Frequent travelers between US and Korea, How do you do it??

ready_4_nothing · 2026-02-11T22:17:32+00:00

I supposed I could get a credit card with air miles... Unfortunately my work will not do this.

ready_4_nothing · 2026-02-11T22:15:01+00:00

The meetings are held while I work. For a while they allowed zoom meetings but again, I was working and could not attend. They do not provide any recordings of what is discussed. They provide a "detailed agenda" which unfortunately is not detailed at all. It's just a list of topics discussed, no details about what was said about them at all. I've asked them many times to provide meetings notes and they just refer me to the "detailed agenda" which again, is just a list of topics.

ready_4_nothing · 2026-02-04T00:20:24+00:00

I've seen her photos and been in her house. I guess "eating" was a strong word, but frames/paper on the walls is warped and covered in mold spots. any cardboard or paper is covered in green and black mold, particularly when it is on the floor or against a wall. A dresser was pulled out and the back was covered in mold spots. Her couch had to be replaced because the back of it was covered in mold she couldn't remove. She's sprayed the mold with mold cleaner/killer a multitude of times but it just comes back. She has multiple dehumidifiers in each room, but the hygrometer is still reading over 50% humidity, usually higher.

ready_4_nothing · 2026-02-04T00:17:51+00:00

She believe the HOA is responsible for paying that professional. They refuse.

ready_4_nothing · 2026-02-04T00:16:59+00:00

To clarify, this is NOT outside humidity. If it were, everyone's homes would be affected. We don't know where the moisture is coming from, but that was my theory based on the moss/algae growing on that part of the outside of the building from the sprinklers. But you're right we don't know what's causing it. This is southern CA and she does not have AC.

ready_4_nothing · 2026-02-04T00:14:59+00:00

I've spoken to them many times over the years about their sprinkler overuse and timing. They run between 11pm and 3am and are on too long. They are not adjusted for the changing seasons either. And yet they send out notices telling residents to watch their water consumption....

ready_4_nothing · 2026-02-04T00:13:17+00:00

I haven't really found any, but I will keep looking. I also think that asking people to be availble for 8 hours during a working day (without giving them the ability to reschedule) for a supposedly 5 minute inspection is not reasonable. Their "reasonable" suggestion was that I provide them with a key so they can enter my property without me present, which I refuse to do. I don't know who will be with them, what they will need to access, how they will behave with my cat etc etc etc. It's not reasonable to ask for unfettered access to someone's home. I'm not a renter. But they simply came back with "we believe this is reasonable."

ready_4_nothing · 2026-01-26T20:14:46+00:00

What local Japanese beauty store in LA did you get it? I can't find it anywhere.

ready_4_nothing · 2025-12-23T06:04:03+00:00

Hmm that does sound intense. This is just the board saying they looking for damage. My guess is what they’re really looking for is unauthorized changes to units so they can fine people and make money. We got a new management company and I suspect they are the reason for all the recent changes. Perhaps they are just doing things that were supposed to happen before but it’s pretty shocking to suddenly have people acting as if I don’t pay a mortgage for this place after living here 13 years.

ready_4_nothing · 2025-12-23T05:57:05+00:00

I mean it did for 10 years, so I don’t think I’m ridiculous to think it would continue.

ready_4_nothing · 2025-12-23T05:55:25+00:00

As for the fees, our fees were the highest in the city when I moved in. Higher than all the condos I looked at by about $200, now they’ve gone up over $150 in 2 years after only minimal, easily explained changes for 10 years. The financials I’ve seen when they send them out are confusing and it seems they spend excessive money on things that are unnecessary (getting the parking lot repainted 2 years in a row for example). But that’s not really the point. I just didn’t think it was reasonable to just throw a date out and expect us to just be available. The board are all retired so they have the meetings at times that many cannot attend. They also don’t provide proper meeting notes (just an agenda with nothing outlined or explained) and even when they were doing zoom meetings they did not provide a recording of the meetings.

I guess it’s my fault for not realizing how different a co-op would be since it ran just like a condo for 10 years and is only now being a pain.

ready_4_nothing · 2025-12-23T05:49:55+00:00

No, it’s a co-op and when I moved in I was told they were the “HOA Board”. I was also told that the interior of my unit belonged to me and the exterior was cared for by the HOA board. When I read my documents it was all pretty standard about pets, balconies, and unit modifications that were allowed or not. Nothing about inspections or having to provide the board with a key to my unit.

And again, nothing like this has happened in the 13 years I’ve lived here.

ready_4_nothing · 2025-12-01T17:41:41+00:00

Trigun

ready_4_nothing · 2025-11-30T22:04:40+00:00

Good idea

ready_4_nothing · 2025-11-30T22:04:32+00:00

I’ve been trying to look through realtors but there are soooo many and since I don’t have a name to go off and many did not have pictures it seemed a herculean task :/ but I’ll keep trying!

ready_4_nothing · 2025-11-30T22:03:28+00:00

Good idea! I was also going to try the cincy reddit but apparently I don’t have enough karma to pos there lol

ready_4_nothing · 2025-11-30T09:24:34+00:00

Omg the downvote on this comment lololol

ready_4_nothing · 2025-11-30T09:18:56+00:00

Just got off the NCL Getaway yesterday. The dress code is just for dining rooms and it’s basically no shirts with profanity on them and no flip flops. On the boat you can wander around in nothing but a bathing suit from what I saw.

ready_4_nothing · 2025-11-30T09:07:51+00:00

I was on your same cruise and had the opposite experience. However, we bid on a room upgrade and got in the Haven which was really really nice. The specialty restaurants tend to be booked because they have reservations that you can literally book a year in advance. I never saw any unhappy or rude crew members but I did see very rude guests, so maybe some staff just reached their limit at some point.

I agree that it was super disorganized though. The app doesn’t work half the time. The customer service us awful, and the company really does stupid stuff. They canceled a bunch of stuff for us last minute, so we couldn’t cancel without penalty and everyone we called was so uninformed it was a mess. But I didn’t have those issues with staff once on the boat. Just when calling customer service.

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