Board member talking with realtors & buyers

You said should and to that I would say no. If you would have asked can I would say yes. I have spoken to every unit buyer before the sale for the last 10 years at our HOA. Usually the buyer seeks me out (my name and phone number is posted at the pool) but I have introduced myself to people I've een walking around the complex and talked to them. I had one seller accuse me of costing him a sale but in reality it was his next door neighbor that cost him the sale.

As a buyer of a few condos, I would find it strange for a board member to seek me out. I get and give all info through my real estate agent. Decent chance that the board member could say or do the wrong thing and lessen my interest in buying so the board member should not do that.

Thank you to all for your replies. Very helpful. I am dealing with three board members who are smart and diligent but do not seem to grasp the totality of things like risk and cost benefit analysis and understanding that there is potential for liability in all that they do. Because they are smart and savvy, they can be difficult to convince. Thanks!

Simply ask them "Where in the rules does it say the HOA contacts potential buyers?". It's not in there. The HOA's purpose is to keep the property ATTRACTIVE to potential buyers. That doesn't mean being nosy...

Put it in another perspective. Tell them what reaction do you need to have if someone walks by and says "Nice house is it for sale?". Do you need to run into your house and produce the HOA's documents? Bring out forms for them to fill out? This is what they are basically doing. Make them see what they are really doing when interfering in home showings...

It's different if the CC&Rs grant the association right of first refusal, or the requirement to pre-approve a buyer (or reject a buyer). In that case the association would have the authority to gather information about the prospective owner ahead of time so it can make a decision.

My own HOA has no such approve-in-advance requirement or right of first refusal when a home is sold. Nevertheless, some board members take it upon themselves to reach out to local realtors and demand that they provide information to the board regarding potential buyers. I think that's out-of-bounds for my HOA, but some people just don't listen. The last Treasurer even provided copies of our documents to a number of realtors and told them to get any potential buyer's signature on a piece of paper that says they've read the documents and rules & regulations. Completely off the rails.

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There are about 350,000 HOA in the United States generally about $100B annually. I will go out on a limb and call this an industry.

I am sure you aren't familiar with Google, it's a West Coast thing, but here are a couple of definitions:

How do you define an industry?
An industry is a group of companies that are related based on their primary business activities. ... Individual companies are generally classified into an industry based on their largest sources of revenue.

Excerpt from Homeowner Associations Industry Profile
Organizations in this industry create and enforce restrictions on what homeowners can do with their property to maintain property values and the look and feel of a particular community. No major organizations dominate the industry.

Some 342,000 homeowner associations (HOAs) operated in the US in 2016, generating about $88 billion in revenue, according to the Community Associations Institute. The institute estimates that owner associations encompass about 26 million housing units.

Wish they had a gif with someone shooting themselves in the head. That would be highly appropriate.

HOA is NOT an industry. They are formed by Developers to sell their products. They are SALES TOOLS. They are ONLY incorporated so they have the right to collect money so to spend money on their own expenses.

Where are the HOA trade shows in Vegas?

Why did you have to go and post that?

It is put on Nevada Properties who owns HOA's. HOA's themselves are not. HOA's owned by the owners don't have such shows...