Rentals are both the boon and the bane of The Villages. If you have a good neighbor for a tenant, then you're luckier than being stuck with a creep as a permanent resident-owner. If you have a lousy short-term tenant, you can feel comfortable knowing that it's just short term, and the next one might be better. If you have a terrific short-term neighbor tenant, you might feel a loss when the average "meh" property owner comes back to stay during snowbird season.
My neighbor rents her place out using AirBnB. She vets the tenants and so far, she's done a good job of it. I would MUCH prefer having consistency in neighbors. How can you be friendly to someone you meet the third day after they arrive, and they're gone two days later? What's the point in even trying to develop a friendship?
A landlord who allows short-term tenants, for a long period of time, isn't any better. I never see them, I only see their tenants. Why would I want to make friends with them, if their house never has them actually living in it?
On the other hand, you could be stuck with a long-term tenant who's there for a few years, who you can't stand. In that case I'd probably prefer the 1-week-stay guy who keeps to himself, isn't friendly, but also doesn't put the trash out three days before trash day.
On the other OTHER hand - you could end up with a homeowner living in their house next door to you, who puts their trash out three days before trash day - and when you mention it in a kind, neighborly way, they get an outdoor cat and sprinkle freeze-dried fish on the property line every week, JUST to annoy you.
so - it's not the fact that people rent that determines whether your neighbor will be a good neighbor or not. It's how long they're staying, combined with how well they integrate with the rest of the neighborhood.
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