The HOA Facebook Group Gets Heated - Time For The Popcorn!
I honestly thought the HOA facebook group wasn't going to have much more fun stuff to post about, but boy was I wrong. The below is a full unedited version of the conversation that spun up the other day in the Facebook homeowners group. The hilarious part of this story is the fact that the individual who spun it up was one of the individuals who complained about me wanting to rent my place long term. And now she had the nerve to make this comment, and it lit a flare and a lot of fiery conversation!
Before hopping into this incredible exchange on Facebook, get caught up on everything that is going on! If you haven't caught up yet, start from the beginning of the story to get the full craziness of this saga with my HOA!
- Part I: Calling HOA To File Lawsuit!?!?! Short Term Rental Update - Ol' Faithful
- Part II: S**t Is Getting Real - I Posted In My HOA Homeowner FB Group And Got People Fired Up
- Part III: Security Turned The Guests Away This Morning - I Watched The Whole Thing From Inside The Gates
- Part IV: Lawyer Time - I Spoke With A Lawyer Over The Weekend, And Here Is What They Said
- Part V: Lawyered The S**t Out Of The Final Email To The HOA & Board
- Part VI: The HOA President Responded With The Board Decision - Prime The Popcorn
- Part VII: Time For Legal Advice From A Local Florida Attorney – Will See What Guidance They Provide
- Part VIII: Ready To Pull My Hair Out On This HOA Issue! - But Time For A Political Response
- Part IX: My Decision On Moving Forward With A Lawyer - To Pay Or Not To Pay, That Is The Question
- Part X: What I Think Of My HOA - The Unedited Version
- Part XI: My Response To The HOA Clearly Asking To Rent Long Term
The Message That Kicked Everything Off!
Now the fun shall begin!
First they begin complaining that the HOA turned off the lights at night at that was causing a large safety risk for the people who live onsite. Hmmm...interesting. Someone even mentioned they wondered what happened to the guests that arrived at the gate from my home. Since I haven't posted anything in the FB group stating what happened, I am for sure certain people think I am still trying to force people in.
Now the accusations begin coming in with accusing homeowners for breaking guests in "illegally" to the resort. Again, it isn't illegal. I am allowed to rent my place 30+ days. Period. And this stall that the HOA on is insane.
More accusations accusing homeowners in the resort who are investors whom are still renting out their homes.
Okay, this is where I have to step in. This lady who is the one who posted on the top of the above picture is full of s**** and the biggest hypocrite I think I have ever seen. So first she complains for people's safety in the resort for having strangers come in and stay for extended periods of time.
The day after she said all that, someone reached out to me with a link to a Facebook group and told me to check it out. The link ended up taking me to a Garage Sale Facebook group in the Orlando area where this same lady had posted 5 things every day for the last two weeks to sell. Not only had she posted 5 things, but she was openly telling people where they could meet up to complete the sale of her crap.
Yeah, I laughed out loud for a good hour after I heard and read all that crap.
More fun accusations!
And now the head of the board weighs in. I lolled at this one as well.
I won't even give me 2 cents as to the nonsense I just read over again. The way they are going about handling this situation is, pathetic.
Ok, there was my one comment above. I just couldn't hold back anymore. My one and only comment in thread though! It was extremely hard to keep my fingers from hitting send on a few different comments I had queued up.
So that is where this part of the story ends, but my fight and battle with the HOA is not over yet!
In tomorrow's post, I will post a few different back and forths I have had with the HOA now. These back and forths have been extremely frustrating to say the least and how they have handled responding to email has been horrible. 48 hour response times is not acceptable. They continue to try to just drag this out till they have to let me rent my place out because then the "ban" will be lifted.
More to come...don't worry. This is not where the story ends!
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How Much Clearer Do I Need To Make Myself – Asking The Same Question For The Third Time
My Response To The HOA Clearly Asking To Rent Long Term
The HOA had their chance to email the homeowners to keep us up to date on all the things going on. Now time for some fun in my response back to them. Sometimes I feel the etiquette I have learned in drafting professional emails in work come out too much in these emails. I would love to deal with these things over the phone or in person, but the HOA and board have yet to want to speak in person or over the phone.
How Much Clearer Do I Need To Make Myself - Asking The Same Question For The Third Time
I have had zero luck with this HOA to this point. How much clearer do I need to make myself. I have asked the same question for the third time now and they continue to not want to answer the specific question I am asking them. This is not only frustrating, but they are using this tactic to continue buying them time. I am a real estate investor, and have been a real estate investor for the past 3 years. This is the first time in my real estate investing journey that I have had issues with an HOA. I never would have imagined to have these issues with a HOA. But now that they are here, I am definitely taking this as a learning opportunity to continue getting better! What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger if you want it to make you stronger!
HOA Sent An Email To All Homeowners To Pay Up!
"A further update on our financial planning will be provided in the next few days but in the meantime, thanks to all who have already paid this quarter’s fees and to those who have not yet paid, please do send yours in as soon as possible, so that we can maintain sufficient cashflow levels, not only to protect your resort asset but just as importantly, to keep our resort and its residents, guests and staff, safe and secure through these difficult times."