Dick Betts REALTOR® The Villages, Florida

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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...

Choosing the right neighborhood is one of the most important decisions a person makes in their adult life, because a house in not only a significant financial investment, it's a health investment.  Lifestyle Property is a phrase that you've perhaps heard lately. But what does it actually mean?A l...

I have shared about some of the 3,100+ clubs in The Villages, Florida well here is another one, The Villages Croquet Club!  The Villages Croquet Club is a member of the United States Croquet Association and has a certified instructor.  The dues are $20 a year per member and members must wear whit...

I was sitting in my house and I heard the cracking sound of a tree falling, oh no thankfully not mine but a neighbor’s tree.  A large limb did fall on my yard but no big deal as no damage.  My neighbor is one to get prices so she jumped online and Googled “Tree Cutters Nearby”, looked at the revi...