Deed compliance fines in the amount of $1,750 have been forgiven at a property mired in a legal settlement between The Villages and a former sales representative who went rogue.
The Village Center Community Development District Board of Supervisors, without comment, agreed Wednesday to forgive the fines at the home at 509 Jason Drive in the Village of Silver Lake.
The home was owned by Catherine Conner, who is deceased. Evidence submitted at a public hearing last year indicated “her daughter came down and took what she wanted out of the home and left.” Part of the mess left behind was overgrown grass and weeds and the District was forced to maintain the property.
Conner paid $87,500 in 2013 for the manufactured home which dates back to 1987. This past July, former sales representative for Properties of The Villages Christopher Day picked up the distressed property for $77,000.
Day and fellow sales representative Jason Kranz left Properties of The Villages in December 2019 to form KD Premier Realty and began to compete against their former employer, prompting a lawsuit. Earlier this year, they were on the losing end of a federal trial in Tampa and were ordered to pay Properties of The Villages more than $600,000.
After he was threatened with a garnishment of his assets, Day agreed to pay Properties of The Villages $400,000. Court documents indicated Day would raise the cash by selling off several investment properties he owns in The Villages.
