Affiliate Members shall be real estate owners and other individuals or firms who, while not engaged in the real estate profession have interests requiring information concerning real estate, and are in sympathy with the objectives of the Board. Affiliate Membership shall also be grated to individual licensed or certified to engage in real estate practice who, if otherwise eligible, do not elect to hold REALTOR Membership in the board, provided the applicant is engaged exclusively in specialty of the real estate business other than brokerage of real property.