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Originally Posted by teach232

My husband retired 6 years before I did. He would take a yearly vacation around Orlando to golf with buddies of his. On one visit the boys, on a down day, checked out The Villages. He came home armed with the video and information. I can still hear that song echoing in my head. I did not want to hear anything about Florida. No way, no how was I going to live in Florida! In early December of 2008, after I had retired, hubby wanted to go to Florida for a week. I am not a golfer and was not looking forward to sitting around in a motel/hotel waiting for his return. So, I said that seeing he was so all fired up about The Villages, let's go there. We were lucky enough to find a designer home to rent in Largo which came with a golf cart. The price was an unbelievable $500 for the week! I was totally blown over. Not only with the house and cart but with the whole place! We decided again to go away in February and I was the one who suggested going back to TV. Again we were lucky to find a lovely designer home this time in Piedmont to rent for TWO weeks. My sister and brother-in-law joined us. They, like us, love to look at houses so we did a lot of that. I told my sister to keep her mouth shut, cause I knew it would take very little for my husband to want to buy. She just couldn't contain herself. She was blown away too. AT home during March and April I found myself web surfing the available houses. Little did I know my husband was doing that too. The prices were looking good and I felt our money was better invested in real estate rather than the stock market. We decided to buy. We combined our efforts and made a list of the houses we liked. We were sure that we wanted a pre-owned home, that was turn-key and in the northern section of TV. In May, we came for a 6 day Lifestyle visit. We arrived on a Friday and by Sunday, we signed a contract for a brand new house, unfurnished and in the southern part (Hemingway) of TV. Go figure! Our neighborhood is the best! We have such wonderful neighbors and couldn't be happier with our choice. We will remain snowbirds for the time being because I will not live in Florida year round....I will not live in Florida year round.....I will not live in ....I will.....

Teach,
See ya next summer.