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Originally Posted by Schaumburger (Post 1578033)

Is The Villages Hometown Property Management owned by the developer? Check-in for these rentals is at The Villages sales office in Lake Sumter Landing if that is any indication of ownership. What looks like the official Villages logo appears on the website.

The home page features "Patio Villas starting at $400/week" "Courtyards and Cottages (Ranch) starting at $500/week." "Vacation like a millionaire."

Just for curiosity, I went on the HPM web site, typed in furnished rentals for 11/1/2018 to 11/8/2018, and 82 rentals are listed as available located all over The Villages.

So if HPM is owned by the developer, then the developer is also profiting from the short term rental market in The Villages. That is probably not new news to most of you.

I am not sure who owns HPM, regardless, there is no deed restriction on short term rentals, just on rentals of any length to people who are sharing space in the home with the homeowner.

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Originally Posted by Schaumburger (Post 1578033)

There is very little in The Villages that the developer doesn't profit from. They either own, or have a stake in many, many business in TV. If the developer can profit from short term rentals, why shouldn't the residents?

I still feel sorry for the neighbors.