No if's or but's, the unpaid bond lien must be considered part of the purchase price. If a buyer falls for the "don't worry about it" line from the agent, the buyer is not much better educated or careing about finances than the "payment-coupon-book-rich" who's refrain is; " I like it, but I don't care what it costs, just tell me what the monthly payments are." That's the dream customer for every sales person!
Also, I think once the build-out occurs and the developer focuses on resales, his agents will begin to fess-up a lot more about the true meaning of the bond. The bond is nothing more than allowing the builder to advertise a lower selling price and defer and officiate all the infrastructure costs. Florida is only one of a very few states that allow this, and it suckers in alot of out of state buyers..
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