All helps make the case for renting for a few months and find out. We did that, hated the kissing Lanai and bought a larger lot. When we rented about 4 years ago we asked what a water or golf course view would cost and was told the premium would be 40K. Well, smarty here said no way. We bought last year, the premium on our corner lot was 40K...me who hesitated...lost
The premium on golf or water view today can be well into 6 digits.