Home Buyer Resources

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Home Buyer Resources

What to Expect As a Buyer

Watch these videos to learn more about your home buying journey!

How to Begin Your Home Search

Robyn offers essential tips for buying a home in The Villages, FL, discussing key factors like neighborhood options, taxes, accessibility, and setting a realistic budget. She provides practical advice to help buyers make informed decisions based on their lifestyle needs.

Cheapest Place to Live in The Villages, FL

Robyn breaks down the property tax rates in The Villages, Florida, explaining how taxes impact home affordability and highlighting the areas with the lowest and highest rates to help buyers make informed decisions.

Key Differences Between MLS and VLS

Robyn outlines the key differences between MLS and VLS in The Villages, FL, explaining how home buyers and sellers can navigate both systems for new and pre-owned homes, while highlighting the unique challenges and benefits of each.

Buyer Broker Agreement Explained

Robyn outlines essential steps for buyers from contract to closing, including important deadlines, wiring instructions, inspection processes, and final preparations before becoming a homeowner. Expect helpful tips and resources to ensure a smooth transition into your new community.

Contract To Close Next Steps for Buyers

Robyn explains the new buyer broker agreement requirements effective after August 5, 2024, and reassures buyers that the process won’t add extra costs, with most seller compensations still covering broker fees. She also provides tips on what to expect and how she simplifies the paperwork for her clients.

Different Types of Real Estate Contracts

Robyn breaks down the key differences between As-Is and standard real estate contracts, covering how they impact the inspection period, buyer flexibility, and seller responsibilities. Expect helpful tips on how each contract type can affect negotiations and protect your interests.

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Estimating Property Taxes for Homes in The Villages, Florida

If you’re looking to buy a home in or near the Villages, Florida, you need to understand how property taxes will affect your ability to afford a home.

The Villages® community is unique as homes fall into several different tax rates, even though they're in the same area. This is because The Villages spans several counties in Central Florida. Each county sets its own tax rates. Your annual property tax bill will depend on the county where the home is located and the home's current market value.

How long the seller has been in the home matters, too. In Florida, property taxes and exemptions reset to current market value when a house is sold. This means your property taxes will likely increase after you buy the home.

Property Tax Tools

Each county has a tool to help you estimate what you may expect to pay in property taxes. Click below to navigate to each county's tax estimator tool:

Watch a quick video with an easy explanation for calculating property taxes for your home purchase in The Villages, FL.

Now that you know the property taxes for the home you’re looking to buy, you’ll want to understand the other taxes and fees associated with owning a home in The Villages, like bonds, CCDs, and amenity fees.

I cover these topics in detail on this website, my YouTube Channel, and my eBook: Thriving in the Villages, FL.

Home Buying Journal

This journal is more than a collection of notes—it’s a keepsake of your journey to finding your perfect home in The Villages, FL. Use it to organize your thoughts, record valuable insights, and celebrate milestones as you transition.

Begin your adventure today, and let this journal be your companion as you discover The Villages, FL's unparalleled lifestyle and community.

  • 100 pages

  • Home buying score sheet

  • Renovation Checklists

  • Home buying information

  • Lots of space for notes

  • 7.5 x 9.5

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"Thriving in The Villages, FL" by Robyn Cavallaro - Your Insider's Look at America's Friendliest Active Adult Community

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Thriving in The Villages, FL, is a practical guide by Robyn Cavallaro, a licensed Florida Realtor and resident of The Villages, offering essential insights for anyone considering making this rapidly growing community their home. Presented in an easy-to-digest format, the handbook features colorful illustrations and photographs, addressing common questions about life in America’s friendliest active adult community. From understanding the community’s town squares and over 300 sports and recreation clubs to navigating bonds, amenity fees, and real estate contracts, this guide provides an insider’s perspective on living, playing, and working in The Villages. With topics ranging from how to choose a realtor and the differences between the MLS and VLS to the buying and selling process, Thriving in The Villages, FL is filled with firsthand accounts, humor, and practical advice, making it the ultimate resource for prospective residents.

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