It's called "due diligence", in plain talk you check it out thoroughly before you take the leap. The wife and I made 3 trips to the villages before purchasing our home here. It helped that we had friends that had been living in TV for years that we mercilessly questioned about how, what, when and where concerning home ownership in TV. We met with a loan officer before we even decided to buy and gained valuable information on taxes and the other expenses of living here.
The description of water views and golf course views you take with a grain, or maybe a pound, of salt and see it personally to determine if the description is factual. If it isn't then nobody is putting a gun to your head forcing you to buy the house.
It never entered my mind that TV would have a police force, I knew that it wasn't a city and therefore unable to have police officers. TV could hire private security but they have no police powers so what good would they be?
As far as the distance to Orlando, where in Orlando was the end point? Usually the online map/driving aps measure to city center unless you specify a specific street address. Maybe it was measured to the closest city limit location. Again, due diligence on your part to check exactly how far it is to the location you want to go to. I just checked google maps and from my house in McClure to Orlando city center is 47 miles.
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