Live onthe course.
What you are actually buying
A view youdo not own.
The fairway behind the house belongs to the club, and what the club may do with it is written down somewhere you have not read yet. Whether membership comes with the address or is a separate waiting list, whether the course can be sold or replatted, who is liable for a ball through the window, what the association actually maintains — all of it is decided in documents, and all of it changes what the view is worth.
- Read before the offer
- Membership terms and transfer fees, whether the club is member- or developer-owned, the association's course-frontage rules.
- Read before closing
- Reserve study and dues history, cart-path and drainage easements, errant-ball liability language, any golf-course redevelopment filing at the township.
What you can look for
6 searches · Golf Communities
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Course-side homes
Fairway, green and tee-box frontage
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Club communities
Gated and member-owned neighborhoods
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Golf condominiums
Lock-and-leave beside the first tee
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Resort golf
Second homes on destination courses
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Golf and water
Courses within reach of the lakeshore
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Build sites on course
Remaining lots inside the plat
Diligence
Asked before
you commit.
The purchase is the easy part. These are the questions Rennie works through with every golf buyer — before the offer, not after the surprise.
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Does the address carry membership, or is the club a separate application and waiting list?
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Is the course member-owned, developer-owned or leased — and could it be sold or replatted?
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What do the dues, transfer fees and any minimum spend actually total each year?
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Who is liable for an errant ball, and what does the association's insurance cover?
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What crosses the lot — cart paths, irrigation, drainage — and who maintains it?