Getting along with your neighbors is all about balance and mutual respect. When everyone understands each other, it can lead to lasting friendships — but when they don’t, things can quickly turn sour.

Q. We moved into this house with a swimming pool about two years ago and we love it. When we became friends with one of our next door neighbors, we invited them over to use our pool. Like, my husband ...

Dear Eric: We have a condo at the beach that has a pool. There is a couple that we know through other people that we are not friendly with, and they have a condo in another building without a pool.

When you move into your dream house, part of what makes it great can be having wonderful neighbors. What would you do if you had neighbors who were nice, but they abused your offer to let their kids ...