I'm going to have to agree with so many of the oth...

I'm going to have to agree with so many of the other individuals who have posted reviews of Associa. As an entity that cares about its clients--namely, the residents of Associa communities--it doesn't. Whoever came up with the idea to corporatize homeowners associations was a financial genius . . . and a pure scam artist. The homeowners association in the neighborhood where I live does nothing. The local association office staff are as pleasant and as helpful as something you'd see in a zombie movie (and probably as intelligent as well). Example: I live on a cul-de-sac. A few years ago, we had some significant snowfall. I suppose the local association's office called someone to come out and plow our neighborhood. Well, the idiot who did the plowing pushed all of the snow right up in front of mine and my neighbor's mailboxes. There was so much snow that there was absolutely no way the USPS was going to deliver mail. I called the office to complain about it. Their answer? "Well, you live on a cul-de-sac, so that's what's going to happen. Where else is he going to put the snow?" When I suggested that the plowman put it in the MIDDLE of the cul-de-sac, they just huffed. It wasn't until I sent a couple of emails to them threatening to charge them for my time if I had to dig out the mailboxes that they finally relented and called the plowman back out to move the piles. And then, of course, there's the automatic $25.00 late fee assessment if your homeowners association fees don't make it to their office in PHOENIX, ARIZONA on time. (Really? Phoenix? It used to be in the nearby town where there local office is situated.) I pay my bills, I pay them timely, but I cannot control the USPS. To automatically charge a $25.00 late fee is pretty close to theft. Granted, if you ask nicely enough (e.g., grovel) they MAY waive it. Nevertheless, the whole notion of a late fee that's almost half of the (already high) $55.00/month fee is ridiculous. When I move from here, never again will I live in a home that's part of a homeower's association. And if circumstances force me to do so, it definitely will not be an Associa Corporate homeowners association.