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Originally Posted by Villager2be
I had not determined the best renting approach yet for our situation, but it is good to know that weekly rentals have such a bad rap here. We have done weeklies back home for a several years already and have never had a bad experience that impacted our neighbors (if anything, something inside the house got damaged). We did a weekly rental for our stay this year and the place was immaculate in and out, I just presumed that most short term guests would be senior couples who respect our place like we respect others places (more or less). Is it really that bad or have a a couple of bad apples soured everyone to this way of thinking?
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Just because you're not aware of any impact your "weekly rentals" have had on neighbors, doesn't mean there wasn't impact. Personally, I wouldn't by a home that was abutted in any way, by a home/unit that I knew was used as a STR. That's impact, whether you acknowledge it or not.
Short Term Rentals have no place in a residential zoned neighborhood, in my opinion. The Villages is not regulating them in any way and (& won't, because it works to their benefit) and current Florida Law makes it almost impossible for a city or county to regulate them.
In general, they (STR's) de-stabilize neighborhoods and put increased burden on the infrastructure and in the case of The Villages, the amenities.
Just my opinion, everyone else's mileage may vary.