During our first visit to the Villages we struck up a conversation with a Villager on the trolley tour bus. He was telling us all about his wonderful life in TV (he had relatives visiting, hence the trolley tour), and we were drooling with envy and said we definitely planned to buy a home in the Villages "someday."
His reply was, "Don't wait too long," which (for some reason) we found incredibly funny. After we went back to Utah "Don't wait too long" became our slogan as in, "Oh boy, do my knees ever hurt today. I think I waited too long!"
Seriously, I don't want to sound like some urgent sales agent, but you can wait a few years for the market to bottom out so you can get the best deal on a house, or you can buy what you can afford today and start enjoying the Villages lifestyle before your knees are shot. It's really not all about the house -- It's about the lifestyle. I'm glad that my knees are still good enough for pickleball and shuffleboard and dancing in the square.
Just my 2 cents.
Judy
(They ought to pay me for this!
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