I've had CAMCO Nevada as the HOA for my community for a few years now, and as a long distance property owner, I have not had great experiences with them. As much as I would like to agree that HOAs in general have some importance in regards to ensuring the neighborhood and keeping the properties in the community in decent condition as possible, one would also agree that HOAs have to be reasonable and worth the cost. My experience with CAMCO has been otherwise. Violation warnings are issued and sent with little to no regard on how long it takes long distance owners to assess the situation and implement a solution through their management/tenants. Written description of violations are vague and almost subjective. And no photos are collected to clearly identify the violation so that it can be quickly and efficiently corrected the first time. First time violations are considered ""warnings"" however, not knowing for sure that your first-time-fix was enough to satisfy the HOA, a second violation is sent, instead of, ""sorry, it wasn't good enough the first time"" or ""that's not the violation issue that I vaguely meant"". And all of this ""great policing"" justifies a 30% increase in monthly dues??! Did they not realize that homeowners especially in the state of NV, got hit the most by the bad economy?
These experiences include not only myself but also other home owners in the same community.
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