[SteveFromNY]

Originally Posted by Irish Rover

Wow, Collettemrk - you sound like one of those "old farts" I dread meeting anywhere, especially at TV. We have been renting for two months each year since 2001, and have made lasting friends in TV. We spend a lot of money at the restaurants, stores, and actually try to play golf off campus so we don't jam up your courses. We also don't eat our evening meal between 4:00 and 5:30 PM so we don't mess up your early bird dinners or crowd the regulars. None of the folks we have rented from over the years ever complained about our being there and actually asked us to re-up for the next year. Maybe you should do you venting to your confessor or to someone who really cares
Sorry, but this site doesn't need crabby folks. Find a new cause and embrace it, you'll be happier.
Just a thought and only my opinion.
Irish

Irish Rover you are right on the money!

[Dirigo]

Originally Posted by collettemrk

Anyone out there ever notice how some people(renters) treat this community as a vacation resort?I don't know about anyone else but I for one don't like it. I'd like to see some things change regarding this and also with the ammenities afforded the renters,or as the villages calls them "temporary residents". Giving people that don't own property here the same privlidges as homeowners just doesn't seem right.
When visitors come they get visitor passes that have some restrictionslike pool access,tee time preferences etc:
When someone is on a lifestyle they should be screened better so they show an interest in buying.In turn I believe there should be a categorie for renters whereas their privlidges would have restrictions
I don't know how this would happen but I believe something has to be done....


Thanks for alllowing me to VENT!!!

First let me state I am not a resident, I'm a wanna be.

While I am on record opposing the general public being able to come in and use TV amenities, renters using amenities are a another thing.

When you rent real estate you are renting some of the rights of the owner. The use of the amenites is one of those rights you rent.

We may not be able to sell our house "up North" for several years as it is beyond the price range most people are buying these days, and we're not going to give it away just to move it, so we may rent in TV for those several years.

I would hope we would get all the benefits normally enjoyed by the owner and I would hope to be a friend to, and be befriended by, the residents of TV.

TV is not a self-contained, private, gated, exclusive community. If you want that kind of living, you gotta pony up lots more $$.

Dirigo

[rshoffer]

This reminds me of the old Doublement gum commercial; The Villages is two... two... two places in one. It clearly has features of a resort for a short term visitor... and, in each little Village we have our own little community. E-gads.... could that really be THE BEST of both worlds??? Yep!!!!!!!!

[graciegirl]

I guess I am the only one that didn't think Collette meant her post to be negative. She was just airing her view.

Sometimes, although rarely, listening to all of your responses, renters are not quite as involved as homeowners.

I think I would not like it if I were a full timer surrounded by seasonal renters.

[schotzyb]

How many businesses could survive on just full time residents and snowbirds?. Renters contribute quiet alot to the businesses in The Villages and surrounding areas.

[gonefromkent]

As a full time yearly renter here, I take exception to the notion we are somehow second class citizens. The fact that the property owner pays some of the fees associated with home ownership is something between he and the renter. That amount is negotiated at the time of lease signing. I would guess that many homes are supported by long and short term renters, thus enabling the owner to support both homes while awiting sale of one. That I chose to invest my money in other places than real estate is my business. I spend my money here like anyone else and am happy to do so. I am not a snow bird or snow flake, just a person looking to live life as anyone else. I can see that there are other "frogs" like me being happy in day to day life.
IMHO