the Truth About HOA's (and condo's)

So, what's the truth about HOA's (and condo's)?  Well, first off, if you pile all of the examples of abuse by boards listed by all of the groups on top of one another, you could say their are problems in less than 1/10th of one percent of the community associations in the country.  But, they would argue, most people don't complain, so this is just the tip of the iceberg.  Sounds good, but they have absolutely nothing to back it up.  If there were that many mad people, newspapers would have whole sections devoted to it...there would be reality shows on every channel devoted to exploiting it.....and Sean Hannity would never shut up about it.  Well, none of these things are happening and neither has any iceberg appeared.

Are there problems in associations?  Of course there are.  Just like there are problems in any neighborhood, company, organization, etc.  Anytime you put people together and force them to interact, there are going to be problems.  Associations aren't the cause of human problems, they are just one more arena in which the drama is played out.