HOA Nightmares

I was reflecting on the newsletter (find HOA Nightmares on Beehiiv!) and one of the first nightmares that sent me down this path. I thought it could be fun to revisit a nightmare that involves and (alleged) sex worker, succulents and local police. Listen in!

I'm in a digestive quandary this week, but had to finish on a high note with the funniest video a listener shared with me! Listen in for a new nightmare!

Shifting focus from the nightmares of a board member to the nightmares of a resident! Patrick gets some perspective on what makes a neighborhood with 2400 homes function. A straw committee?

Today's episode is seeking an answer to a very important question: where are you? Listen in to learn the who, what, when, where and why!

Today's episode was from an interesting question I saw online that simply posited, if you buy a home in a community with an HOA why don't you show up to meetings? The decisions of a few can affect many. Listen in to hear why!

Today's episode is part of a conversation I had with a friend in another state who bought a place with a very reasonable HOA only to be surprised at the sizeable increase in just a few years and wondered, "can they just do that?" Listen in!

Most HOA communities boast common areas that can be used by the community and the deal is you clean up after yourself. What happens when there's so much blood the remediation gets spread across a community? Yes, I said blood. Listen in for the details! Don't forget to share your nightmares at hoanightmares1@gmail.com

Today's episode start off with a true nightmare that involves fees, lawyers and a property auction. We end lighter with the HOA version of AI Slop. Listen in and subscribe to the newsletter on Beehiiv!

Today's episode is a double dose of crazy. Vague animal rules and did you know your lawn can be too perfect? Listen in to hear how (and what the HOA wants to do about it)

We kick off this episode with a little taste of iconic early 2000s girl group to set the stage for today's episode. Spoiler alert: Florida is in the news for something wild. Listen in!

Today's episode is one of the toughest nightmares - Mother Nature's! There's a very tough situation unfolding in Pennsylvania and we are on the front lines. Listen in to find out the drama!

We have a fresh nightmare in the middle of a heat wave that came about from classic incompetence! But the mood comes back up for a homeowner victory that must be heard to be believed!

This episode starts with a bit of a tribute to the human side of the HOA experience, but also some potentially costly silliness. Listen in for the details!

Today is a tale of two narratives: an HOA trying to actually protect residents from a faction that want surveillance? Then, we get back to classic HOA lunacy with a woman with a bone to pick and Crocs to hate. Listen in!

This one is ripped from the third page of news in Alabama but it's a doozy. We bring the mood back up with a 6 ft tall Velociraptor to end on a high note. Listen in and find us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/cw/HOANightmares

This one is ripped from the headlines and illustrates the perfect reason we started this podcast. To bring the mood up, we have a tale of delicious revenge. Listen today!

Trigger warning for boomers: there will be generalizations made about your generation. Listen in!

Boomers strike again! This one made me laugh out of the sheer lunacy and was such a good reminder why I do this. Total nightmare that also made me laugh. Listen in to hear why!

Today's episode isn't ripped from the headlines, but an actual experience that was a harrowing nightmare! This episode ends with some comedic relief that's another Florida story (of course!)

This one is really steaming my clams. Where is the line between "let kids be kids" and policing how kids play?

What happens when a fire system breaks down? Spoiler alert: it gets expensive! But is there hope? Listen in!

Are we all sick of data centers yet? Not so for one simp in the Facebook group. Listen in for details as well as a story about the most vile HOA Karen you could ever encounter!

Fresh off a holiday, I have a new perspective for some of the non-nightmares that I discovered in Japan. Listen in to see how things are quite different!

This was a double nightmare! One involving Palm Beach Country Sheriffs and another involving an oopsie upon inspection of a condo unit and a wall was not where it was supposed to be! Listen in to find out more!

The first one of the year comes to us from a listener! The theme of this one is something that Miami does well: bad behavior! Listen in!