Heh, I couldn&#x27;t help it!<p>What you said, up there, is basically that some owner in the distant past could make a contract with an HOA that, despite the property changing hands, grants the HOA some power over that property forever.<p>What on earth kind of freedom is that?  If I want to buy a house that some previous owner inducted into an HOA, and I don&#x27;t want to join the HOA, why should I have to?  That sounds like government, but worse, because I can&#x27;t vote the bums out!<p>And if you&#x27;re about to say &quot;you don&#x27;t have to buy a home within an HOA neighborhood, buy one without,&quot; well, what if I want to buy this house, but don&#x27;t want to join the HOA?  Why should some private organization be able to force me to join them for no reason other than some previous owner had an agreement with them?<p>You know, the more we explore the HOA idea, the worse it seems like being any kind of freedom at all.<p>How about it, ancap?  Gonna rethink your ideas at all?