You Can Never Leave the HOA
Lived in a condo for 4 years, sold and bought a house this past July. First year we lived there HOA fined us for having “no lid on the trash cans” I went outside, took a picture of my trash cans with the lids on, and sent it to the HOA, and they said “sorry, our mistake”, a couple months later, same thing.
Then a few months later we got fined when our trash barrels blew away, after they were emptied the wind took them, and I brought them in the garage when I got home from work. They sent a fine to everyone in the complex, so we all appealed.
They then fined me again, when a neighbor put out a cardboard box that blew onto our driveway. I refused to pay that fine and they sent it to collections.
Last one was after we moved, I got a letter from the HOA delivered to my new home, stating that the new owners didn’t pay the August HOA, and I was responsible… Wut?