The number -- usually expressed as a percentage of owner-occupancy -- depends on your governing documents.
In recent times, the governing documents you need to look for are those board meeting minutes that contain references to 'rental caps' or resolutions that the board has passed establishing the number of rental units allowed by the association.
Boards must be vigilant about this number, because lenders review the number before giving mortgages to prospective unit buyers. When there are too many rental units, the lender may deny a mortgage.
Government entities, such as 'Freddie Mac' and 'Freddie Mae' recast this percentage several times during 2009-2010, so in order to position the association's units as desirable to mortgage lenders, boards have used their percentages.
A local lender can give you the desirable percentage today, since the number does have a tendency to fluctuate.
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