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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby
The covenant says that the Developer MAY enforce internal restrictions. It doesn't say that they WILL enforce them. It wasn't all that big a deal until the last decade or two, when the older generation of owners passed on, and children inherited the properties. Once that happened, they would move in - or rent - or sell - without concerning themselves with who the buyers were.
There was also a wave of new construction when people could buy the land for little to zero money, with the contract to build on it. They got the home cheap, and flipped it as an investment. That was before the Developers realized how much money people were making off these new homes and built a "no flipping for the first year" rule into the new contracts.
Now, it -seems- as though everyone and their brother is either in the process of buying and flipping, or bought because someone else bought and flipped. I know it's just a perception and hardly the reality, but that's what makes the news.
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Personally, I have trouble seeing WHY anyone would want to relocate to Florida, especially for full-time living. The summers are disgustingly HOT, moldy and unhealthy, in general. And G.W. is making every succeeding summer incrementally WORSE. The warmer air is holding more RAIN. Hurricanes are predicted to intensify. The property costs are sky-HIGH. The interest rates are HIGH. The insurance costs are 3 TIMES the national average. Sixty vehicles are backed up on 441 at every red light. The local hospitals are considered MARGINAL.
.......On top of all that, you have underage and overage children walking the residential streets that look as if they would be kicked out of any street gang because none would have them. One "child" walks the streets playing a guitar while staring THREATENINGLY at the passing cars. I am sure that they need psychological help. I am just NOT sure that the streets of The Villages are the best place for them to get help. If there is this "change of responsibility" that would enforce a one month rule for visiting grandchildren, then I would be all for it. There are NEWER problem areas for The Villages developing in the last 2 years involving children (unwanted children).