Tales from Nextdoor and the Naples “Mom Page”

Plus a tool to help determine when a company has your back as a shareholder... Monday, September 11, 2023   Index Momentum S&P 500 YELLOW Nasdaq RED Russell RED Tales from Nextdoor and the Naples “Mom Page” Dear Fellow Expat: Nextdoor.com is a social media site allowing neighbors to discuss all things local… Restaurant reviews, updates about loose dogs, requests for handymen, gardening tips, and – of course – rants and insults over politics. One of the nice things about Nextdoor is the lack of anonymous accounts. People must speak under their own name and list their community. Of course, that doesn’t stop some people from displaying how out of their minds they are. One woman in my neighborhood has never written a positive review of any local restaurant in the area. “I wouldn’t eat there again if ya’ paid me…” she types… I imagine her voice is cranky and rusted, the product of 30 years of Kool cigarettes and Drambuie. “I wouldn’t eat there…” It was a good punchline at first, but now it’s tired—the social media rendition of Fonzie jumping the shark on Happy Days. The most common Nextdoor complaints come from people who moved to Florida and joined communities with Homeowners Associations (HOAs). Behind each HOA is a group of leaders who oversee budgets, community projects, and community safety. I’ve yet to find a Florida HOA that receives glowing reviews. People are “shocked” to discover there is corruption in these tribes… or to realize that – just like government – these leaders are “Olympic level” at spending other people’s money. The latest complaints come from two developments north of me. The HOA quietly passed a budget that will install Pickleball courts in place of existing fields or basketball courts. Naturally, not everyone plays pickleball. The HOA members do. And that’s what matters. You’ll find unaccountability is the feature… not the bug… in HOAs. When it comes to HOAs, I avoid them… like bad romantic comedies, olives, or other people’s kids. There’s nothing worse than a committee with just a tad of control of other people’s money. And it’s not like there’s a way to tell which HOAs are good or bad. There’s no real screener to rate one neighborhood’s leaders as a good, responsible HOA or another as a reckless one. It’d be a great way to determine if they have a buyer’s interest at heart. But in the stock market… there IS a tool to help us determine which stewards of our money (the board of directors) are responsible to their stakeholders. Think of this tool as the ultimate weapon to help you determine if management has your back. 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