You need to weigh that when choosing where to buy. I walked away from a plot of land that came with a stupid HOA. The immediate neighbor wasn't part of the HOA

You need to weigh that when choosing where to buy. I walked away from a plot of land that came with a stupid HOA. The immediate neighbor wasn't part of the HOA and didn't have to follow the stupid rules. (No plots within the HOA land had sold at the time.)