We have rented out our home for 6 years as a furnished rental by ourselves with a home watch person who answers questions and solves problems. It depends on what you want out of the property. We hope to retire in a few years and are satisfied with renting January thru March and 1 or 2 other months. It pays a lot of the bills. We have repeat renters. Early on a couple rented for 2 high seasons and then purchased a house in The Villages. Our current high season renters are coming back for a third year. Our April renters have been coming to The Villages for 11 years. The place they rented was sold so they are coming back to us for a third year, also. They have friends who are permanent residents one street over. We only rent by the week to our neighbors for their families. Since we plan to live on this street, we do not want to upset our neighbors and have it be an Airbnb. Our neighbors are very friendly and invite our renters to street events. We report the rent as income and pay sales tax.
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