'I owe the HOA $0.01': Resident discovers his annual HOA maintenance fees were $161.64 instead of the $161.63 amount he paid, prepares to fight back

Let this story serve as yet another unfortunate reminder that the vast majority of HOA fees are, more often than not, unnecessary.

As with most HOA stories, this one involves an unnecessary fee, a miscommunication, and an ever so slightly rebellious resident who was not going to take it anymore. Coming across these vile HOA debacles, as someone who has thankfully never resided in an HOA neighborhood, can only instill fear in younger folks who hope to purchase their own homes one day… only, let's be honest, that day is unlikely to transpire.

Keep scrolling below to see how this resident plans to ignore the negligible amount of $0.01 that he owes his HOA…

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These neighborhood residents usually receive notice from their property manager on December 27th concerning what the increased maintenance fees for the following year will be. It sounds like these increases are mostly accepted by the residents in the community, were it not for the tight turnaround they have to pay that fee (the deadline is always January 1st.)
To notify all residents in the neighborhood of an upcoming invoice during the final week of the year between Christmas and New Year's—the week when everyone should be left alone—is, to put it mildly, an easy way to turn a community against you.
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