We bought our first home a patio villa 7 years prior to retirement. Originally we bought for our parents, sadly for health reasons they never used the home.
We Found a good home watch, and rented on our own unfinished for four years.
Long term unfurnished rentals are hard to come by and you have many people to choose from. You can also use a well established agency to do the same thing. If there was a problem, it not like we were going to drive 18 hours to fixit, that’s why you use a good home watch.
When one of us retired we found our current home, and sold our villa in 3 days.
Going to rental web sites for TV you will find many who do the same with little to no effort.
As far as renting before you buy, you should at least visit not just TV, but other retirement communities.
TVs winter weather can get chilly compared to southern parts of Florida. But you are coming from Alaska and this will be a heatwave even on the coldest days.
However no one on this site can give you advice better than your financial advisor, and personal experience as to where you want to live.
TV is a large community, still growing, with many things to offer, for some that is the biggest drawback. Too Large.
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