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Originally Posted by zonerboy
I really don't care how Florida law chooses to define requirements for disclosure in real estate transactions. Florida law, for me at least, is not the definitive arbiter of what is honest and ethical behavior. And marketing an 8 year old home occupied by multiple different occupants over those years as a "new home" is simply NOT honest. If the many heirs of Mr Morse wish to risk obtaining a reputation of dishonest marketing, then I guess that is their decision.
Certainly the homes will sell and at whatever price the market will bear, but this fact in itself does not make the sales practices ethical. I have nothing against free enterprise and the making of money, but sometimes greed is just greed.
Just my opinion.
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How The Villages markets their homes seem to be very successful. Many people have bought the homes that had been used for lifestyle visits in the past and I doubt ANY of them were worried about being snookered and we haven't heard of anyone complaining about buying a lifestyle home either. All of the homes at Lake Sumter Landing, on the lake were Lifestyle homes. These homes were not previously owned by anyone but the developer so how they are marketed is either new or used. I have never heard of anything that would make anyone worry that being used as a lifestyle rental was kept hidden when it was sold. Why don't you go and ask at an open house and report back to us.