what are the pros and cons of belonging to an hoa 
hoas can benefit individual owners by providing necessary management services for example without an hoa the owners of an apartment building would need to coordinate among themselves to decide on common problems such as building wide garbage removal building repairs and community policies this could be very time consuming for residents and could result in conflicts and disagreements between owners on the other hand hoas can also create problems for owners to the extent that the owner disagrees with the hoa s community bylaws or spending decisions 