What a day. Is it a full moon? The phone never quit ringing and every time I was on the phone another call slipped into voicemail. I see on caller I.D. that Marc Blasi called, while I was on the phone with Colleen Kulikowski . I'll have to get back to him tomorrow.
In the midst of this strange and busy day I received a call from an agent that showed one of my listings in Spring Run, which is a golfing community in Bonita Springs, Florida. She had buyers that were really interested. So interested that they wanted to golf the course to make sure it was THE place for them.
Now, my fellow Florida Realtors will get a kick out of this story. The "potential buyers" are a "few" people that are
interested in purchasing the home with an LLC. No big deal and permitted by the association bylaws. The next statement was followed by an fantastic request. There are four, yes four, couples that are buying under this LLC. They all want me to find a way to get the golf pro to get them on the golf course tomorrow, which is Saturday, in peak tourist season and it's a private course.
That would be a total of eight, 8, ocho, 4x2=8 people, that haven't put anything in writing but want me to ride my unicorn into the clubhouse, trade magic beans for a tee time and eat a bowl of porage, I guess. Well, Goldie Locks needs stiches on her chin because her jaw hit the floor.
(Oh, one more thing. This is a two bedroom + den villa. It currently sleeps 4.)
I actually spoke with the Pro so I wouldn't get bad Karma just for calling the agent back and saying no. I even 
spoke with the home owner to make sure he didn't "know people" or know a loophole. No dice. When I called back with my report I found that the "potential buyers" then wanted to know how to coordinate the ownership of the golf membership. It is transferrable and the membership allows for two free transfers, any transfers after that are $200 a crack. The agent then tells me, "But they all want to golf at the same time". I kindly explained, "I think I misunderstood exactly (all of) what you were asking, here is the phone number of the golf pro".
Apparently, this group of buyers wants a golf membership in Bonita Springs. They have invited their entire high school graduating class to the LLC and they all want equal priveledges to the country club amenties.
Seriously, I admire the effort. All joking aside, it's a s_t_r_e_t_c_h. I admire the creativity, but I don't think it's going to work. The rest of the world would have already circumvented paying for golf memberships in lieu of this type of golf membership time-share. Heck, my crafty parents and their renegade golf league, called "The Bandits", would have grifted this one years ago.
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