I haven’t seen any Lifestyle Visits in my neighborhood. Don’t they just do these in one specific area? I remember when I did one we were near Sumter Landing in a whole group of Court Yard Villlas. There were numerous homes they were using and they were all next to one another. I think they then moved to Brownwood area for Life Style Visits. The STRs are all over the Villages and affect long time homeowners.

The Villages also has a property management company, which provides short-term rentals on behalf of property owners. It's pretty popular for older working people who want to come to The Villages for a vacation. Since this system is OWNED by The Villages, it would NOT be in their best interest to not allow short-term rentals. They profit directly from the management of properties owned by people who offer their homes to tenants. The Property Management company charges a fee to the homeowner, and they provide the middle-man service between tenant and homeowner. They maintain the property, clean it when a tenant leaves, makes sure there's a newspaper at the door every morning, keeps inventory of the utensils and furniture, and all the other things that property managers do.

We only had one lifestyle visit, but we rented in The Villages using the Property Management department for vacation a few years before we purchased our home.