OK, let me give my experience, as someone who rented in The Villages in December for two weeks, as a trial run, and liked it so much that we are renting for three months in 2015, January through March.
Most of the responses have not supported the original posting, and I understand the OP's concerns. But it does sound a bit like: "Now that I'm inside the walls, let's lock the gates for everyone else."
I'm sure we're not the only ones testing the waters by renting first. We have friends in two villages that have shown us around in December, and will help us again in January.
The money that the renters spend at your restaurants, stores, etc. help keep those businesses out of the red, so it benefits the home owners. We live in a condo in Ohio and there are efforts to limit the number of condos that can be rented because it affected the loan rates for the condo owners.
We promise to be good neighbors, maybe even nicer than some of the home owners who live near you. We found The Villages to be the most unique place we have visited, and we've been to 52 countries and 43 states. You should take it as a compliment that we're coming down for three months this time because we want to savor The Villages experience more fully.
Stop by on Rainbow Drive off No. 5 green of Silver Lake Country Club and give us a friendly "howdy." We'll do the same. We're eager to come to the Villages, play golf, enjoy the music and entertainment, help with the volunteer work.
But this IS America. What standards would you use to determine who is worthy of renting -- yea, even worthy of buying -- in The Villages and who is not? Let's all be friends and good neighbors.
We're looking forward to it.
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