Therefore, it's also dangerous for you to make statements like these because you have a lot of influence on the community of out of state investors. 

How do you mitigate the conflict of interest between being an Investor AND a Broker?

you are attempting to play a dangerous game. bad idea.

Perhaps a risk mitigation article would be a good angle on the topic. 

Flipping houses can be dangerous, you may get to serious money.

And it won't be in a warzone.To me the key is if the property is in a low income area that is not dangerous or a complete bombed out area that is crime infested

What we were told was that the neighbor is only liable if the tree was noticeably dead and in danger of falling, and they did nothing about it prior to it falling.  

So, you need to meet Joe and figure out his views and personality toward his duties, IMO.The Board has limitations, or should, major expenses should be voted on by the owners, but this can be left up to the Board (dangerous) or a management company (more dangerous).

I met many out of state investors, and started understanding how to mitigate some of the risks of out of state investing.

There is no danger (it is a 10 year old building and there are no settling cracks, etc.).