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Old 04-10-2013, 05:09 PM
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Default Moving Three Times in TV

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Originally Posted by JourneyOfLife View Post
I have seen several threads with comments about people buying a home in TV and then selling that home and buying another home in TV a few years later.


There were some general comments about why this happens.

If you bought a first home in TV and later move to another home in TV, why did you do it. If you are willing to share... why did you move.


Any insight might help those of us that are trying to figure out what to do about future home purchases in retirement.
You will find people buy two and three homes in TV for many different reasons. In our case---we are in our third home in seven years. Started with a Villa. At the time, we had family reasons (although retired) to spend mainly "vacation time" in TV. Our second home in TV we purchased because we wanted a larger home to accommodate our grandchildren. It was also easy to sell the Villa which we did ourselves---the home was new but a "spec" home with a discount. This time we did not sell our home----The Villages sold it in less than 30 days. Our third and last home we purchased because we decided we wanted a home with a view and purchased just the right lot to design our retirement "dream" home. So, that in a nutshell is why we are in our third TV home. If you haven't figured it out by now, moving is not new or difficult ---its a challenge but also fun to us. We could write a book regarding the over 20 times we have bought, sold and moved over the years. Move again? Never say never......
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