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Originally Posted by 2rts2tv
We are Pat and Tom from Michigan and will be full time villagers by the end of this year...we can't wait! Tom is retiring and I will continue to work in health care for several years when we arrive. All our planning is in full swing and we are VERY overwhelmed with it all! We have researched TV for over a year, got the book, did the Lifestyle preview plan and read so much of the priceless advice given on this forum...thank you to everyone that contributes!
It seems the advice given over and over is to take our time to be sure to purchase a home that is best suited to our needs/wants. This approach does seem to be the best and least stressful for our situation, but we're conflicted about wasting money renting and having to put our stuff in storage and then move again once we purchase our home. Does anyone have any additional insight to help make this decision clearer for us? How did you all do it?
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Good luck with all your decisions. They are not easy ones, and we did find the thoughts from the TOTV people very helpful, especially the contradictory ones because they made us think! We waited until we sold our house in VA before committing to one here. We had visited many times and did not feel the need to rent. We had been tracking a long list of homes for sale, so when the time came, we sent a list of about a dozen to our agent and we hit the road running when we came down to buy. We knew some of the activities that we wanted to participate in and we knew where those activities met. Based on that, we drew a circle on the map that would put us closest to all of them, or at least central to most, and that became our target area. We were not concerned about being in a new neighborhood because we have found in the past that our friends tend to be those who we do things with, not just the people we live near. We also thought a preowned home would suit us well because some of the work we might want to do would already be done. As it turned out, we bought a style that was different than what we originally thought we would get because this particular house just had a really good "fit" for us. We thought we wanted a designer and ended up with a cottage "At Ease". So, I guess that's a long-winded way of saying that when you do look, be open to a lot of different things out there. The right one is there, but it may not be what you think initially! Again, good luck and welcome to TV soon!