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Originally Posted by MplsPete
Okay, let’s get some of the preliminaries out of the way. I did a Lifestyle visit, about 3-4 days, a year ago, in Newell. I spent July in an Airbnb in the northern village of Alhambra. I don’t want to move until I start my Social Security, so sometime after February. Although my wife was smitten with the idea of a new home, the LONG drive down to Eastport made her less eager, and I don’t want the big bonds of the new houses (I know, many say bonds don’t matter for various reasons, but I don’t want a new house bond.)
Maybe I should clarify my original question now:
How do you go about buying a (preowned) home in a community 1500 miles away from where you live?
Thanks to all who share their experiences.
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Rented for a year, about middle way between the new construction, then around 466A, and the established part of town. Brownwood was too underwhelming then, so confined our search to areas accessible to Spanish Sprigs and to Lake Sumter Landing. We found the Marion County villages better constructed and landscaped, and while a bit further from LSL than ideal, when a deal presented we took it. Only mistake was in not getting a bigger garage, but that really has not been much of an issue.