This might be a case where the board doesn't know what the property manager is doing, and the board has the ultimate authority on this.If you've got an email address for a board member, pop them over a polite email and explain the situation and that may be all it takes as well.  

Yeah...lots of people try to negotiate with the bank but the bank isn't the owner of the property and has no authority to work with you.

No title company, "buyer friendly" attorney or broker has the authority to do so .  

Personally i like renting to section 8 tenants because part or all of the contract rent is paid by the local housing authority.

They are a self-regulated org with no authority so some business don't even bother with them.  

(Assuming I understood your post correctly)The less autonomy and decision making authority I have over a prospective deal, the less comfortable I am with it.I'm not saying it's impossible that the deal might be legit and that their business model just happens to be that they make money from as many sides of the transaction as possible...but for me, I'd have to have more information on them and understand (and believe) the real why behind their business model.

Report to Authorities for them to take action2.

Just take it online, you dont really learn anything from the class.http://www.mass.gov/ocabr/licensee/dpl-boards/re/authorized-real-estate-schools-in-massachusetts.html

However, Jon Goodman, a respected local real estate attorney, has written in his blog "This author knows of no situation where, absent harm to a consumer, a person encountered litigation or criminal prosecution for the unauthorized practice of brokerage."

That is exactly what you should do, why piddle around with rent increase when you have the authority to not renew if they do not sign.