@KJ, another idea is to call one of the board members, either the treasurer or chairman (no guarantee they aren't idiots but you might get lucky) and ask around about the problems the association is facing and whether there are rules against investors (being able to rent or maybe too high of a ratio of landlords) that they could share with you.

Keith Rabois from Khosla Ventures, PayPal, Square and Slide is Executive Chairman, Eric Wu the CEO was founder of Movity that was bought by Trulia and the team is huge with great creds.

The President made absolutely sure that the person he picked as the chairman of the FHFA, long time Dem Congressman Mel Watt, would loosen up Fannie's and Freddie's lending standards.

It was brought up in a meeting one time about the chairman needing help with taking loan applications for their new lending program...

. - Warran Buffet, Chairman, Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. 

Additionally, lenders reduced available leverage, which further increased the need for equity financing.President Ronald Reagan Signs the Tax Reform Act of 1986Smart entrepreneurs like Sam Zell formed private equity funds to raise capital for commercial transactions, and in 2012, the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act introduced multiple changes to SEC regulations that allowed public solicitation to specific investors.Samuel Zell, Founder and Chairman of Equity Group InvestmentsYet, access to most commercial real estate investment is still dominated by large institutional investors and UHNW individuals with the capital and connections needed to participate in these opportunities.

Other than appointing the chairman/apologist I dont see what it has to do with the Federal Govt other than to be a creditor to the US Treasury.Furthermore can the US Treasury just file bankruptcy now, and not pay the Federal Reserve?

McKellar,Paul Volcker was Fed Chairman from August 1979 through 1987.

Funny...http://www.minyanville.com/articles/greenspan-equity-risk-mortgages-credit-mgm/index/a/18365/from/yahooAging Greenspan Losing Ability to Obfuscate Financial IssuesAlan Greenspan, writing in today's Financial Times, offered a lucid and concise explanation of the debt crisis and what is at stake for financial markets, a sign that perhaps the ravages of time have finally caught up with the 82-year-old former Federal Reserve Chairman.Longtime market watchers expecting vintage Greenspan expressed "disappointment" in the former Fed Chairman's simple sentence structure and logical, point-by-point outline.

=====================A while back I saw an articlethe person buying the property and running the businesswanted every day people with herShe offered shares $5,000 eachwhich could be shared5 x $1,000 eachwith one person in charge ofeach $5,000 investment.They could purchase as many shares as they wantedbut no Majority share holder voting allowed.Everyone had equal say.She was always Chairman and CEO.On her death the property and business would be soldand investors paid. 23 shares x $5,000 = $115,000and she put in up to $10,000Do you know of a deal like this?