Throw into the mix all the emergency permits after the storm, and that definitely slowed things down for some contractors.I listen to On the Market pretty religiously and caught that episode. 

Now your HOA is going to hire private security (on your dime) to protect your community because your elected leaders (on your dime) refuse to do it.California spends over $1 billion a year to deal with homeless, but their "solutions" only increase the number of homelessness and encourage the bad behavior.

Property was an old Junior Religious College with multiple houses and out buildings that closed and needed to sell.

We don't have a board of directors so, no to a "board meeting", although we religiously document an annual meeting. 

Go on Loopnet and under property type select religious facilities, schools, other specialty.

Empathy is one of leader’s strength.

I've read books, I get on BP religiously, I have been studying different ways to get into REI with little to no money because essentially that's my biggest downfall is no capital.

You can start looking around to see what teams there are in your area and start reaching out to meet with the team leaders.

We were a startup that was privately funded, so we started with Buildium since they were a market leader and had the lowest initial cost. 

My biggest recommendation would be to go to Meetup.com and join every local multifamily meetup you can find and attend them religiously.