You’re free to not buy into an HOA. That’s what I did.
A huge percentage of new subdivisions are HOA. You can’t deny that avoiding them severely limits your options, especially if you’re the kind of person who’s intimidated by old houses.
(I live in an ~80-year-old house without an HOA, so yes, I’m well aware it can be done. But that doesn’t mean everybody, or even the majority of people, can do it because most of the housing stock is not like this.)
A huge percentage of new subdivisions are HOA. You can’t deny that avoiding them severely limits your options, especially if you’re the kind of person who’s intimidated by old houses.
(I live in an ~80-year-old house without an HOA, so yes, I’m well aware it can be done. But that doesn’t mean everybody, or even the majority of people, can do it because most of the housing stock is not like this.)
I’m a fan of conservation easements