Knowledge is power, and you came to the right place...

My understanding is that it has been updated, might be MAS 200 by now, don't know, but the module system is very powerful for accounting, might have been the price that kept most away from the software.......$$$$!

No guarantees this will turn into a sale, but a hell of a lot nicer odds talking one-on-one with the Power of Attorney, with very limited competition.

Here's his response:Michigan law defines real estate broker broadlyReal estate broker” means an individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, association, corporation, common law trust, or a combination of those entities who with intent to collect or receive a fee, compensation, or valuable consideration, sells or offers for sale, buys or offers to buy, provides or offers to provide market analyses, lists or offers or attempts to list, or negotiates the purchase or sale or exchange or mortgage of real estate, or negotiates for the construction of a building on real estate; who leases or offers or rents or offers for rent real estate or the improvements on the real estate for others, as a whole or partial vocation; who engages in property management as a whole or partial vocation; who sells or offers for sale, buys or offers to buy, leases or offers to lease, or negotiates the purchase or sale or exchange of a business, business opportunity, or the goodwill of an existing business for others; or who, as owner or otherwise, engages in the sale of real estate as a principal vocationMCLS § 339.2501The exemptions are pretty limited:This article does not apply to an individual, partnership, association, or corporation, who as owner or lessor or as attorney-in-fact acting under a duly executed and recorded power of attorney from the owner or lessor, or who has been appointed by a court, performs an act as a real estate broker or real estate salesperson with reference to property owned by it, unless performed as a principal vocation not through a licensed real estate brokerMCLS § 339.2503Essentially, if you are performing these services as a primary part of your occupation, Michigan law requires you to be licensed. 

Need to expand your power team if you are not finding anything.

I guess there's a committee that is headed by a power hungry (non resident) employee of the community and people avoid him.

Its crazy also that most HOA fees are  $250+ which sky rockets my expenses. 

...Its the power of the Home Depot. ;-)

RDPD loves good debt on real estate because it allows you to take advantage of the power of leverage. 

With that I realized that buying a property CASH  gives me a better bargaining power than other would be buyers.