If you buy a home today in america, theres a oneinfive chance that you will end up living under rules imposed by what we call a board of directors, usually elected by you, the local resident. This board has very broad powers, and based on certain guidelines, well, they dictate just about everything in the community from the color scheme, how many cars can be in the driveway, how high your grass can be. And a lot of states . Guess what, guys . They have the power to take your home if you dont make your monthly dues payments and assessments. Very, very important to understand this. In some cases, people really enjoy homeowners associations. Why . Because they protect them. In other cases, i must tell you, they are a nightmare. They can be totalitarian regimes, but most totalitarian regimes, while they have their downsides, they also can be clean and orderly. This is karen and james. They bought a home in an hoamanaged neighborhood and one day found themselves in the middle of a major bat
If you buy a home today in america, theres a oneinfive chance that you will end up living under rules imposed by what we call a board of directors, usually elected by you, the local resident. This board has very broad powers, and based on certain guidelines, well, they dictate just about everything in the community from the color scheme, how many cars can be in the driveway, how high your grass can be. And a lot of states . Guess what, guys . They have the power to take your home if you dont make your monthly dues payments and assessments. Very, very important to understand this. In some cases, people really enjoy homeowners associations. Why . Because they protect them. In other cases, i must tell you, they are a nightmare. They can be totalitarian regimes, but most totalitarian regimes, while they have their downsides, they also can be clean and orderly. This is karen and james. They bought a home in an hoamanaged neighborhood and one day found themselves in the middle of a major bat
Films of all time, the musical Singin In The Rain. For a staggering six decades she has been a big name in show business and she is here in londons west end, treading the boards again. Her life, however, has been touched by scandal and hollywood has changed dramatically in the years she has been involved. Our guest today is Debbie Reynolds. Debbie reynolds, welcome to hardtalk. Why are you still so driven to carry on performing . If i wasnt, if i was not having a wonderful time i would be bored to death and i would be sitting at home and i would not know what to do with myself. I have always been busy and active and home in the states i travel 42 weeks a year and that is just constant. Ive never stopped working since i was 16. It isjust like, i am used to it. I get quite nervous if, lets say i had a two week vacation, then i am nervous. I must keep busy. When you started at 16 years old, could you have imagined you would still be doing it at 78 . No, i thought id most probably be dead.
Films of all time, the musical Singin In The Rain. For a staggering six decades she has been a big name in show business and she is here in londons west end, treading the boards again. Her life, however, has been touched by scandal and hollywood has changed dramatically in the years she has been involved. Our guest today is Debbie Reynolds. Debbie reynolds, welcome to hardtalk. Why are you still so driven to carry on performing . If i wasnt, if i was not having a wonderful time i would be bored to death and i would be sitting at home and i would not know what to do with myself. I have always been busy and active and home in the states i travel 42 weeks a year and that is just constant. Ive never stopped working since i was 16. It isjust like, i am used to it. I get quite nervous if, lets say i had a two week vacation, then i am nervous. I must keep busy. When you started at 16 years old, could you have imagined you would still be doing it at 78 . No, i thought id most probably be dead.
Films of all time, the musical Singin In The Rain. For a staggering six decades she has been a big name in show business and she is here in londons west end, treading the boards again. Her life, though, has been touched by scandal and hollywood has changed dramatically during the years she has been involved. Our guest on Hardtalk Today is Debbie Reynolds. Debbie reynolds, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Why are you still so driven to carry on performing . Well, now, if i wasnt, if i was not having a wonderful time i would be bored to death and i would be sitting at home and i would not know what to do with myself. I have always been busy, active and home in the states i travel 42 weeks a year and that is just constant. Ive never stopped working since i was 16. It isjust like, i am used to it. I get really nervous if, lets say i had a two week vacation, then i am nervous. I have to keep busy. When you started, though, at 16 years old, could you have imagined you would still be doing it