We rented last year for Jan. Feb. & March. While here we went to many open houses. Drove around a lot in a golf cart. Found a four year old Courtyard Villa in an area we really liked and bought it after being here about 3 weeks. Set the closing for 3/1/07 but closed 2 weeks early and started moving in so we could meet neighbors and be part of the neighborhood. The Realtor that we rented from found another renter so we got most of our rent back, lost about $500 but it was worth it because we got to go to two neighborhood get togethers and meet a lot of neighbors before we had to go back north. I do not regret renting because we did get a great lay of the land and now feel really good about our location and our winter home.
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