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hey everyone and welcome to story time
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my name is Jake and today we are gonna
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be looking at the subreddit are such Pro
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revenge so sit back relax and enjoy some
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reddit stories taking on the homeowners
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association president this happened when
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my wife and I first got married my
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grandfather had passed just a couple of
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months before and left me a very sizable
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inheritance with a note to make sure I
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use it smartly to start a good life for
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my wife and I my father-in-law owns a
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real estate company that buys foreclosed
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houses and rehabs them and he knew of a
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great starter home for my wife and I and
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agreed to pay to have it rehabbed with
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the understanding that we would pay him
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back when we were better established or
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after two years when we sold the house
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so we bought the house and it took about
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90 days to rehab it before we moved in
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this is an important fact later on so we
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finally moved into our house and had
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been there about two weeks when someone
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came and knocked on our door stating
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that they were the homeowners
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association president and asked for my
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landlords contact information I
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explained that we didn't rent the home
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and that we were owners and then they
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followed up by asking to speak with my
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parents I reiterated again that I was
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the home owner and asked them what they
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wanted they explained that there was a
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homeowner's association for the
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neighborhood and that I needed to sign
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the HOA rules and that I owed $90
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prorated for my dues but that they would
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give me 30 days to pay his courtesy
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however they needed me to sign the rules
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right then I told them I wanted to read
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and review them first before I agree to
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sign anything and they were extremely
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pushy about signing them right then
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I refused and they told me that I had
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seven days to sign them and explained
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that they have legal power to find me if
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I do not turn in a signed copy in that
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time I called my in-laws because I
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didn't know anything about HOAs and
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asked them for advice my father-in-law
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got tagged saying that it should have
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been disclosed prior to the sale but
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sometimes with hood houses that get
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smashed
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we agreed that the $30 per month fee
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wasn't horrible especially because they
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did provide a really nice playground for
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the neighborhood so I agreed and signed
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the rules there were a couple that
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seemed a little over-the-top to me but I
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agreed anyway because from my
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understanding at the time I really
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didn't have any choice it seemed fine
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enough until about a month passed and we
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had a small housewarming party with a
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couple of friends literally there were
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less than eight people there including
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my wife and I the house was small but it
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had a nice deck so we were out back
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having a small fire using a fire pit one
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of our friends had just given us when I
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heard someone knocking at the door no
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pounding like a freaking cop I just went
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around the house and there was the HOA
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president with his car in front of my
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house with a yellow police light on top
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yes I'm serious I asked him how I could
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help him and he very sternly told me
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that I was in violation of the HOA rules
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by throwing a party outside of approved
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hours a 10:00 p.m. curfew and that I
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needed to send my friends home or
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quietly take it inside I checked my
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watch and it was 1005 p.m. I was amazed
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but we took it inside regardless the
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next day the very next day I had a
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letter from the HOA stating that it was
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my official warning for violation of the
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HOA rules by throwing a anti quo wild
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bonfire that was a safety hazard while
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drinking
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I literally hadn't drank at all whatever
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I brush it off and figured it was no big
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deal
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flash-forward six to nine months we were
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hosting a teen group devotional for our
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church one afternoon and we were playing
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a game of football in the street we
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lived on a connecting street that got
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virtually no traffic and had only two
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houses on it ours and the family across
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from us whose kids were also playing in
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the game all of the sudden I hear a
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police siren and see the yellow light
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flashing HOA president gets out and
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tells us that we have to break it up
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immediately as it's a safety hazard
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because one of the kids could get run
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over I was fed up with him and told him
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that we were fine and that we've been
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watching for cars and he was literally
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the first car we've seen and we had been
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playing for over an hour at that point
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he insists and asks what would happen if
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an ambulance or police officer needed to
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come down that street to save someone's
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life this was stupid because literally
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both streets we were connected to have
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entrances from the main road I gave in
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and we went inside the next day I get a
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letter explaining that I was being fined
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$60 the maximum fine allowed for a first
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offense and that if I wanted to protest
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it I could attend the next HOA meeting I
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decide that I want to protest the fine
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but notice that the fine was due in 30
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days and the next meeting wasn't for 35
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days
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I opted not to pay until after the
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hearing and wrote a letter back to the
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HOA president stating as such I go to
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the meeting and it's literally myself
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the HOA president the HOA secretary who
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is the president's wife the vice
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president who is the president's
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neighbor and the treasurer the vice
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president's wife my protest was
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immediately overruled and I was also
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charged $30 late fee for not paying on
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time despite notifying him
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I was fed up I couldn't take it any
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longer but realized I really didn't have
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any recourse about four to five months
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later we gave birth to our first child
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and about a month after that I was
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driving home when I I was working a
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second job in retail at the time and my
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buddy in the military called me he had
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been deployed when my daughter was born
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and was calling to congratulate made
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when I got home I didn't want to risk
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waking up my sleeping newborn daughter
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so I just sat in my car with the engine
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running as it was a little chilly
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outside i sat there for about half an
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hour when I heard the police siren and
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saw the yellow lives now keep in mind
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police sirens and choir and this was
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right in front of my house his stupid
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yellow light was flashing everywhere
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including into my daughter's bedroom I
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got out of the car and rather rudely
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told him to turn off the light as to not
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wake my daughter
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he explained that I looked suspicious
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sitting in my car with it running
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outside of my house I explained the
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situation and he told me I had to go
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inside and that my history of being a
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troublemaker wouldn't grant me any
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leniency I basically told him where I
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thought he could go and proceeded to sit
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on the hood of my car he sat there for
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another 15 minutes telling me I needed
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to go in and at one point touched my
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shoulder I explained to him that if he
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touched me again I would take it as a
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sign of aggression and defend myself
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which he responded by getting in his car
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and leaving he circled the block about
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four times the next thirty minutes which
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was when I got too cold to stay out and
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finally went inside next day I get a
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hand delivered letter from him and the
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vice-president and he also asked me to
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step outside to talk about last night's
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incident he explains that he was being
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nice by not calling the police on me
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after I threatened him
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at which point I cut him off and told
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him that he needed to get off my
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property before I called the police on
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him for trespassing I read the letter
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and saw that he was giving me two
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different fines for a hundred and eighty
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dollars each which were the maximum
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amounts one for violating curfew and one
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for disobeying the night watchman I was
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done I had reached my breaking point
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this is where the revenge comes in I
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start looking into the homeowners
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association laws and regulations
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regarding fines and how to protest them
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because I felt like this was clearly
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abuse I find that the law states that
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you must be notified of an HOA ten days
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prior to closing on a house and must be
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served with the HOA rules within 45 days
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of purchase or you are not subject to
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being forced to participate in the HOA I
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remember that we weren't served until
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after we moved in which was close to 90
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days after we closed so I called my real
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estate agent who is a very close family
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friend my in-laws have bought literally
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thousands of houses from her over the
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past thirty five years and asked if she
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had the paperwork still and she said she
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can get me a copy I looked and it was
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over 90 days after purchase that we were
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notified and there was no disclosure
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statement at closing realtor says she
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must have misplaced it because it's
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required by law to be provided prior to
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the sale and basically that she wouldn't
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miss something like that because it
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comes to her when they do a title
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inspect on the house whether or not
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there is a registered HOA she does a
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little digging and calls me back two
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days later and says that my neighborhood
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doesn't have an HOA registered with the
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city or county which is required
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I end up calling the county office in
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charge of registering and give them the
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neighborhood name and she says that our
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neighborhood is registered in the other
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city not in our city and that if we want
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it to start an HOA we would have to
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follow these certain steps and without
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those the HOA wouldn't be allowed to
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collect any money or have any authority
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apparently what had happened was our
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neighborhood was originally all in one
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city but when the city lines changes the
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neighborhood was split in half the other
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neighborhood kept the HOA that was
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registered and our HOA president was
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supposed to register with the state but
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didn't feel like jumping through all of
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the hoops that it required it I was
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ready to walk down to the president's
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house and rip into him but decided to be
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smart for a minute I talked to my
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neighbor across the street who also
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hated the HOA and told him what I found
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out he was furious about it as well we
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talked to a few more and get a group of
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about ten of us together that we agree
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we need to show up at the next HOA
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meeting word has apparently spread
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because there ended up being more people
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than the library meeting room could host
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I had specifically asked to be the
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speaker for the group which they were
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nice enough to let me do the president
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tried to prevent me from speaking due to
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being overdue on my fines at this point
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I'm about three weeks lay on my last set
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of fines with the $30 a week penalty on
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each fine so my current bill is set to
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be about five hundred and forty dollars
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but I spoke anyway
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I explained to him that I had contacted
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my in-laws attorney who is also a family
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friend who had drafted together a
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lawsuit regarding the fact that they
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were impersonating a registered HOA in
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order to collect money from us which was
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fraud the president dismissed me and
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said I had no idea what I was talking
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about and that he had enough of my
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antics the staff members all left
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immediately while the rest of
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stayed and talked a month later we
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served them formally myself and 20 other
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homeowners suing them for all fines in
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HOA Jews we had paid to the tune of
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approximately $50,000 as some of these
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families have been there over 10 years
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the President and Vice President got
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their own attorney who attempted to
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legitimize the HOA but it required the
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signature of like 90% of the homeowners
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they got three signatures including the
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two of themselves some other old bitter
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hag signed after that they tried to
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settle to agree to abolish the HOA and
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showed that they hadn't financially
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gained from air and that all funds had
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been used for the park upkeep snow
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removal and other neighborhood events we
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took a vote and this was turned down in
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overwhelming fashion I was surprised I
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actually voted to accept this then about
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a week later one of the other families
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calls and mentioned something about the
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park maintenance and snow removal
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apparently he had given a quote to do
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the landscaping for the park cutting the
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grass mulching etc and his quote had
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been a couple hundred books cheaper than
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what they were paying and that it always
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bothered him because the person that did
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the jobs was the vice president's son
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and that what they were paying him was
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pretty much outrageous in terms of what
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standard eventually it went to core
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where the judge looked at everything and
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mandated that they paid $21,000 $1,000
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per homeowner plus attorney and court
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fees which were like another two
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thousand dollars for a total of twenty
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three thousand dollars in damages
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additionally they were fined by the
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city's governing body after it was
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reported I don't know how much that fine
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was though we ended up selling the house
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that following summer but I talked to a
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couple of friends that still lived there
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about a year after
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and they said that the President and
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Vice President both sold their houses
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and moved away because they were pretty
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much hated by everyone in the
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neighborhood and that they had an
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informal HOA that people donated to for
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upkeep of the park Wow
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that guy was on some serious power trip
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right there oh my goodness like putting
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a siren on your car I'm pretty sure
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that's probably illegal like Wow and
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when they started mentioning the fake
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HOA I thought this person was gonna set
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up a real one and start like doing it to
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them but I mean that works as well hey
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everyone I hope you all had a really
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good day and that you enjoyed that video
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