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BEWARE OF HOA'S - BEFORE BUYING INTO ONE, READ THIS! Was re: BEWAREof COMPUSA

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From: P.Flamingo
Date: Sat, 25 May 2002 22:46
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your problems with comp usa pale in comparison to the financial risk you
could encounter buying into and living in a homeowners association......
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Your swimming pool was an "amenity" = Read section: Myth of
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Your condo, townhouse, house was an "investment" = Read section:
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Your purchase in a CID was "carefree" = Read section: Myth of
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Sharing of Attitudes and Attributes

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section: Dissecting the Cost of Perpetual Maintenance, Noise,
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Creative Accounting
The Myth of Enforcement
The Mistake of Mediation and/or Arbitration
The Myth of Oversight
The Myth of an Ombudsman
Homeowner Nullification
The Cost of Psychological Recognition: Applause and the Obligatory
Plaque

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