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Originally Posted by Villageshooter
Your looking at all the angles,, and not letting the taste of the koolade cloud your judgement. If you think of the amount of money you have to tie up to have a place here for part time use it makes NO SENSE at all, unless you have more money than you can spend, or need a tax write off to make it quasi rental property. If you find the correct rental unit you can come here many many years before you even come close to making a dent in the amount of funds to make a prudent investment. You must figure maintenance on the home (due to the rain folks are learning they must paint brand new homes so they dont leak)(That is very unlikely, the rain we had came in from small openings that probably had not been grouted around windows in our new stucco house), golf cart expenses (cart maintenance is worse then keeping a car running). (Not even close to true)The utilities with tenants is like giving them a blank check they set the thermostats at times so cold you can hang meat in the house (it is not there money). Take good hard look before you buy if your not full time here. You say there are many that to do it? Just go to a casino to see this many other delusional folks who ignore the facts
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I would really like to know the reason behind your post. Why all this bitterness? Do you really live here or just feel left out because you don't?
Moving far away to a new retirement home full or part time has required saving and planning for most of us, all of our lives. There are all kinds of choices and all kinds of places and even then, some seniors can't afford to do it. Retireing here is a choice and a privilege, not a right. And like all choices to live anywhere there are down sides.
I would say that this place is very affordable to most considering all the things offered and the choices available. From the less expensive homes starting at around $70,000 to the homes that cost more than a million, the lifestyle and the amenity fee is the same.
Now back to the answers to the specific questions ...
And Welkommen Foxske. Did I spell that wrong?