I will never rent from a place that has an HOA, they literally had people policing the pool, not to keep us safe but to call in any and all reports to HOA, I cant believe it is better to bring sandy chairs into the nice condo rather than leave them out in hall where nobody from the street or beach can see them....also we had to park our car 15 minues away becasue the HOA only allowed two cars per condo...do better, check on the condos that only have one car and offer those that have family coming from 3 different states and cannot ride in same care, the option of having a third car.
I hated the overall icky feeling I got from the HOA!