It’s a long shot but if the decedent was ill or very elderly it’s possibly someone was helping as a power of attorney before death.

But some of these people also had a savings account with a $100,000 balance in it, suggesting that they could have afforded the power.

its all part of over reach by people allowing town governments to invade their freedom, rights, and in Maine its lot little power struggles with old stock and trying get more tax money from landlords to support tiwn spending spree and thus government workers, ceo, etc who only get pay check from tax revenue base so its partly job security under guise of tenant safety. 

We realized an immediate profit of $2,242 on the sell of the note AND retained the right to receive 120 monthly payments of $1,096.96 each commencing in 15 ½ years.To recap:Payments bought: 306Payments sold: 186Payments retained: 120A referral fee of $2,242 was made at closing but even better; we retained the rights to a future residual income stream totaling over $130,000 ($1,096 payment x 120 months).All from harnessing the power of compounding interest using the Buy Full Sell Short strategy or the tail-end payments on the note.

I have a couple of thoughts:1) Ground up - talk to neighbors and gauge what the interest is and if there are enough people interested the get the HOA to call a vote.2) Some HOAs are small little pockets of power and will do only what is in there interests and if one board member refuses you are stuck.  

In some markets with high enough electric rates it could make sense to install solar onsite and sell the generated power to tenants for additional monthly income / NOI

And your question has a simple answer, provided by Jay but easily googled, so it was assumed you were not part of a power team with re assets, cash and a stated investment philosophy.

The power of knowing value...This Duplex really allowed me to explore looking into the value of a property, putting an offer in, and then adjusting the offer after the inspection.

Hi Guys,I'm buying my first investment property in Atlanta and the lender wants me to either give power of attorney to someone or be there in person. 

I haven't seen above ground power lines to a building like that in over a decade or more.