Also to RAZZ who originally asked the question.
First to Hickory Born.
You are correct that though most of us would consider this a 2 story house, it is one with a [mostly] finished basement. Very, very common for the lake fronting properties. As I mentioned earlier, I installed home theaters there and most were in the "basement". You would walk into a beautiful house and then descend stairs to larger space that would could be anything, but usually a very large main room where there could be pool tables, juke boxes etc. (remember..these people are well off). They would have huge sliding glass doors/floor-to-ceiling windows so you got a good view of the lake. (all that daylight streaming in would wash out my TV, but you do what you gotta do)
Usually, there was still enough room left over to have an extra bedroom, and/or office etc. The 'unfinished' part was just what was necessary to reach furnaces, shut-off valves etc.
As to the golf course, I knew that back in 2010 (my last time there) it was private only, but since that time, Met Life had bought the properties.
A Google search brought me this: http://www.worldgolf.com/courses/usa/georgia/eatonton/reynolds-plantation-great-waters-course.html
Here is the relevant part (though I know it won't hold the table format, you should be able to read it:So RAZZ, while I like your thinking (about staying at the Ritz and gaining access to Great Waters by playing golf etc.) you can see just how expensive that would be. Plus you would have to play the part of cultured individuals.
Very professional.
However...if you are THAT professional, it would be far easier to dress as fishermen and float right up to their backdoor.
I hear you. But don't you sometimes need to spend a little money to get back a lot of money.
And I have witnessed many well heeled, cultured men act like total buffoons out on the golf course. (Especially on club courses.)
But the Lake angle: let's say the person or persons took the head and Mrs. D, via boat. How are he/they going to explain their cargo once they get back to the rental place? Or, if they did dispose of the body or head in the water along the way, shouldn't it be fairly clear where they need to be looking. And if the.body and or the head was thrown into the woods along the way...wouldn't that body be stinking by now?
And the sexual predator angle? That scares me most of all as none of us are safe.