[pwdasher]

Hi Graciegirl,
We bought our home last Ocober, and we are no where close to retiring, so we are renting out our home to help pay for it too.
I was like you, didn't want to share, afraid people wouldn't take care of our "stuff" and brand new carpet, LOL..And knowing I wouldn't be able to see it between renters, really had me paranoid! But..we had 4 different renters Jan thru April of 2008 and not a single problem, Each renter left the home as clean as when they arrived, and some even left little gifts to show thier appreciation. People are really happy to be here, ( guess I should say there, I am in Georgia!) anyway, they took really good care of our home.
Also we rented it out using TheVillages4rent.com web site. The day we put our home on the site, we had 5 calls, and had it rented for 3 months before the week was out. I think it cost around $70 for a year. Good luck!