I have been renting a townhouse for the last year and I have seen the HOA in action at the complex I live in. What a joke. Not to mention the property owner pays $250 a month for it! All I have seen them do is some shoveling in the winter and even then it's sketchy. The cops got called because one of the shovelers whistled and called out to one of the resident's 12 year old daughter. It was a hoot! Money well spent there.