At the very least have the real estate agent get a copy of the CC&Rs and
read them carefully. Most seem to be "boiler-plate" containing antenna
restrictions, but I've seen some which had no such restrictions. One
house I bought had CC&Rs which only restricted me from selling liquor
on the premises (not that I was about to in any case). One ham I know
asked a builder friend if the CC&Rs on his development had any
restrictions. He actually didn't know! When he checked and found out
that they did, he said he would change them (not likely to happen in
most cases, however).
::One problem with buying property having any recorded deed restrictions at
all, even if the only recorded restriction prohibits pig farming and there's
no mention of antennas, is that *any* covenants paves the path for
additional covenants to be added later, often by nothing more than a
majority vote of HOA members. This has happened time and again all over the
country. In one case locally, the homeowner paid more than $30K in legal
fees to fight the HOA for adding more covenants after the fact, and lost the
case -- and the $30K. Better to not have any. -WB2WIK/6
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