Golf Properties

I manage a private apartment community with private roads. The public schools buses come on our property to pick-up and drop off kids. Our maintenance staff travels the property on golf carts. Are the golf carts on private property under the same law as a car would be as far as stopping for school buses,etc.?

In the State of Florida, If you as the private property owner have allowed a
county school bus to enter your domain to pick up and discard students
at pick up and exit points, All traffic must adhear to the state compliance
of the motor vehicle act regarding school busses. Failure to do so, and
should subsequent injury befall a child. You are going to be dealt with in
a manner you never thought possible. If one of my Deputies was to witness
failure to stop, Your golf cart rider would be subject to fine and penalty.

we have 2 residential building lots in a water/golf community. Can we deduct the HOA fees that we pay? we do not use any of the amenities there. Thank you

I guess you are asking if you can deduct it from your reportable income to the IRS.

If it is rental property I bet you can. If it is your personal property I bet you can’t.

I have now contacted the City Manager & law enforcement as well as Wildlife Officers. This neighbor had young hunters hunting in the woods behind his property trying to kill a deer with rifles not bows (it is bow season) & he did not care that the property was in the city limits nor did he care that people live all around the wooded area. Four hundred feet thru the woods is a golf course & community. If he shows no respect for people or the guns he is using, maybe he needs to go to Iraq or Afganistan and have a filed day firing his guns. Do you really think he is being a responsible gun owner & parent when he is spray shooting his rifle in front of his kids. This is a residential area the road has 12 homes on the 2500 foot road. People are all around him. My wife & myself have been to many safety classes & we both have concealed weapon permits & both of us know that we are responsible where our bullets go. If his son sees him spraying the 50 foot burm he has, then what is to stop the son from spraying the ground & trees shooting at squirrels with his 22 rifle that he dad keeps a minimum 20 round clip in? This is the same son who’s mom called my wife on the first day of his school year & complained that his teacher called her to school because her son appears to have an anger management problem. Gee it almost sounds like the teacher must have taught his dad. Yes it does stress both of us out to know there is someone with a gun that is disrespectful with his neighbors. We have been neighbors since 1994 & never had a problem before now. I think guns are for protection & for hunting in the proper places. Would you feel the same way about my neighbor if he lived next to you? Before we called the law, I went down & told him his shooting in our neighborhood was scaring my wife. He said tuff Sh_t I can shoot where ever I want and you can’t stop me. He said his wife works (in records) for the sheriff dept & knows the County ordinances so live with it. Would you feel safe around him? Guns are not the problem, people that have guns & have no respect for anyone but themselves are.

Good Lord! I’d be horrified if that guy was even in my State! I have children and we also have a large property that some people mistake for just a public wooded area. We have tried putting up fences and signs that state when they are actually on our property but they just don’t seem to get it.

If the guy ‘knows the Sheriff" he should be that much more aware of what he is doing is endangering lives. I would go have a talk with that same Sheriff and not stop until he has to go tell the guy to be more responsible.

As far as the son goes…I was taught to shoot high powered weapons at the age of 8. However, it was for the purpose of being responsible, feeling the power in your hands and learning safety. Not to spray and pray as they call it in the Army. Really in Iraq or Afganistan our military is really taught the spray and pray method is unacceptable as it endangers too many civilians. Over there, and any war region, obviously there will be civilian casualties but it is certainly not something The United States of America condones. I was in the Army. Despite the stories you hear about soldiers who just love to go off with their weapons, it’s not true. Ok, you have a few idiots who make it through somehow like your nieghbor there but unless you are in a very close and direct combat situation, troops get ammo checked and counted.

Maybe you could try a different tactic with the guy. What would happen if you went over, as a friend, and said something like ya know, why don’t you show me how you shoot your weapons, how you are teaching your children etc. and just have a discussion about safety? Rather than an arguement first.

I remember growing up in my town, where having and using a weapon such as a Shotgun was very normal. However, I can also remember as a young child, being in our back yard and having bulletts fly past our heads. We had to put a stop to that and once it was explained to the people who were doing it, although they were seriously stupid to begin with, it wouldn’t happen again and everybody just learned which way they could shoot and which way they couldn’t.

Also, somebody whose "wife works in records’ doesn’t necassarily mean they "know" the Sherriff. He’s using his wifes employment place as an excuse to scare the Hell out of his neighbors.

I’m sorry. I kind of talked around and around on this one. It’s a dificult situation and the guy you are talking about sounds like a real creep. However, I do believe that you should first try to patch it up with the moron on your own first. If that really doesn’t work then find who can stop him and don’t shut up until you get it stopped. Call this Sherriff friend every single day if that is what it takes.

Good Luck,
SarahJane

a. insurance payments
b. the amount they pay to lease lawn mowers
c. the property taxes they pay
d. the amount they pay their workers in wages

This is up for interpretation depending on what you view as fixed and variable I would say they are all fixed unless the pay was for temp wokers, generally permanent ones have a fixed salary.

For a golf course, probably "d" because the workers are probably hourly and would, therefore, go up or down depending on the season and weather. All the others cannot be altered by production (open more hours or less will pay same in taxes, leases and insurance so these are most definitely "fixed") and that is the definition of fixed vs variable.

…*have* to try?
I’ve been four times now, and am going again in March. On your next trip, is there anything in particular you’re planning to be a "first" for you? Not necessarily in one of the parks! Could be in a resort, the golf courses, Downtown Disney, or anywhere else on property.

Having grown up in Florida near it and having visited Disney World far more times than I can count, I’m not sure there’s anything I haven’t seen. Should I ever get back to Florida with a couple days to spare, tho’, the one thing I’d like to do there that I have probably never done is take a nice, slow walk thru the park. I’d skip most of the rides, been there, done that, and really look at what I’m seeing. Check out the tile work inside the walkway thru Cinderella’s Castle, for instance. The little signs and pieces of artwork here and there throughout the Park that relates to Disney and in many cases is part of an "inside" joke. I’d like to make a point of viewing the castle and maybe Space Mt. from as many different angles as possible.

If you ever get a chance and see it advertised, sign up to do Disney’s backstage tour. When I was just getting into marketing and happened onto this opportunity for a marketing related tour, I jumped at it. As a result, we did spend some serious time sitting in classrooms, but the highlight of the tour, and what would be the real tour for most, was being taken underground, literally standing beneath the castle, seeing where the costumes were made, where Mickey hangs out when he doesn’t have his head on, and just in general getting an inside look at what makes it all come together and work the Disney Magic we all know so well. I was a bit afraid it’d kill the magic for me, but it didn’t. That said, I can now smile knowing when Mickey appears out of nowhere because I know where various innocent looking doors lead. I don’t look at that tile work the same, nor the ordering of the parades, and more and more.

When you fly into Orlando’s airport, I find it interesting that the reach of Disney has reached there, for going thru that terminal is sorta like a preparation for all things Disney. In a weird way, while Alaska is my chosen home, I do miss this side of my past, the "I won’t grow up!" side that still believes in fairies and Peter Pan and Mickey and all the rest. Taking the time to visit at a far more leisurely pace than we tend to race through the park, to really see what we’re seeing, then, would be what I’d do differently.

We have a production coming up in Houston,TX and we want to shoot in an abandoned golf course. I have done hours of research to finally find the company that owned the property, but apperantly their lines have been disconnected and their office space is empty.

This is the only place we can find that we can shoot at, but I cannot find the owner ANYWHERE!

How can I film in that location without having to contact the property owner? I have the property records on hand. Should I contact a local police station and ask politely for 1 or 2 days?
Artemis: Its very easy to enter, there’s only a small gate on the main driveway, but other driveways around it. The property is already torn up, and some shots require some small fires, pyrotechnics and etc.

Thanks though, I’ll dig some more

First: Do not contact police, they don’t own the property and have no legal right to authorize anything.

Second: are you sure the last known owner is the actual owner? If the property is abandoned it could belong to the city now. No phones, and an empty office sounds like they went broke.

Go to city hall and do more research to learn who’s paying the property taxes.

If the city owns the property then you can get a permit to film in there.

And remember that small fires, pyrotechnics might require a different permit, or at least to notify the local police department.

I’m looking into using a work horse type of vehicle to use around a heavily wooded property. It will be strictly used by senior citizens to travel around the property easily. Is there a brand of off-roading 4wheelers that is battery powered? For example: Gators, Yamaha, EZ-GO.

I know EZ-GO has battery powered golf carts but I am looking for something that can handle rougher terrain than what you would find on a golf course.

Thanks!

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My sister keeps her dogs outside, in a kennel, pretty much all the time. I personally think it’s cruel, especially since the only attention they get daily is being fed. When they are allowed out of the kennel, they are harassed by my nieces. Once when I was over visiting, my nieces started a game of chasing the little jack russell around the yard and hitting him with plastic toy golf clubs. I once watched my brother in law smack their red bone coon hound in the head because my niece got caught up in her chain- not exactly sure how this is her fault. They rarely clean out the kennel, so it becomes very gross. It’s also pretty cold outside, and the dogs still stay out, getting their water changed twice a day to keep it thawed instead of the normal once a day.

Well, someone called the humane society on my sister, saying that the dogs didn’t have proper shelter. After they came, my sister specifically told them they weren’t allowed on the property, but they could look at the dog’s living arrangements through the alley that is right behind their yard, right next to where the kennel is for the dogs. After the people from the humane society actually came onto the property and my sister told them to get off, they said that the shelter that was provided was good, they just had to buy a heated water bowl, which my sister said was bogus.

Later, the police came, wanting to arrest my sister, not exactly sure why. They only left after my brother in law threatened to sue the humane society for coming in the yard, and after they agreed to get the dogs licensed which only cost a total of $20.

I definitely don’t agree with my sister and the way she treats the animals, and I’m happy they were chastised for it. However, does the humane society even have a viable reason to want my sister arrested? And were they in the fault for entering the property when they were specifically told not to? And most importantly, was it really necessary to go through all that trouble so my sister and her husband would pay $20 to license the dogs?

Sorry for the length…
No, I wasn’t there. From what she told me, she didn’t really threaten them, but she wasn’t exactly a friendly person to them either. Who knows though, I don’t particularly trust my sister and her story telling.
I would understand if there were reports of the animals being abused, but the only report they mentioned was poor housing, and the people from the Humane Society even said that the shelter was adequate. So, after saying that the dogs were fine where they were and didn’t have to be seized, they wanted to arrest my sister…

Without knowing where you are it would be impossible to answer. And of course, we only have one side of the story. Personal experience has taught me that people always "forget" details that may color them in a poor light. No offence, but there isn’t a doubt in my mind that there are some details, even minor, that she has left out.

These are just some suggestions.

"And were they in the fault for entering the property when they were specifically told not to?"
No. Whether they were legally on her property or not, it does not negate whatever illegal act she is alleged to have committed.

"does the humane society even have a viable reason to want my sister arrested? "
It all depends on what transpired. Aside from threats, which you have already mentioned, it may be possible that they did have lawful authority to be on the property and her interference/refusal to allow them to do a proper investigation that they are legally allowed to do may be an illegal act in itself, like obstruction of an investigation. Again, just an idea, depends on your laws.

Or she could have just really pissed thexaggerated they exagerated a story to cause trouble for her.

Either way, there is no way of knowing without knowing what she was supposed to be arrested for.

Lack of housing is considered abuse.

I was at a party drinking when 2 guys were talking about how they were going through cars earlier that night. We ended up talking and they convinced me to sell at pair of golf clubs for them, at the time it seemed like a good idea. I got their numbers and they said to call them tomorrow and let them know whats up, but i lost my phone the next day and had no way of contacting them. I put the items up on ebay and within that week the cops showed up on my doorstep. I told them what happened and they sighted me for possession of stolen property. I just turned 17 with no prior record, what should I do?

don’t sweat it, you’re a juvenile…. when nyou turn 18, you start off with a clean slate..relax.

I am considering an investment in a golf villa on Barefoot Resort in North Myrtle Beach, SC. I would have a friend who lives down there do the cleaning and onsite management of the property, while I manage the rental schedule and interview the tenants using a site like VRBO.com. Are there any horror stories out there? Would anyone advise me to get my head checked for even thinking about it? I would need rent it about 2/3’s of the time in order for the investment to make sense?

Great question!
I would advise that you purchase a unit that offers something unique. A friend purchased a 4-bedroom unit in the Clearwater Bay section of Barefoot. He has been very successful renting it through VRBO. However, the more the generic the unit, ie. standard 2-bedroom, the more competition that you would have when trying to find clients. He has been quite happy with the results, so far.