[njbchbum]

peachie - your post # 123 certainly presents a good case - for the developer. please allow me to present some counter points...

you posted, "The people spreading the hysteria about eliminating real estate for rent or sale signs off the lawns and putting them in the windows are primarily outside real estate agents, flippers and landlords." do you have factual statistics on that statement? if not, on what is it based?...observation, conversation, ASSumption?

"Place these [magazine/brochure] in the stores on perimeters of The Villages" - in my opinion, that is a decidedly unequal advantage since some house hunting folks have no opportunity to frequent stores on the perimeter of the village - those without transportation and/or time come to mind - like the lifestylers.

"...get one major website for all outside realtors of The Villages listings and keep it updated daily." - most mls realtors already have their personal sites which advertise mls listings of their own and others - that's why they are in the mls business! there is no need for a mega site and the expense/maintenance of same - it is redundancy.

"...they just have to spend some of their profits too." - very presumptive of you to ASSume that mls realtors do not spend some of their profits! in fact - they all spend exhorbitant amounts to place ads/inserts in the daily sun!

"...a sign in the front yard of a property is the cheapest advertising a realtor can use,..." - so what - it IS another advtg resource for the seller, TOO. is it not?

"The Villages Real Estate teams have to employ the same method of signage and there is no advantage to them in that area." - everyone knows the villages has a sales office - not everyone looking for a home in the villages is aware that you need an mls realtor to view non-village realty listings...check posts on totv and see how many posters were surprised to find that out! without an mls realtor sign in someone's yard, someone looking to purchase a home might not make the inquiry re mls realtors...a decided advantage to the villages realty sales.

"...get a good sign in the window..." - please put that 12" x 12" sign in one of your house windows......be sure to include a realtor business name, name of the salesperson and a telephone number...and then go stand in the middle of the street and let me know how much info you can discern on that sign and then try reading it while driving by it! and advtg in the daily sun again benefits the developer, a sign in the yard does not.

"He seldom took down the balloons, even when they were half or completely deflated, leaving a real eyesore in the neighborhood." - and i ASSume the ballons remained there because a neighbor did not speak to the seller about taking them down - much less take them down for him and the benefit of the neighborhood.

" I don't live north of 466 but I have a dog in this fight, that may be the area of our next move." - i think that statement pretty much takes your dog out of this fight since you are not a resident of the area and are not represented by any supervisor there. no matter how the residents ask their supvs to vote, you will have the option to move in the future to an area being fully aware of the deed restrictions at the time of your move. if you don't like the enforcement in the area - you don't have to move there. right?