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Review of Associa

Me and my wife bought our first family home in Sum...

Me and my wife bought our first family home in Summer 2012. We never received a single bill from the HOA so we always thought the escrow account is paying the HOA duties. In early May 2014 I received a letter from a collection agency about a huge debt that we're supposedly owe the HOA. I found the HOA phone number (it lead me to Associa / Principal Management Group) and they said they had a wrong address in my profile, but nevertheless now I have to speak with the collector on how I'm going to pay my debt. Since May 2014 I was talking to the collector and still didn't receive a resolution. I've sent the collector a check for the amount I really owe the HOA with a copy to Associa and but was told by the collector they can't accept the check without talking to the HOA, and it takes many months to receive an answer. So I never received my $1080 check back and their web site still shows that I owe $2300+. That's a pure rip off! That's not my fault an HOA employee has written a wrong address for me. I'm a law abiding citizen and I always pay my bills in time, but how am I supposed to know if I need to pay without receiving a bill? Why should I pay for somebody else fault? I'm trying to figure out this problem with the collector since May 2014 and the case didn't budge an inch because the HOA via Associa / Principal Management Group doesn't respond to the collector.