Have any body had any experience with this?

Our agent popped open his laptop right there in the driveway to write our offer up, which we docusigned right then and there on our cell phones, still in the driveway of the subject property. 

I like this route because I can see their body language, and its easier to gauge the tone of their voice.

@Rick RoblesI replied on my cell phone and it doesn't link to the thread names, not sure why....In any case, I put your name here so it would ping you that you had a response on your thread, assuming you activated notifications.TJ

Will you give me your cell phone number or home number?

Is this a really high crime area where the police just collect the bodies?

But I do want to take this seriously as I don’t plan on scaling skyscrapers and beating my body to death until I’m 60 years old.

I will keep that in mind when investing near a body of water, I'm sure there is some kind of insurance to cover hurricane damage?

HOA in theory can remove free rider market failure if well managed, when there are costs and/or needs for management shared by all.HOA kind of philosophically touches on the oft debated (and oft oversimplified) ideological debate between centralization or decentralization of authorityMy thesis would be: I suspect that HOA developments have higher property values in general, however when controlled for development budget on a per home basis, I would wonder if this actually holds up over time.I have heard anecdotal stories of corruption within HOA bodies, and mismanagement. 

Some suggestions would be to repaint, paint the brick, I would go white trim outside and a gray body, or another fairly neutral color.