[bgamble3]

Originally Posted by westernrider75

We are in the process of purchasing our first Villages home and are planning on renting it out until we can come there full time. We are not sure if it’s better to use The Villages Property Mgmt or do it ourselves....thoughts?

Try Haley Gerig, Property Manager with ERA GRIZZARD REAL ESTATE. 352-319-9663 HGerig@ERAGrizzard.com Their web page has Village rentals 403 Forbidden

[prbradley]

Dena Manning with ReMax Property Management. She is awesome and stays on top of everything. (352) 460-4633

[Susanzp]

Originally Posted by westernrider75

We are in the process of purchasing our first Villages home and are planning on renting it out until we can come there full time. We are not sure if it’s better to use The Villages Property Mgmt or do it ourselves....thoughts?

We rented ourselves and never had a problem. We were getting just as must as the management companies. I would recommend that you get a home watch company to check n your home while you are not there and to set up cleanings after clients. We also never had any issues with any of the renters. Welcome to the villages you are going to love it here.

[dbglines]

White Pelican management is the best for managing your rental.

[Beech9a]

Originally Posted by jameslewis

Down home Properties management is great

Very bad experience with them. I don’t want to air dirty laundry online, but suffice it to say I terminated my contract rather abruptly. You just couldn’t make this stuff up

[Dcommuter]

We did rent out our property every wintertime. We do it by ourselves. The last time we inquired about property management ( forgot the name of the company) the man came over and he had a contract form with him. And what's a red flag is, he won’t let us even read and see what's in the contract sheets. So, we concluded that he wants to make money on our property, not to our terms but to his terms. So, we ended up doing it by ourselves.

[Laurawilcox]

We are planning to move to TV in 4 years so started with the idea of a rental property to catch apart of the appreciation gain. However, we were trying to decide between a pure rental and renting our “forever” home. Then Covid hit.

We are sitting tight and are curious what others have found. We saw one home that we had looked at sell, then fail to rent, then sell again during this time. Dropping price multiple times.

We work with Mike who responded above. Michael Ritzenthaler. He has the $100 a month fee for management and strong insights to expected costs and rental rates.

mikeritz53@hotmail.com
585-739-8933

[bpascani]

BUT, you still need to follow uo on the managment group. I can tell you this, from a renter point of view, when we were looking to rent, before we made the decision to buy

[DaisyDE]

Hire a home watch service. They will check the house weekly and notify you if anything is wrong. They should be on call 24/7. Join the facebook page Landlords of the Villages, where members share leads and information to better our investments. The management firms get a bundle of money and will likely only fill your place Jan-March which is the easiest time of year to fill. You can always do it yourself and switch to a management company if it doesn't work for you.

[mills3186]

If you try and do it yourself and live remotely, who gets the tenant their keys and guest passes? How do cleaning people get in?

[westernrider75]

We are planning on offering a furnished rental for monthly rentals