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We are Villages homeowners who split our time between the Villages and our northern home. We get an incredible amount of unsolicited mailings at our northern home offering to buy our Village’s home for cash, in as in condition, with a quick closing. In the last week we have received three separate solicitations, and we have received offers at least monthly for the last several years. Although we have absolutely no interest in selling our home, these offers have me asking myself some questions.
- Are others getting these offers?
- Are the companies making these offers targeting Snowbirds/Snowflakes/Part Time residents only and not FROGS?
- Are they targeting residents whose public records (tax collectors office) mailing address is different than their Villages address?
- Are they targeting certain CDD’s within the Villages?
- Are they targeting homes at certain price points?
- Are they targeting homes with no bonds?
- Are they targeting homes that are older?
- Are they targeting homes with certain features such as a pool?

I am curious if others are getting these offers, and if so what profile their home fits into.

To put our homes profile into prospective, our home was built in the late 1990’s, is in CDD1, the bond was paid off long ago, is a relatively affordable 2 bed/2 bath ranch type layout, and has a pool. I can see how our home would be highly desirable because it’s hard to find a home at a relatively affordable price point that has privacy (it abuts a wildlife preserve) with a nice pool, no bond, is a short golf cart ride to two town squares, an abundance of shopping and dining, and lots and lots of both Championship and real Executive (not pitch and put and putting) golf courses.

I would welcome feedback from others getting these unsolicited offers, inquiring minds want to know.

On another note, I fear these companies represent investors looking to buy easy to rent homes and turn them into more friggin short term rental units. That would totally suck!