Hometown America Del Tura Country Club Immoral, Unsavory & Deciptive Sales Practices North Fort Myers, Florida

I am sorry to hear of your troubles.  I live across Route 41 in another Hometown America community and I have never before dealt with such a deceptive organization.  Do not apologize to anyone who works for Hometown America.  Mr. C. is not your friend and he is not your neighbor.  Unfortunately, you are trapped just as I am.  Nobody wants to buy your home when the rents are exorbitant and they can find much better deals with regular land owned real estate.

I have friends who actually moved their three year old home out of the community.  Yes, it cost them quite a bit of money, but within three years, they will make that amount back with an additional benefit of doubling the value of their home compared to what they could get while located in a Hometown America community.

Let's face it - These are 55+ communities.  My rent has increased 25% in the past five years and is guaranteed to increase at least 3% per year for the rest of my life.  I cannot even get a mortgage on a home that I bought for over $170,000 (now worth about $90,000) because banks do not want to deal with land lease communities.  This was definitely one of the worst financial mistakes I have ever made.  I just had no idea how awful it could be to be both an owner and a tenant.  I had never had a landlord before.

I now make it my business to advise everyone I know to stay far away from land lease communities.  I was actually warned about Hometown America after I had put down a deposit.  I did not want to lose my deposit money, but I should have just walked away.  I would be much better off.

Two days ago I reported on problems with un fair selling practices in Delta Tura CC,  I would like to take this opportunity to with draw my harsh comments directed at Mr. C.  I sincerely very sorry I used him as a scapegoat in this problem.  He is doing the best he can with what Home Town has given him to work with.  Here in lies the problem, several years ago Home Town corp.

office decided to impost what they call a fair market value rent increase to all new buyers.  Which means anyone trying to sell their home is put at a disadvantage why because the new buyers are faced to a much larger rent increase from anywhere of $150-$250 per month over what the seller is paying.  Now call it bad timing but all this happened right at the start of the bottom falling out of the whole real estate market.  And as we all know Florida was and still is one of the hardest hit areas
in the country.  It also is one of the areas with the largest foreclosure rates in the country,  Hence why president Obama has been here several times trying to help the problem.  Also as we speak the new GOP hopefuls are in our state trying to share ideas and ifo to get the economy going again.

So if Home Town would only listen to these folks and to the residents of the many communities, you can help solve this problem.  Trying to impose higher rent increases on these people who can least afford it is not the right thing to do.  Listen to what the people are saying middle income America is your target group.  You will get more home sales, new people will come into the communities they will pay their fair lot rent and everyone will be happy. they will live here for 10, 15, 20 years
like the senior citizens here now.  Who as I said in the earlier report are now forced for health or because of their fixed incomes to walk away from their homes.

Please listen set an example for this industry do the right thing, you will be helping many folks who really need it. and you will be amazed how how much your sales will increase. Do away with this fair market value increase at least until the economy turns around, its the right thing to do.  Folks love living here, they are lovely communities give other people a chance to experience this live style.  Greed is not a pretty thing, as we are finding out the hard way.