AZFAMILY.COM:  Valley Realtor wants to inform public about HOAs

By Jason Barry

August 12, 2015

ANTHEM, AZ (KPHO/KTVK) – People either love them or hate them. But just how much do you really know about homeowners associations?

There are thousands of HOA communities across the Valley, where homeowners are very happy. Some neighborhoods, however, have constant controversy.

Geraldine Namen, 86, lives in one of those. The Anthem grandmother just received another violation notice from her HOA. She was cited for not trimming back the bushes in front of her house.

“The next thing you know they’ll be in my backyard looking at things,” Namen said.

“There are a lot better things they can be better spending their time with than harassing an 86-year-old lady for a few sprigs of a bush crossing the sidewalk,” Bob Namen said,

More and more Valley homeowners are feeling frustrated with the way their HOAs do business. Homeowner advocate Jill Schweitzer insists that it should not be that way.

The Scottsdale real estate agent has just written a 22-page informational guide called “Buying Into an HOA with Your Eyes Open.”  Read more: