[Velvet]

Originally Posted by Pairadocs

If you really want to see what: lack of ability to ENFORCE rules/covenants (not due to will, but lack of legal authority of "security", "ambassadors" "village watch personnel", or whatever various developments decide to call such people, look at Hot Springs Villages in Arkansas (older than The Villages, Fl ) and what it has become. An absolutely beautiful area, lakes, golf courses, even a national park, man made beaches, homes with private docks, on and on. But as short term renting took hold, not "snowbirds" but just purchasing a number of properties for income, many listed on AB&B eventually, others arranged by owners themselves, everything began a down hill slide which accelerated with each new year. "Gangsomes" (strongly "prohibited by the HOA) quickly became the norm on every holiday, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, etc. Resident's drives were blocked with the over limit of vehicles, cookouts and pool parties were often loud, and the "community security" were not vested with any legal power at all. County police were very reluctant to get "involved" with the legal resident tax payers, and although the "gates" are highly visible, the streets are actually public, not private, so people just drive right past the "gate guards". It is amazing how fast beautiful retirement areas, like our here, can deteriorate once the "rental crowd" moves in (again...NOT speaking of residents who just divide their time between there homes, at Hot Springs Villages this has become a business, and the lives of many residents, especially those in town houses and whose homes are on smaller lots, have become a retirement nightmare, not a retirement dream. IF we, residents here, were wise, we'd "nip the problem in the bud".... an old phrase my parents and grandparents used to use P.S., not "hearsay", have two relatives who built there, difference in what it WAS before rentals and AB&B for investments, and what it is now, is heartbreaking. Land, lakes, forests and golf courses still beautiful, but the QUALITY of life has been downhill for the retirees there. The short term, week, night, and weekend people, don't give a "damn" about the golf courses, beaches, walking trails, or sports amenities.

Unless something is done I can see TV going in the same direction. We have money, there is political pull, look at all the politicians who come to TV. What are our options?