The best thing to do is to call the HOA office directly and ask what their policies are, as they change frequently. 

You will not find them unless you make the offers or frequent places where these types of people can be found.

Be sure to reach out frequently to the BP community now and in the future.

This is why I post the law frequently so people understand what they can and cannot do.

If, as a landlord, the only thing you care about is collecting rent that is one (only one) of the characteristics of the infamous Slum Landlord.It is fine if a landlord does not care to manage their business beyond collecting rent but for some of us that take our responsibilities very seriously we do not turn over our keys and allow a tenant to operate our business for us.

Residential machines are about 1/2 the capital outlay; the tenant pays their own operating costs (electricity, hot water and, more frequently, water itself); we can charge higher rent for the convenience of en-suite laundry; and if the machines are abused, we know who is responsible.

I know you're essentially buying the lot/land but how frequently do people outside of a huge corporation demo an entire home then develop on the land?

The thing with Zillow of "recently sold" properties is that they do not update so frequently and if your market is slow, you will have trouble finding good comps. 

The frequent talk of 2% etc, made me trigger shy when I was starting out as well.

It's a metric that's frequently confused with "cap rate" as it is discussed here on BP.