[Indy-Guy]

The Villages, Florida

Wife to be and I had visited The Villages 3 times. This was in the spring of 2005 and I said that if we were going to purchase this was the time and we decided to pass. We had decided we would rent and would not purchase and that was our final decision as we had wavered back and forth many times. So we came to The Villages with no check book and no intention of purchasing.

We checked into our rented villa and chatted with our rental person Marsha Larson who we had rented from on each of our first 2 visits to The Villages.

Marsha said are you going to purchase as many do on their 3rd visit to The Villages. We said no that we would just rent after retirement and live in Indianapolis. Marsha said that many people do the opposite.That they live down here full time and then go back North and rent. You can rent for a couple of months up North in the Summer for less than you can rent down here in the Winter. We looked at each other and smiled then 3 days later we were calling the bank up in Indianapolis to see how we could get the downpayment sent down here. Marsha does not sell for The Villages and had no interest in selling us a place. In fact if we were renting here we would rent a place from her.

We weren't going to live here for several more years. A year later my wife said why don't we move to our place in The Villages and she could work in Florida as well as Indianapolis. I looked at her and said lets go I can retire (what an idea) and all has been great every since.

I truly thought that I would live the rest of my life in Indianapolis I was very happy there. After I saw The Villages I knew that this was a special place and I say to myself everyday that I am very fortunate to be spending the majority of my time here.

When ever I leave I can't wait to get back. It truly is like being on vacation everyday!!!