Additionally, the color approval (and everything else, it seems) is scrutinized and decided by an "environmental control committee" and not the design committee.  

Remember you don't have to own a property to control it.Download BP’s newest book here some good due diligence in Chapter 10.

Which I can be, some would say i'm a control freak but what ever! 

My question is, my parents are getting along in years and in poor health.  

Remember you don't have to own a property to control it.

Ive just started in my flipping business and and frustrated by the lack of control without access to MLS directly.

Remember you don't have to own a property to control it.

Why am I getting into the field, I hear you ask.Well, my parents are hitting retirement age and are having to work as hard as ever to sustain their lifestyles.Three kids on my mother's side and one on my father's means that I'm not holding out for a massive inheritence (though my mother has hinted that her life insurance pays out more than I would have expected...) and so, as with all things, I am learning to take control.I'm slowly coming full circle, have an interview for a job back in my old hometown and am remembering my dream as a 12 year old was to own hotels, coffee shops and houses.

If I can keep control and plan my exit (15-18 years from now), that will keep me happy

I don't know anybody there with the exception of my friend's parents in Glendale.