In response to what you heard about Stonecrest:
Stonecrest sold its golf course and is under new managment
It needed to have a pond repaired and asked if the residence would help.
Lots of communities are having likewise problems with their golf courses.
With our golf course, we only have one, so waiting time may be a problem.
They wanted to add a extra fee in our POA dues to repair the pond. our dues are $106 a month. If you are going to rent a home it must be for at least 3 months. As far as guest I have no idea if we have a rule for that.
I do run a Facebook page called Stonecrest Florida that has mostly pet owners from Stonecrest with many videos and pictures of their dogs. If you ask questions on there we may have a lot of answers there for you.
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002476377391
Stonecrest will soon have sold all their property and it will be handed off to the homeowners called SHO not POA.