You all have piqued my interest here in condos. We'll be in SP in 2 weeks and while its mostly for a vacation, we do have a desire to seek a tropical area to retire to in the next 8 -10 years. We've always thought we would buy property on the beach and build a small home, but the condo thing sounds intriguing. Does anyone own their condos a few years prior to living there more or less year round, but visit, oh say for a few weeks at a time and rent it the other weeks? My thought was, is it feasible and legal to own a beach condo, rent it during high season, and then still spend a few weeks/year there too?