"Midwest Kid" wrote in message
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Investment in your home, to me, means what you paid for your home.
Property
value is what someone is supposedly willing to pay for your land and
home.
It doesn't necessary mean your actual investment in the home. If a
chemical
spill is discovered near the area, your property value might be $50K
while
your investment could be $100K (what you paid for your home). People
want to
equate property values with an investment that will _always_ go up,
mostly
due to the real estate boom over the last 3 decades or so. I don't
see many
people like that. Out of all my family, only a cousin actually rents
a
home. No many people buy a home, let it sit empty and hope that they
can
sell it for 30% more in a year. That is the main problem with CC&R.
People
think they are a way to help your property value increase. That's
stupid
logic. They should be more worried about just making sure they get
what
they put into the home. I believe CC&Rs do that. They make it so
people can
sell their home.


I don't know if CC&Rs help home sales. People buy and sell homes
without CC&Rs just fine. CC&Rs may be a negitive factor, if you
consider the large number of potential buyers who don't like CC&Rs.


I personally wouldn't have a problem with a ham antenna as
long as it didn't interfere with anything in my home. If it did, I
would
ask the person to take it down. Chances are I would be a good friend
to my
neighbors since I am pretty easy to get along with. It's when hams
get this
attitude (like I am seeing here) spouting off: "Well, I got a new law
supporting me so not much you or anyone else can do." That's when the
gloves come off. Screw them. They thought they had a friend....I
hope the
person never needs something or tries to make small talk.



Well, people do have rights, although the right to put up an antenna may
not be among the rights the Constitutional government was formed to
protect.

As far as the value of a Homeowner's Association is concerned, I guess
it comes down to which of your neighbors deserve the most distrust.
Will it be the new neighbor who inexplicably paints his new, expensive
house pink and black like a box of Ju-Ju Bees? Or will it be the new
age neighbors who replace the previous reasonable board members with a
bunch of Feng Shui loonies?

They'll come and do a walkaround with their compasses and tape measures
and notebooks.

"Pull up those pink flamingoes and put wind chimes here."

"You must plant a tree. I marked the correct location with a stake."

"Move that doorway to here. No, not there -- HERE!!"

"Bad Feng Shui is bad for property values!!"

Can't happen? Of course not! Not in anyplace that can't stop a
respectful flag display or religious monument.

Frank Dresser