]

If they want to make my house payments, then by all means, they can tell me what to do with it, but as long as those payments are coming out of MY pocket, I will do what I want with it. HOAS'! WHAT A CROCK!!

[@ghersic8161]

This Joker. "It's not about bushes, it's about sending ... a message."

[@canyonoverland5003]

A message to all the people saying, "NeVeR bUy A hOmE iN aN hOa!" It's 2024 now and people are buying homes in HOAs more than ever.

[@wendyschkade2792]

The neighbor's home had bushes. Did the hoa tear those out. Wish we could see the outcome.

[@DAMusic-qu2ec]

HOA should be illegal

[@Stussmeister]

The issues with HOAs remind me somewhat of Eddie Murphy's joke about moving into a haunted house: "This looks like a really nice house, in a nice neighborhood with a playground where the kids can play..." Realtor: "Oh, you'll need to sign an HOA agreement." "...Too bad we can't live here."

[@Rebels_452]

HOA tried to play that shit on me. But I am an active member of the largest prison gang in Texas. I told them & they didnt listen. Then I had to show them & now im the ONLY house in the neighborhood that doesn't get fucked with. HOA doesnt make a mortgage payment on my house nor does it pay my bills. So HOA gets absolutely NO say so in matters dealing about my house.

[@janesawyer3495]

I don't have much respect for anyone that chooses to live under the tyranny of a HOA. Any person that voluntarily gives up their private property rights to a band of petty tyrants doesn't deserve to be called an American.

[@williamhager7136]

2 lessons to learn here. Never move to a HOA housing,2 never live in California.

[@Stoned420Guru]

HOA is useless, youre paying to have them bully you.

[@mikefulton1963]

I didn't see anything get shut down, and the video doesn't tell us what happened after.

[@dixierekkt6738]

People know what it's like moving into a neighborhood with hoa and the move in anyways. Both sides are dumb.

[@anooseholay]

Why on Earth would anyone choose to live in an HOA? Crazy.

[@leoverran311]

Never join an HOA never

[@cobrakai65]

He had his defense saved for days.

[@BomBoo-rn8gj]

Most large HOA's hire a 'management' firm to enforce their mundane rules. The more so-called infractions they find the more money they collect which in turn gets shared with the HOA.

[@bobingalls4643]

You know, if people would stop buying homes with HOA attached, these HOA's would dry up and go away.

[@terrycussat2530]

I can't understand why anyone would move to a place with a HOA

[@wemersonaguiar-papopraamig341]

I'm so scared now about this HOAs issue. I didn't know about it and bought my house in 2016 with HOA included and I just figured this issues going on about HOA. Hope I don't have any issue with it on next 30 yrs

[@ashleyst.angelo1661]

A HOA is a great idea if you don't like your privacy and want to be fined and harassed by a group of bullies. You PURCHASE your home and down the road something tragic happens in your life and now you must work from home. Well with a HOA you can't. Your a mechanic and want to fix your friends car YOU CAN'T. You start a landscape company YOU CAN'T work from home. Your property right's belongs to the HOA. NOT YOU

[@ChazinFl1]

A REAL AMERICAN!!!

[@donmulder8061]

God bless these two people for standing up to these tyrants.

[@SuckItYouTube19]

If you only knew. But you don't, that's why the attitude.🤣🤣

[@donmulder8061]

@@SuckItKZbin19 aww a comment that makes no sense whatsoever. Good for you!

[@SuckItYouTube19]

@Don Mulder You don't know licker about these particular people and assume he is fighting the big fight. He isn't. He is just being a pain in the ass just to be a pain in the ass. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@donmulder8061]

@@SuckItKZbin19 I know all about it. I've lived in numerous HOAs and have been a board President in two of them (reluctantly) and that is why I now live in a non-HOA home and will never live in one again until it's time for the sippy cup and bedpan. I know the devils that they are. Even if he is just a pain in the ass as you theorize, the HOA is a tyranny either in reality or waiting. They are designed that way and getting worse by the day. It doesn't matter the particulars in this case although it does indeed look, walk and quack like a duck so let's just call it that. It's a duck -- or tyrant ducks.

[@SuckItYouTube19]

@Don Mulder Sure there are some bad ones, but this scenario isn't one of those. I am trying to be vague to keep from Doxing these people. This is one of those HOA that doesn't do ANYTHING. There are no busybodies, no lawn Karen's. The area is quiet and chill. Everyone moves in for the aesthetics. But this ONE guy is "that guy." Imagine your ANTIFA buddies decide to dress up and go throw bricks. You all dress in black bloc but that one guy decides, NOPE I'm going in pink. Who's rocking the proverbial boat? You don't like that metaphor pick one you do. Just because you couldn't or wouldn't be a decent human as HOA president doesn't prove ALL are without purpose. Not everything is so blue and red.

[@wadeshull8227]

HOA's should be banned....

[@BlackYellow07]

Living the Golden years under an HOA board sounds wonderful

[@jerometaperman7102]

In theory, an HOA is a fairly good idea. You want to live in a neighborhood with high standards for upkeep of the property. In practice, they often, not always, become overbearing, tyrannical bureaucracies. You never know which of those you'll get. Even if it's good now, it always has the potential to become bad if some busybodies get themselves elected to the board. I recently bought a house and, while I was searching, one thing I would look for in any home for sale was whether or not it had an HOA. If it did, it was an instant "Nope". I didn't care if the dues were $10 a year or $5,000 a month; if it had an HOA, it was no deal. I'm not going to pay someone to tell me what I can and cannot do with my own property.

[@TheTimeDetective42]

We want to shop!

[@kevinmyrick6736]

Bottom line is never move in to an HOA ever…

[@laverdadesmejor]

I've never seen one video or heard a single report where an HOA did anything positive.

[@ra15899550]

This is what you get for buying a house under HOA jurisdiction in Snootyville subdivision, USA!!

[@fosterkennel649]

Simple moral of the story never I repeat never by a property that's got an HOA attached to it

[@MarieAntoinetteandherlittlesis]

Well done sir!! Well done

[@williamgullett5911]

If I'm that guy I'm gonna do some redecorating on the outside of their houses.

[@shaneabel9976]

Sue and force the HOA to dissolve. End all HOAs.

[@lolafalana2021]

Man, in thought he was gonna tell her how he REALLY felt.

[@oiyajiamv6736]

All this for a bunch of bushes. First world countries really have weird problems.

[@chriskibodeaux9818]

Don’t agree to the rules if you’re not going to follow them! He is in the wrong no matter how you spin it!

[@sideshowbob6915]

Ballet flats and black pants means your day is not finna go to well

[@blackn0291]

That awkward moment when you get yelled at by a thesaurus.

[@The_DreadStorm]

@Monitor_95687 Word Vomitor?

[@99sporttruck]

LOL I needed that today!!! Thx

[@onceuponatimeintoronto891]

Thesaurus? No, just born before 1980 with a functioning vocabulary and doesn't need a phone to do a 1 minute speech. I would call him ordinary for his time.

[@siriosstar4789]

@mon- A Silver Tongued Wizard .

[@Choudry295]

More like a Harvard university dictionary 😂

[@seagullokapi]

My man Al has had that speech planned out for weeks- he was eloquent as hell.

[@Christobanistan]

LOL he's been dreaming of it. 😀

[@ibraa7279]

No he's jst very eloquent

[@joeboy2078]

@ looks like shit! 😂

[@stopthecensure6349]

@ Yeah, actually. Great biodiversity.

[@missysoaps7509]

I want to hire him 👍

[@stevenekdahl7124]

Been a real estate agent for 30 years and I tell everyone who is looking to buy a house, never, never, never, never buy a house with an HOA your life will be a living hell.

[@PAIDFOR50]

I've been living in an HOA for 12 years. No problems at all. It's like saying all Police officers are bad cops. You comment is ridiculous.

[@stevenekdahl7124]

I stand by what I said, HOA 's are a living hell. And to compare police officers to HOA 's are ridiculous, it seems your stuck in a home with an HOA and keep telling yourself that there good, wait until you try to sell your home.

[@Lonewolf25002]

You are correct!

[@joshuapaul349]

​@@PAIDFOR50How often do you cruise the neighborhood for violaters?

[@PAIDFOR50]

@@joshuapaul349 lol, NEVER, I didn't want an HOA but if you want to live in certain area( this goes for most cities in the U.S.A. Especially New homes you WILL have one. Friend of mine didn't want one either. Now he wishes he had one because one of his nextdoor neighbors will not cut their yard but once a month and the other has a truck up on blocks. Pick your poison my friend.

[@iluvdrywall]

Why anyone would want to live under the thumb of an HOA is beyond my understanding.

[@n.t.b.network6558]

Simply because the blue pill was much stronger for those folks

[@PAIDFOR50]

You obviously don't live in a really nice high end neighborhood. If you did you would have an HOA!

[@donna626]

@@PAIDFOR50 What a load of shyte! Grow up.

[@scottb.6725]

Sadly, it's hard to buy w/o one...big biz, many players, political, etc. But, I'm looking now to get out of my wretched HOA & into a home I can totally control.

[@andye5724]

@@PAIDFOR50 "high end" lol Living in a payed off house where no HOA can take it away is better to have than being a slave to them. Continue to live in your safe space sweetheart.

[@ThatBeeyatch]

They need to pass a law that says that an HOA must pay half your mortgage in order for them to determine what you do with your home . Let’s see how that works for them .

[@antonioruiz7426]

Man you're brilliant, I like your thinking !!!

[@dixierekkt6738]

Maybe don't move into a neighborhood with a h.o.a. If you plan to move to a neighborhood with a h.o.a. they do inform you. So these people are aware that they'll have ridiculous rules and they agree. That's their stupidity. Idve started looking other places as soon as h.o.a. is mentioned.

[@jayham65]

But the HOA is funded by the residents who live there so........🤔

[@normhigdon1340]

And the property taxes!

[@leighleigh1957]

Exactly the hoa where we own is a joke. They get 30 to 32 k a month for due and they cant even fix broken sprinklers. Yet they try TO SELECTIVELY ENFORCE BYLAWS OH I LEFT A TRASH BAG OUT ON DOOR STEP FOR OVER NIGHT YET SOME DUMB@ss has had a bathtub on their balcony for 5 months. Yet im getting a fine Suck that omni properties management yall suck

[@aldriangrose8756]

Old dude anit having none of that bs. And his girl stood rite by him the whole time 😊

[@aldriangrose8756]

@Roulette Dan 😑😏😊😅😂 thats fucked up but probably true.

[@katrinahyke7238]

Hahahaha

[@katrinahyke7238]

And whoever hit like on your comment is fucked up but fucking funny shit lol

[@hankhill5622]

That’s a true women who stands by her man. Wish the best to this couple, hope they beat these pompous assholes.

[@tomotoole5089]

@Roulette Dan You DEFINITELY should have paid attention in school. Your ignorance is showing. It's those people... not them people. THEY MIGHT BE DEAD BUT YOU ARE DEFINITELY DUMB!

[@donkeydog7164]

She tells him not to move closer but she does?she was escalating a confrontation.

[@jerrydoyle4627]

Give people a little power, and boom. Their head blows up.

[@VestedUTuber]

I would have called the police at that point, if nothing else than to simply have them there in case further escalation were to occur.

[@shawnzanders9502]

I was going to make the same comment but decided to read the comments first to see if anybody else noticed and already commented

[@kennnethmitchell7650]

@@jerrydoyle4627 That is how you really get to know a person, give them a little power.

[@VestedUTuber]

@Dr. Giggles Sure, go ahead and belittle the seriousness of recent incidents of police brutality by making dumb statements like that.

[@SH-ln1uh]

A word to the wise, DO NOT buy a house in a HOA community. In EVERY HOA community there are always those neighbors who are on a power trip and walk/drive around making sure everyone in compliance with the rules and submit issues to the HOA management.

[@LarisseMontrose]

And if you're not in violation right now? Well, they can always make up new rules. Ours tried to say my dad's truck wasn't running since he parked it in the same spot every day. It ran! It was just ugly. You know that problem Fords had where the paint would bubble and peel making it look like vehicular mange? lol. Anyway, since it ran they couldn't fine him for that so they added a new one about "unsightly" vehicles. He finally had to get rid of it just so Karen down the way didn't have to be reminded that work trucks exist.

[@mclovin2408]

@@LarisseMontrosethat’s disgusting I’m sorry you guys had to put up with that, I personally would’ve just kept the truck and fought it until they straight up forced me out of my own home, which again wouldn’t happen at-least not easily.

[@mclovin2408]

If I did live in an HOA area I’d probably be miserable, but I’d go out of my way to look for people who do that kind of stuff just so I can sabotage their property and call HOA on them just to give them a taste.

[@LarisseMontrose]

​@@mclovin2408 That gets expensive though. It's a shame, but mostly the HOAs pick on people they know can't afford to fight them. And once they're on you they don't stop. The truck was really the worst of it, but it was always something. There was some threat of a fine every other month or so. Best thing is to just not take a house that's under an HOA.

[@mclovin2408]

@@LarisseMontrose I think HOA should just be removed but I guess some people want them around, not sure why. But if they can’t be removed completely they should at least have their authority cut back a lot, they shouldn’t be allowed to find homeowners for every little thing, that makes someone’s home more like HOAs personal money farm.

[@rogeranderson8763]

The last time my wife and I were looking for a house, we let the realtor know to NOT waste her time showing any properties that where within a HOA. Dealing with people like that leads to jail or the hospital, or both. -Veteran '66-68

[@bobhoffman5581]

And possibly, a morgue--I'm just sayin'...

[@craigchastain7016]

Thanks for your service.

[@banshee8989]

I agree 100 percent. I am always amazed how how many people are willing to sign away there freedom just so every house looks the same.

[@Cameroonian]

Did you get a non HOA property? Cheers.

[@rogeranderson8763]

@@Cameroonian you bet yer sweet bippy!

[@jerrydoyle4627]

Note to self. NEVER buy a house that an HOA is attached to the house. We are always hearing about these ridiculous rules ! 99% are BS. Surprised its still around?!

[@M-E-G-A]

In 2003-04 every new homes being built/sold around my county area I asked if it’s HOA... if “yes” I’d walk out from the sales office.

[@jerrydoyle4627]

@@M-E-G-A customers pay hundreds of dollars a month for what ?! To be harassed and told what and what they can't do. Fly an American flag in your yard?! Give me a break. Thanks for the reply. 👍

[@jerrydoyle4627]

@@M-E-G-A smart move👍

[@GLA741]

I wish it were that easy. I live near Austin, tx and 99% every neighborhood built from the mid 2000s and up have HOA, any neighborhood built b4 that or out in the countryside of Austin dont have HOA. But most ppl moving to Austin dont wanna live so far from the city or older homes, unless they have the money to fix it up or dont mind living there. It's kinda hard to, but yes I wish they were banned or have strict federal law on what kind of powers they have.

[@jerrydoyle4627]

@@GLA741 one big gimmick, unfortunately.

[@greglapointe1311]

"Don't come closer to me", she then proceeds to step towards the man. This is all about control. Good for this guy and his wife to speak out against these A holes.

[@willubhave5]

I live in the hood and I make it seem like Im in paradise...I cut the yard accordingly, trim the trees, and do maintenance to the my home when needed...I dont need no Elite class telling me how to run my life and fine me if a strand of grass is higher than the rest of the yard...now thats freedom...its my property!

[@FloridaMowerMan]

Hats off to you. Glad to hear you keep up with your property sometimes that shit gets too over grown

[@younggoose7315]

Talk about all the killings and drugs too

[@Mudvillereacts]

@@younggoose7315 What about it? America is the biggest gang in the world, they invade other countries, take their stuff and remain there

[@younggoose7315]

@@Mudvillereacts yeah America is a huge gang you’re right just like the thugs in inner cities… they aren’t mutually exclusive

[@vincentcohoe5746]

@@younggoose7315 your comment is lame.

[@johncheetham7789]

Standing ovation to that elderly Gentleman.

[@retiredmusiceducator3612]

He wasn't elderly - he was an 'older' gentleman but wasn't elderly then - probably elderly by now (2023) but don't be too lose with the word elderly. none of us are in a hurry to be officially elderly. Being old is bad enough! 🙂

[@chrispraz877]

This man said it all about HOA'S...I hope he wins in court

[@barraindymacneil6256]

I moved out of an HOA managed community 2 years ago and could not be happier. We had one HOA board member that would walk around with a ruler and measure grass height. They wanted to fine a man for not shoveling his snow, knowing the man was undergoing cancer treatment. I got a letter about my grass clippings blowing into the street. The problem is the HOA boards are normally composed of 10% of the craziest people in your development.

[@HauntingHollywood]

It definitely attracts Napoleonic types 😀

[@thomas.parnell7365]

​@@HauntingHollywoodcouple of bullets would deflate their ego

[@gardengnome3249]

@@thomas.parnell7365 ouch.

[@cat-in-the-woods]

Very similar to my experience.

[@mikemartin6996]

"If you come closer" then steps toward him. Typical bully behavior

[@jimsmith1277]

You noticed it too. That was the first thing I thought, as the video started.

[@carvercapitalequitypartner122]

I'm tempted to write a comment using the C word.

[@DavidLLambertmobile]

I'd hardly call the woman a "bully". This story is like a 🥞 there are 2 sides...

[@mikemartin6996]

@@DavidLLambertmobile So you're probably a bully.

[@UhtredOfBamburgh]

@@DavidLLambertmobile She's a bully. She was boring in high school and college, pissed everyone off and now she wants attention and influence as an adult. There are a lot of these types

[@sct4040]

Good for this guy! They are plants, it's good for nature and the home. Stay away from the elderly couple.

[@juiceybananas5489]

Cant do that when moneys at risk of not getting takin from the ripped off folks living there with no way out.

[@DavidLLambertmobile]

This issue can be resolved. I'm 49. I've done security 👮🏻‍♂️ in metro Orlando FL, Orange County since 2000. I've seen bad places & I've seen petty, trivial nonsense. 🤔. I did a security detail in a upscale area near metrowest, Orlando where HOA residents by 📑 could NOT park cars in their own driveways after 900pm! 😲. On the home owners property! 🏡 ...

[@eligebrown8998]

Yup. Most elderly people are to old to put up with or give a shit anymore and will commence with the ass kicking.

[@eligebrown8998]

@@DavidLLambertmobile that would last 0 days with me.

[@maxjasmine]

The plants grew pretty big do the HOA waited for this to happen.

[@CT_Yankee]

I so hate not learning the final outcome of events/situations like this.

[@jamesferrell336]

I do work for homeowners in mostly HOA neighborhoods. In this 7 years I have never heard a homeowner say"I'm so glad we have an HOA". In fact it has always been the opposite.

[@invaderzim1265]

Dude, that made my insides twist! 🤢🤢🤮🤮🤕🤕

[@Christobanistan]

@@invaderzim1265 heheh

[@Christobanistan]

Have you ever found an HOA that raised property values, which is their purported reason for existing, rather than lowered them? AFAIK, when buyers hear "HOA" they run for the hills!

[@robbiepolo7634]

@@Christobanistan hoa always lower the value because most people buy a house so they can do what they want with it not have a bunch of Karen dictators telling them what to do.

[@bruh-so8vp]

if you buy a house in an HOA you just become a renter that has to pay property taxes and put tens to hundreds of thousands dollars down for a home. Why would any sane person want to even buy a home if they're just going to legally be treated as a renter.

[@irelandgrt]

I was getting harassed by an hoa in FL. I went to every board members condo and took pictures of every infraction I found. I told them I'd comply after they did. I also told them if I was bothered in any way before they were in compliance I'd file a complaint and lawsuit for selective enforcement. Never heard another word from them.

[@michaelfederowicz5568]

I’d be looking at harassment charges also. These people think they are the law.

[@mr.whiskers3283]

4 months later have they still left you alone?

[@deborahblackvideoediting8697]

"I'm not screaming at you. If I was screaming at you, you'd know." Love it. I'm disappointed that I misread the title. I thought it said "Homeowner shuts down HOA." I hope this worked out in the homeowner's favour.

[@YakubTheFather]

Tbf I misread the title too. I think the renegade time warlock Mandella got us again.

[@yummm8775]

That lady was slapped by a human dictionary! This gentleman is a hero!

[@jacobpinkley232]

Kudos to that man calling the HOA out.

[@MrJamberee]

He knows a lot of adjectives.

[@jordanhartman7180]

Kudos to his wife too! Standing by his side making it a point she didn’t care what that lady wanted to show her

[@h2oquality2010]

This is a great reminder to NEVER EVER BUY A HOME WITH AN HOA. And they're fighting over some hedges. Good Lord. Middle finger to HOA's.

[@invaderzim1265]

Very chilling!😬💀

[@deadpoolongoogle9682]

Exactly i live in a tiny town people can grow what they want in there yards

[@capriflorez7162]

Oh my gas ⛽ ! Yah seams they own ur property .

[@ThreenaddiesRexMegistus]

Don’t mess with the old guy! He’s not going to just roll over to these interfering busybodies! More power to him.👍🏻

[@9ravitymusic]

"do not step any close" steps closer to him immediately?

[@mashamitchell9574]

Imagine paying an organization to harass you... that's HOA's. An unnecessary financial burden.

[@TeslaBoy123]

Every single months collecting thousands to bulling own residents real extortion cartel

[@mikehoncho9344]

Imagine not cutting your grass or trimming your bushes, that place looks like hell

[@leecox1513]

So? No one is forcing you to buy a home that falls under an HOA, so stop your bitching!

[@turtle22phoenix]

@@leecox1513 Well that was sudden aggression. I mean, it doesn't help that in some areas the HOA is moving outward, so finding a home in those areas can be challenging . . . . . . and, I mean, the "bitching" is well deserved. HOA's really are (majority wise) just power hungry people who had a chance and took it. Effectively creating a burden for those under that area. There have been cases of the HOA appearing in some housing areas as well, developing and then overtaking. This entire comment section is against the HOA though . . . it's . . . the bitching is to be expected, isn't it? Just leave it and let it lie.

[@NotitiaRecolligo]

@@turtle22phoenix Maybe Mr. Cox is a HOA board member ;)

[@gowenrv3762]

Let this be a lesson to everyone... stay away from HOA... avoid them...

[@invaderzim1265]

I recently saw a home for sale and I read it was Home Owners Association and didn't realize it was H.O.A!! 😱💀💀💀💀😱 I'm happy to say I didn't have the money to purchase that home anyways! Now I'll take more heed. to the letter!🧐

[@gowenrv3762]

@@invaderzim1265 Thats a smart move. HOA are just a bunch of power hungry people that likes to tell people what to do.

[@haroldnewberryjr3791]

I spent my entire youth without a HOA. When I became an adult I bought a house in an HOA without realizing what I was getting into. My realtor told me HOA’s here weren’t that bad, they just worry about people leaving toilets and appliances in the front yard. Since then I’ve been in some kind of violation every year since I moved in. I can’t do anything to the yard or house without permission. There’s a small dictatorship of people who rule over us and it’s all legal. There are a few rich old retired people who walk their dogs and have nothing better to do but criticize and threaten legal action. My only joy is to yell at them when they leave dog poop in my yard or have no leash. I love my house but I hate my HOA.

[@briangallagher787]

Get air horns. Every time their dog walks on your property. Give a good blast.

[@ronsmith4601]

I'm not a fan of HOAs, but that "small dictatorship" has the right to ". . . rule over [you] and it’s all legal" because you entered into a contract with the HOA when you bought the house. YOU gave them that right. If others in your neighborhood feel as you do, you should all go to an HOA attorney together and split the fee for his or her services to address the problems.

[@briangallagher787]

I know that if these old busybodies are allowing their dogs to poop on your lawn that is a violation of HOA rules as well. Document with time stamped videos and have them fined.

[@miketaylor9231]

@@briangallagher787 Pellet gun!

[@arash8761]

@@ronsmith4601 And those contracts should be illegal. HOAs are privatized government.

[@slamboy66]

Just another reason I will never live in an HOA

[@paulruiz72]

I had a few confrontations with our hoa. The best thing that could have happened to me!!!! We sold our home and bought another home without hoa maniacs. My life is so peaceful now

[@sarahkatecochran446]

Lol. One time my family was cutting down a tree in our backyard bc it was going to hit our house. This lady in a tennis skirt comes running up to my father to tell him he needs to ask the Homeowners Association. My dad said, "My wife is a home owner, and she said it was okay."😂

[@kabrinofonzarelli1894]

the HOA should be deemed a criminal organization

[@MM-eq7sw]

God bless this man for standing up to the HOA!

[@nikkinicole5588]

I don't know but it sounds like he knew what he was talking about and told her off.

[@reginaldfitzpatrick8681]

I LOVE that guys style! He incessantly tears into the HOA woman, and follows up with a " how ya doin? " towards the guy in black. HOA is a parasite and I have no idea why anyone would buy into one

[@passiveaggressivenegotiato8087]

HOA madness is the result of people not acknowledging WHY neighborhoods have gone to shit. They think it's because of curbside appearance, because their brainwashing will not allow them to ascertain the REAL reason that neighborhoods have turned to shit. The funny part is, when the single mom programs place trashy people in the neighborhood, (and all they kin folks gots to stays wit em, so they feel like they bigtiming), the HOA karens are afraid to say anything to them, so the government ultimately turns their neighborhood into a shothole, while they cherry-pick superficial shit to nit-pick.

[@IHateSmilingFriendsTheTVShow]

@@passiveaggressivenegotiato8087 right? Lmfao I thought Edward scissor hands taught us this 20 plus years ago

[@Wooley689]

The HOA witch isn't paying him any attention at all, she's not even listening.

[@mmoarchives2542]

sounds l,ike a typical woman with power to me

[@MTF_Unit_Alpha-1]

All I heard from her was "blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah".

[@rickyhits6547]

@@mmoarchives2542 that's a little too far

[@mmoarchives2542]

@@rickyhits6547 triggered woman detected

[@craigchastain7016]

I don't think she understands the words he is using. Bitch looks like she is itching to check her phone for updates.

[@toddheimbuch5429]

This guy could be a speechwriter. Eloquent, incisive, compelling.

[@jimkeller998]

I would never ever ever buy a home that was governed under an HOA.

[@teroyjenkins30]

So let me get this right? You own a home, you then contract out to a company from another state to keep the value of your home up. Allowing them to civilly hog tie you until they can come in and seize your assets and property legally? Sweet! How can I get on board?

[@noname-ef6sv]

Hats off to the older fella! Didn't even faze her.

[@daymonlindsey8150]

HOA is such a joke i don't know why anyone would buy a property run by one.

[@jerrydoyle4627]

They say things like, Oh, we will cut your grass. At the same time they are telling you what color you can paint the house that you are paying for. Lots of people loose their homes over HOA's rules.

[@Cypher15100]

Jerry Doyle can’t someone just tell them to fuck off? First time hearing about HOA

[@Minecraftisbeast47]

@@Cypher15100 I think when you move into a neighborhood where there is an HOA present, you sign a paper and agree to their rules. So I'm sure breaking those rules after signing has consequences.

[@Zantonio197635Z]

John Doe this people don't give a F about anything they have so much power over you.. you can't even have diferente colors on anything

[@sweetnsourlvr]

To keep out the low life scumbags!

[@PunkMartyr]

Its not about keeping the neighborhood beautiful its about malicious control and evil people hurting others to feel good.

Homeowners' Association are the closest thing to a communist regime as there is.

[@MrQwiksix21]

I beg to differ....THE DEMOCRAT PARTY IN CA.

[@jez8274]

"THN HOA EMPLOYEES FIND IT HILARIOUS TO WATCH SO CALLED "HOME OWNERS TO BUG AND HARASS THE PEOPLE", FUCK THM COMMUNIST BASTARDS!!", DONT BUY HOA!!"

[@AmusedChild]

Yes! And they should be banned! Incidentally I am a Democrat (blue dog Dem).

[@goatbut29]

@@AmusedChild Which commie hate-filled candidate you picking next time?

[@jerrydoyle4627]

That was great !😎👍

[@burnningbridges]

“Excuse me, excuse me.” Hand on hip, oh yeah, that’s a KAREN right there!

[@Cissy2cute]

We moved into a HOA unit only out of expedience and we only planned to be their for 3 years. But my hubby became ill and we have been stuck here for 10 years. It's living hell and we are desperately saving to get out. When people ask me where I live, I actually say "Hell". Can't do this, can't do that, fines for every little things. If you have any sense of independence, stay far away. If you want to have every decision made for you, then go for it.

[@therealmr.incredible3179]

Don’t let those Bullies back you into a Corner! Fight! Make Noise! Be Creative! Also, if you don’t mind me asking, what is your Husband suffering of?

[@retiredmusiceducator3612]

and fees for everything!

[@michaelb.8953]

Hope you got out by now.

[@jaybjornbjornintheusa3039]

Homeowner associations must be removed from our state laws ASAP. They were created not for this purpose in the first place.

[@rishikoemai7655]

HOA need to be ban !

[@robbrooks3418]

As an electrician I sold and installed many standby generators. Nothing but problems with HOA’s. Multiple customers that were on oxygen where it was CRITICAL that they had reliable electricity. The area had multiple power outages a year aside from hurricanes and floods that caused power losses for weeks at a time. The ridiculous nit picking was criminal. Even when generator was placed between bushes or fenced in completely out of sight, they would find a way to deny them or make them remove it. I mean these people or their parents could actually die due to power loss and hoa would still go out of their way to prevent them from getting standby generator at their homes. I will NEVER live anywhere with power hungry Karen’s telling you what you can’t and can’t do with your own home

[@mickeyphillips6603]

At one time I was employed to maintain a 55 acre site of 545 homes. I held that job for roughly 4 years. I probably would stayed longer , but I eventually got tired of the ridiculous pettiness of some of the HOA board members. I truly believe that they were picked on as children and that behaving childishly as adults was their way of getting retaliation on the world. I guess from this video and others like it, this is a common pattern among all HOA Boards of Trustees.

[@travisbull8233]

HOA has got too go!!! They cause more problems than they have ever solved!!! Private property is private property. No excuses