Realty Ideas Per Day

Homeowners Associations (HOAs) are often misunderstood, but for many communities, they are the key to maintaining a high standard of living. At their core, an HOA is an organization that works to protect property values and enhance the quality of life for all residents. This is achieved by creating and enforcing community-wide standards for everything from exterior maintenance to landscaping and aesthetics. These rules ensure that everyone in the neighborhood contributes to a consistent and well-kept environment, which can make the area more attractive to future buyers. Beyond the rules, many HOAs also manage shared amenities such as parks, playgrounds, swimming pools, and fitness centers, providing valuable resources that would be difficult for an individual homeowner to maintain on their own.

In addition to maintaining a beautiful and well-equipped community, a well-run HOA can offer residents a welcome sense of peace of mind. By handling the upkeep of common areas like landscaping, sidewalks, and shared facilities, HOAs reduce the individual homeowner’s workload, allowing them more time to enjoy their property. They also provide a clear framework for resolving disputes between neighbors, helping to maintain a harmonious living environment. Ultimately, while living in an HOA community comes with fees and guidelines, many homeowners find that the benefits—including higher property values, a clean and safe environment, and access to fantastic amenities—are a worthwhile trade-off for a structured and well-maintained neighborhood.

Hey, everybody. It’s Bob McCranie, with Texas Pride Realty. And your realty idea of the day is HOA’s why or why not?

So a lot of homes, especially new home construction in Dallas, has an HOA, you know, with it. So people are wondering how do I buy a home anymore without an HOA? Well, you have to by an older community. You have to go buy a home built probably before the 1990s to get in a community that does not have an HOA. If you’re living in an apartment or a townhome community you wanna have an HOA, because they’re the ones who maintain the common element. They maintain the roofs, the wall space, the structure, the foundation, things like that. So… And plumbing, windows, things of that nature.

Every HOA is different, there is no standard in Texas for what an HOA has to have, to my knowledge. Every HOA I’ve run into has a different set of rules and a different set of reasons. So talk to your client about what they want in an HOA, or do they wanna live outside of an HOA community. If you live outside of an HOA community you could end up with a purple house next to you or a house that has, you know, Christmas lights up in August. Like across the street from my house. Anyway. But that can happen. If you’re in an HOA community they’ll help take care of that. But you also have to pay fees and you have to deal with the nosy neighbors. So talk about the HOA’s in your area, maybe talk about what they do and what’s best for your clients. Talk about it on social media and maybe ask people on your social media what they think about HOA’s. Anyway, Bob McCranie, Texas Pride Realty. There’ll be another realtor idea of the day posted tomorrow. Bye-bye.