Michael, I have read many of your posts and watched your visit with Newcomers. I admire your enthusiasm and positive attitude. It's astonishing to me how often a positive post generates negative comments. My analysis is people are envious of your happiness and wish to shoot it down. Carry on with your plan. This is the time of your life to enjoy what you've worked for, so if you can swing it, do it.
Make it what you want, where you want it.
And, if you make some decisions along the way, that down the road you think, "hmm...wish I hadn't done that one..."...that's just life.

Enjoy the trip!

Thanks everyone for such positive and encouraging posts - you folks are a big part of why I am so happy here in TV - Besides the great, active lifestyle, it’s the people that make TV such a wonderful place to retire. I received some really good feedback a few months ago here from TOTV users, when I was considering leaving the forum over a few trolls and nay-sayers. I was advised to ignore this tiny, but vocal minority, and enjoy the helpful comments of the vast majority here. I joined TOTV one year ago next week (the one-year anniversary of my first lifestyle visit), and it has been an instrumental resource in helping me choose TV as my home, and has been a valuable aid in the buying of my home, relocating and moving from Colorado, getting set up with everything you need when you first buy a home, learning about all the amenities TV has to offer, and now working with contractors to customize my home.

Going forward, I am committed to helping others who are new to TV to become acclimated to our wonderful community as we continue to grow and prosper here.

The Villages keeps getting better each day!