If you buy a home, condo or other property in a community with a homeowners association, you automatically become a member of an HOA when you purchase property in the community it oversees. An HOA, or ...

Q. What is HOA? I just glanced at your article in the newspaper entitled “Peace among HOA neighbors.” You use the word “hoa” often, but do not define it. – B.C., Riverside County A. The abbreviation ...