Speaking as renter...
Just my 2 cents speaking as a renter...I have done 5 short term rentals in TV since 2011. Maybe I have been one of the lucky ones...all the rentals I found were from thevillages4rent.com. All of the homes were exactly like what was presented in the photos on the web site. I was only able to see one rental house before I actually rented it. The other 4 were rented just by me looking at the photos on the web site. All of the home owners lived in The Villages, and all owners were excellent about returning phone calls and answering e-mails. One house I rented last year had some internet problems and a garage door problem which the owner fixed promptly.
After reading one person's bad experience with renting, I do check the appropriate county tax collectors/tax appraiser's web site to verify that the person I am sending my money to is actually the owner of the property.
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