It's also used as an event space for weddings.

I live in Davis, CA, where my husband and I just bought our dream home in June 2014 after selling our first home in Berkeley, CA that we owned for just 2 years...we had put in 3.5% with an FHA loan and eloped instead paid for a fancy wedding (much to the disapproval of my mother-in-law).

My wife said I have to wait until our big church wedding next April until I can start that endeavor. 

At 5:30pm she texted and said it would be in my inbox Weds morning and that she was meeting with the seller to discuss it on Weds afternoon.

A friend went to a wedding where the bridal party rented a $3M mansion for $11,000 for 5 days.

I do teach this topic at focus groups at my local realestate club.the association you tagged is just that an association .. no doubt a for profit enterprise. its like PML  who give class's and certificates its ceremonial  NOT  government backed..

Jet Lending, a local HM company, hosts one of the largest REI meetings the 3rd Wed. of each month at the Houston Texans Grille.

It is the last Weds. of every month at 7:00pm.  

I informed the owner that he might want to contact the courts as he was still scheduled for auction next wed.

Only weddings I attended were immediate family and thankfully hardly anyone I knew passed away.but those sat and sun.. those were up at 6 am work till dark.. then Monday was escrow set up day.. then back to playing golf all week..