Originally Posted by pkary
Its going for a quick trip to Florida to find a new place to live.
Check out Ocala, FL. We live in a retirement community called "On Top of the World." It's a gated community with approx 12,000 residents. We have been here since 2003 and really like it. You can find it on the Internet. You can get a visitation for 3 days if you want to stay on property and look around. Depending on what you're looking for, you can purchase a home from $300,000 (new homes) down to $50,000 (previously owned - which the sales people won't tell you about). The $50,000 ones are 3-to-5-unit villas in the area where people lease their homes on 99 year leases. All homes are concrete block, built to strong building standards. We've got 3 pools, 3 golf courses, tennis, pickleball and minigolf, plus a multitude of clubs and classes, our own travel group, lots of exercise classes, etc. There are at least 6 restaurants on or around the property, 2 supermarkets, many shops - all accessible by golf cart. Two hospitals within 15 minutes, plus many other medical facilities. We spent 3 years looking before we settled on this one and have not regretted it at all.