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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

You missed the point. It doesn't matter why owners are renting their property out, or why they've chosen a management company. It doesn't matter that many renters form bonds.

What matters - is that I was responding to someone who was blaming the tenants. My response is - if you are blaming tenants, then you have to blame the landlords for renting their properties in the first place. No landlords = no tenants.

I am not of the opinion that it's the tenant's fault. I'm disputing their opinion. My opinion is that the original deed restrictions were written before the Internet existed, there was no such thing as Air B&B, and the next generation of developers just flat out didn't even consider that people renting their properties would be a "thing." They were myopic in their vision, and had their heads stuck firmly in the bubble of their own creation.

As a result, we now have a generation of internet-savvy owners who can sign up strangers to rent their properties when they're not living there at all, and there is no rule built in to stop them. Owners no longer have to CARE about what their neighbors think - because it is a profitable endeavor. Rent to some strangers for a week and by the time Community Standards shows up to observe the neighbor's complaint, the tenants are already on their way back to wherever they came from.

Correct. For the op to post a restricted list they have their answer for doesn’t mean all renters are great or just renting for their 4 reasons. Renters aren’t the greatest thrill and they do violate deed restrictions. We have one home near us that the landlord has never visited. Every car that pulls in brings neighbors to wonder what the result will be. Sometimes this is 3 times a week. Not ideal in the forever home world.