Hear are the facts and are corraberated by my attorney and several of our HOA members.
1. For 10 years, Pioneer was charging our HOA members for "resale certificate" and "transfer" fees without legal authorization. These collections occured every time a house sold in our neighborhood.
2. Pioneer unlawfully collected those fees for their own account. Meaning they instructed the title company to send the checks DIRECTLY to them; hidden from the HOA.
3. Since no one was looking, Pioneer raised those fees over a period of time without telling the HOA. That fee today is $350.00.
4. Two years ago, I forced the HOA board to make an amendment to the original contract to acknowledge authorization of collection on behalf of our HOA.
5. Although Pioneer signed the contract, they continued to do the exact same thing; then lied TWICE about it. They said, "The title company makes mistakes ... they made the checks out to the wrong person". That was proved false. Then lie #2 was, "This was an isolated event due to my incompetent staff". This was also proven false.
Pioneer conducts themselves unlawfully, and the worst part about it is they aren't even willing to right their wrong. I'd rather shove a fork in my eye than do business with this worthless company.
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