On Real Estate & Home today, commentator Chip Dawson offers a primer on homeowners associations and North Carolina law. He tells the tale of Jim Lane, a Huntersville man who nearly lost his home after his HOA foreclosed – in a dispute over pansies planted in a common area. The N.C. legislature is currently studying the state’s HOA law amid complaints from people like Mr. Lane. But there are positive examples, too, such as Davidson’s St. Alban’s neighborhood, Mr. Dawson writes. Read more in REAL ESTATE & HOME»