tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060417.post8010094896895026779..comments2023-11-05T06:18:25.377-06:00Comments on The Privatopia Papers: Homeowners Associations Get Nasty: Foreclose or Sue to Collect DuesEvan McKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04479661304143631524noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060417.post-26845155643935435542010-07-20T23:19:03.323-05:002010-07-20T23:19:03.323-05:00> Zogby has been conducting "happy" p...> Zogby has been conducting "happy" polls <br />> for CAI every couple of years or so.<br /><br />Shu,<br /><br />I understand you frustration with poll results that consistently show something like 70% of homeowners are satisfied with their HOA. <br /><br />However, we must not be careful to delude ourselves into thinking that everyone, or even the majority of people, share our opinions about HOA corporations. Nor should we discount polls simply because we don't like the results.<br /><br />Of course, that doesn't mean that these polls are beyond criticism. Without seeing the actual questions or methodology (which I wouldn't be qualified to analyze anyway), let me offer some observations:<br /><br />* "satisfied with your HOA" can mean several things, and cover a range of satisfaction. For many years, I would have -- if anyone asked -- said that I was "satisfied" with every HOA I lived in, simply because I had no reason not to be. I paid my bills, they removed the trash, maintained the parking lot, etc., and didn't bother me. I never gave the matter much thought, and I never would have said that I was ecstatic to live in an HOA. But if I had been polled, I would have said "satisfied," probably even if "neutral" was an option.<br /><br />* I would be more interested in a poll that tests people's <i>knowledge</i> of HOAs. Of course, this would vary from state-to-state, but questions like "<a href="http://paranoiatoday.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=87:hoa-corporations-as-a-defective-product&catid=27:organizations&Itemid=56" rel="nofollow">How do you feel about your home being forever collateral to whatever debts and liabilities the HOA corporation creates?</a>" or "How many lawsuits has your HOA filed against your neighbors in the past year?" or "How do you feel about the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1jz4OuJZcQ#t=5m26s" rel="nofollow">HOA re-applying payments to fines and attorneys fees to create 'delinquent assessments'</a>?" type questions? <br /><br />I think <i>that</i> would be more enlightening.gnuthttp://paranoiatoday.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=27&Itemid=56noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060417.post-49390937333592315732010-07-18T09:05:02.349-05:002010-07-18T09:05:02.349-05:00Wonder if Rasmussen Reports would consider conduct...Wonder if Rasmussen Reports would consider conducting a poll.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060417.post-70007118190402482612010-07-17T19:04:37.840-05:002010-07-17T19:04:37.840-05:00Zogby has been conducting "happy" polls ...Zogby has been conducting "happy" polls for CAI every couple of years or so. <br /><br />When HOA Horror stories grab the headlines, Zogby is commissioned to find out just how happy homeowners are and of course, 99.9999% of the people polled are over the moon with their HOAs. Apparently of all the "random" calls the pollsters make, none of them talk to the people who are being abused by their HOA and grabbing all the headlines. That is why I point out the owners who were not polled by Zogby - they are not as likely to be "completely satisfied". If they were, the poll results might be more accurate.Shu Bartholomewhttp://www.onthecommons.usnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060417.post-31081392815477336462010-07-17T11:46:41.679-05:002010-07-17T11:46:41.679-05:00I must have missed something really good with the ...I must have missed something really good with the Zogby thing.Intruder2uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13265428034787417272noreply@blogger.com