That is as true as that a HS is responsible to read and follow the HO’s house rules. Unfortunally, we all have read in many reviews and forums that this is not allways the case, like I doubt every HO have read or know the information. Although we are responsable, as a HS no following rules is too, none (uninformed HO and not following home rules HS) won’t pay the consequences. You figure.
Not at all. You seem to having difficulty grasping this concept. Despite the HOA rules being tedious to read and perhaps challenging for you linguistically, it doesn’t mean that you just get to not be responsible
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@OnTheRoadAgain you see? There are HS that doesn’t agree with you, even when i needed my friend neighbor to go through my mail for a time sensitive piece of mail I was specting and respond in my name.
RedLassie, I dont think any body hier was talking about being in the home. We all know that infringes the THS guidelines.
And furtunally there are HS’s more understandable of some people’s needs and situations.
What you didnt understad!? YES, the HO is responsible but no body but the sitter will get the fine. Responsability vs. Consequences. Is the same when my last HS damage my door, she was responsable. Now…how can i make her pay for the reparation?
Again, you are mixing matters. Rest assured, this is my second last response as it is seemingly futile. Look, I have served multiple non-consecutive terms as a volunteer Board Member for 2 condominium corporations. One as a resident and another where I rented out my units. Very similar organizational structure and documents as compared to a HOA. I was responsible for providing my tenants with the rules.
(BTW, parking and vehicles was always one of the most frequent issues to be handled). So I have insight here. Claiming that the rules are too long and/or too hard to read will never be acceptable. You are shirking your responsibility if you think otherwise.
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I will make sure to have handy my HOA bible for the next HS to read when in the condo and encorage them to read it 
so, the mailbox was outside your home? Otherwise the neighbour, your friend, was INSIDE YOUR HOME, during a sit, and as I already stated, that is against the rules.
Well, surely your HOA provides a PDF. Regardless, big difference between tenants and sitters for length of stay presumably. Maybe your sitters can give you the highlights.
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Big thanks @OnTheRoadAgain, the jacket trick possibly saved our bacon! Be warned folks, Hong Kong Express (not Airlines) are super super strict….#safelyinjapan
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Ok, I am just going to flat-out say it:
What a ridiculous idea, that your housesitters should be responsible for reading the HOA guide that you, the homeowner (who must legally abide by it), will not or cannot.
Your repeated insistence on this subject is without merit, and I’m beginning to believe that it’s less a language issue and more about trolling…so I’m out.
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Can’t say I’ve ever had problems with losing anything in the pockets. A zipper will occasionally get stuck. I’ve had one of their jackets for about a decade, though, so maybe they’ve since improved the zipper quality. I wish mine had YKK zippers, which tend to be trouble free.
There’s another brand that makes jackets for dads who’d rather not carry a diaper bag, which also has a bunch of pockets, including a pocket in the back big enough for a changing pad, which is removable (or you can throw away if not needed). It could be used for a travel jacket instead: The Dad Hoodie | Dad Diaper Bag Alternative
But yes, if you put the contents of say an entire camera bag in any jacket, it would look lumpy, of course. Scottevest is intended for tablets, phones, passports and such, for instance.
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The idea of making sitters read HOA docs is laughable, but would be a good red flag for a sitter to bow out or skip a listing. A clear sign of a bad partner, host wise.
In this case, if neighborhood homeowners hadn’t read the docs (or weren’t advised about what was in them), as assumed, why would they be calling to have cars removed? They wouldn’t even know to do that. There are repeated gaps in logic in what’s passed off as “advice” in this thread, from the OP.
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@systaran there does seem to be an element of snobbishness with owners judging sitters by their nomadic lifestyle. They forget that this is an unpaid barter system with pet lovers looking after their pets in their home environment. Some HO’s may be better suited to a paid sitter on an employer/employee basis.
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I didn’t feel the need to state the obvious. It’s more than about being poor. A person who lives out of their car because they can’t afford proper lodging is not.nearly the same thing as a nomadic sitter who does it for the enjoyment of the lifestyle and sleeps in a bed under a roof when not sitting because they can.
We are hosting a nomadic family at the moment and I don’t have any reservations whatsoever. In fact I find the lifestyle intriguing and I’m a bit envious. I would not knowingly host a sitter who lives and sleeps in their car when not sitting because they have to.
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I’m less worried about being charged as fat than concerned airlines might start charging extra for flying fully clothed. THEN my scheming will be for naught 
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who said that?
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For the same reason I know now without having read the manual. Do you think I am the only one who know that in my comunity? Obviously my neibour told me and it was because happened to her friend. Is that so difficult to understand?
And about the red flag, totally agree. If you didnt get my irony, well Idk then…
But you know what? You are right, she told me it was a neighbour who call on her friend, but could have been someone from management. Buttom line, some of us know now.
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Random thoughts.
Americans love freedom but bow to the tyranny of HOAs willingly.
I live in Oakland, CA. Many consider this an unsafe place. It is beautiful. Filled with kind neighbors who care about each other. Think critically about what fear mongers are selling.
I prefer standard urban problems to renting a storage unit for the possessions that I am arbitrarily not allowed to have.
Folks in the US will be forced to get more used to nomads living out of their cars unless we do something about wages and affordability.
Poverty is not a crime. Jesus was poor.
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Doubtful that folks sign up for an HOA if they think it’s tyranny, versus protecting what’s often their priciest possession from being downgraded by bad neighbors. Of course, there are some who apparently join cluelessly, not knowing what they’re buying into.
Personally, I read HOA docs and have walked away when I saw rules I thought too restrictive or other info, like HOA financials, that pointed to a potentially bad deal. We’ve lived in HOA and non-HOA communities and I’d say that the HOAs ones have been better, but again I choose carefully.
Like at our current one, there’s a lake, natural areas and other communal property that need taking care of jointly. Since we live adjacent or across the street, I wouldn’t want those elements to go without maintenance or other work. Not only could that be unsightly, but old, sick trees can fall over in our region, which gets a lot of rain. So it’s great that the community pays for monitoring and upkeep communally.
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