One good association attorney could poke wholes through their practices and no association wants to be under a microscope. 

This is why you establish high standards and stick too them, no wavering or you will place yourself under a potential microscope.

The "re-inspection" took less than 15 minutes....It is my opinion that if I am gonna pay you $900 for an inspection, you better get your butt up on a ladder and test the trim to make sure there is lead paint before you decide that I need to hire a de-leading contractor for $1000's to deal with microscopic areas of "flaking paint".Has anyone else felt like they were getting ripped off by these people or is this just common practice?

They'll look at them under a microscope and tell you exactly what they are and what you need to kill them. 

They are almost microscopic but still there.

They are almost microscopic but still there.

Charles, Lot's of times it is all cash sales to park money or 1031 buyers with poor planning willing to pay low cap rates to avoid a tax penalty.If cap is low and LTV is high 70 to 80% you better believe underwriter for bank is looking at everything under the sun with a microscope and questioning everything.

This means that real estate brokerages and professionals are under a microscope, and any anticompetitive conduct is likely to be detected and prosecuted.Price fixing can be in any form, other than commission rates, such as conspiracies to fix the length of a listing, the type of listing accepted (exclusive right to sell, exclusive agency or open), or the formula upon which compensation will be based (flat fee, percentage of the sales price, or a variable percentage depending upon the sales price) also may be per se illegal.

The "pay or quit", eviction notice or eviction filing, the inspections, once a week (or more) phone calls... all were intended to let the tenant know that they were under the microscope and would remain so until their rent was either paid or they were gone.

Probably a good thing, can you imagine what some business filing requirement might look like if your cable provider gave some public notice, you'd need a microscope to read it!