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Old 08-07-2008, 02:51 AM
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I have been part of transition teams from developer to home owner. The key is UNDERSTANDING, what is being inherited.....land......$$$....assets...etc...elec ting home owner representatives with the capacity and capability to communicate EFFECTIVELY with the developer REPRESENTING the home owners needs and wants. Then electing the appropriately capable people capable of managing what will be inherited.....MAINTAINING THE EXISTING LIFESTYLE they bought into.

If, the usual happens....the silent majority remains silent....then there can only be disappointment.

Things will change....that is a certainty. Foe example if/when the home owners find how much it really cost to have and maintain a polo field, etc.....I suspect the majority (hopefully) would rule against it and use the asset value for maintaining the lifestyle.

My experience was a successful one. The objective of the transition team and ultimate managing board was to maintain the lifestyle and protect and enhance property values.
The property owner community is still a thriving success (14 years hence).

I hope to live a lot longer than the developer here in TV will be around....and have no trepidations about losing what we have. Could it happen? Of course!!!! Only if we let/allow it!!!!!!!!! I did not know the Schwartz family, hence cannot comment. I do know Gary Morse and several of the family members who run/operate TV and find them very responsive and as proud of TV as you and I.

Of course they got riche and we should hope they get richer.....they have have earned what we willingly bought into eh!

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