Dick Betts REALTOR® The Villages, Florida

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Oh, yes just ride around The Villages, Florida.  All driveways here are concrete and people aren’t happy with just concrete, we not only have painted driveways but driveways with murals, compasses even house numbers painted on the concrete not to mention painted borders, two tone driveways and th...
01/22/2024
Saturday morning, we had an appointment at the southern tip of The Villages actually in Coleman a small town on the south border.  Done with the appointment and it is 12:30, need lunch, question now is where?  Fenney Grill from Farm to Table was the choice, I believe the southernmost dining optio...
01/21/2024
This week a family member needed a ride to an eye appointment and I offered to drive.  We walked in and the receptionist said the doctor was expected to arrive in about 30 minutes and the appointment would take about 30 minutes so I had some time on my hands.  The appointment was at the Spanish P...
01/20/2024
First I blew it on Gasparilla in Tampa the Children’s Parade is Saturday the 20th with the main parade Saturday the 27th.  If you planned on going you might want to change your plans.Next the reminder, our Super Bowl Party on February 11th and yes, I double checked the dates.  Here’s the info I s...
01/19/2024
Let’s see we started with what you want as far as Lifestyle which helps decide location so step three the home.  Will it be block stucco or vinyl or doesn’t it matter? Three bedrooms or two?  Do you want a golf cart garage?  Are you into outside living or do you plan on sitting inside all the tim...
01/18/2024
That is a question I get regularly and my answer is “the area you decide is the nicest”.  Don’t bother going on one of The Facebook groups in The Villages and ask because you will get all the different villages about 80 of them.  The next question I am asked what about you where do you live and n...
01/17/2024
When you have a community of 155,000 people living in the same area from all over the country it is not surprising we probably have NFL fans for all 32 teams!  With the playoffs starting some of those fans are on a mission to find just the right sports bar to watch the games.  There is one place ...
01/16/2024
Did you know many Villagers purchase three homes while living in The Villages, Florida?  That is amazing when you consider the average age of a Villager buying a home is somewhere in the 60’s. The reasons vary but let me share what I see the most.  You buy your first house maybe something around ...
01/15/2024
Yes, we have a winter in The Villages, Florida and we are about to have it.  Normally we have 4 or 5 days a year where the temperatures hit 32 degrees or below freezing.  According to The Weather Channel we have one scheduled for Saturday the 20th with a low of 32 degrees the next 15 days.  We do...
01/14/2024
The other day I watched an inspirational video about baseball mitts and I can’t stop thinking about it.  I decided to plug my life in to explain.  As a teenager, I bought a baseball glove, of course it needed broke in, it was clean, no wear but the leather was stiff.  That mitt has seen me playin...
01/13/2024