Even better yet become the chairman, treasurer or secretary.When I have gone to meetings and/or get involved in committees it is like banging your head against the walls.

I also sat on the redevelopment committee so I knew who was doing what and when - and I knew it before most other folks.For example, knowing that hip restaurant was going in at a certain corner means that a similarly hip clientele is likely to be attracted to that area and more growth would take place.

This time when I called him I left a message that if this wasn't taken care of immediately that I would be reporting him to the BAR and the attorney grievance committee.

Then I built a shed for $8K, got it approved by the Design Committee, they tried to overpower me saying it was never approved to the changes I made.

For him, most of my work was going out to represent him in his place at meetings he couldn’t fit into his schedule, facilitate relationships with potential donors for grants, and/or stand in his place when something needed to be taken care of with his oversight committee.

Hi Lisa, yes and it can be an extreme pain.You'll usually have a local historic preservation association, hopefully there will be an executive director that you might work with who has the authority to make decisions, otherwise they may dictate by committee, a horrible way to get exceptions or approvals.Being on the national register means restrictions to repairs and improvements must be like the original or as near as the same as possible.

Even good HOAs suffer from the 'decision by committee' problem and their meetings may well be the most boring activity life has to offer.

When I finally got approved to appear before the planning and zoning committee, they went on vacation.

We don't have a limit on the number of residential mortgages over here yet but there is big talk of some kind of limit being brought in soon so would like to get a step ahead of the market.We currently control 24 rental incomes, have a management business that runs 250 properties, have this last year or so started a small construction renovation business to support this and have been involved in a number of committees and boards.

These are the types of banks where there are not large credit committees and a lot of red tape.