Toby Newton bought his four-bedroom Mesa, Arizona home for $475,000 in 2022, planning to spend retirement there with his longtime girlfriend, Sherrie Patten. But after losing his job and being diagnosed with diabetes in 2024, he fell behind on his homeowners association dues, owing just $977, the New York Post reported. When the HOA rejected his repeated payment-plan offers and foreclosed on the home instead, Newton lost the house, which sold at auction for only $8,172.
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