Hot Springs Village Inside Out
Hot Springs Village, Arkansas Is The Star Of The Podcast
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April 28, 2025 • 7 mins
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13 Loyola Drive is located in the Diamante area of Hot Springs Village, Arkansas. Listed for $849,000, this luxury home boasts an open and spacious custom floor plan with numerous extras throughout. The main level of the home features three oversized bedrooms in a split floor plan. The master bedroom features a spacious bat...
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April 25, 2025 • 27 mins
Hot Springs Village is the largest gated community in south central Arkansas, spanning 26,000 acres in the foothills of the Ouachita Mountains. "The Village" features 11 lakes and 9 golf courses, 30 miles of walking trails, tennis courts, pickleball courts, and more clubs/organizations than I can count.
Want community? We've got that in abundance. From boating, fishing, and hiking to all kinds of social activities, you can invo...
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April 22, 2025 • 12 mins
Yes, you know the opening line of Glen Campbell's Rhinestone Cowboy. Well, it's not the streets of Broadway, and I've not been walking them so long. This is Hot Springs Village, Arkansas, and I've been walking some streets here since I first visited in September 2018. Join me.
With over 30 miles of hiking trails, Hot Springs Village offers many more unofficial trails, thanks to many streets barely occupied by homes. When y...
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April 18, 2025 • 27 mins
Nobody gets a vote in what you decide to do in retirement, unless you give it to them. I'm not saying to ignore your family or friends who have your best interests in mind. But for all of us, at or nearing retirement age, we have to figure it out for ourselves. That means we have to figure out what matters to us, and how much it matters. What may work ideally for me and Rhonda may not be what works best for you. Hence, the phras...
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April 15, 2025 • 12 mins
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Rick Marshall is the #1 waterfront specialist in Hot Springs Village real estate. He joins us today to deliver our monthly real estate update for Hot Springs Village for March 2025. Contact him for a FREE, no-obligation relocation packet at WelcomeToHotSprings.com.
Here's Rick's March update for the Lake Coronado area, too.
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April 11, 2025 • 43 mins
Join us as we stroll through parts of the Cedar Creek Trail inside Hot Springs Village and discuss what we've learned since buying a house here. There are many surprises, including community, cost of living, safety, climate, and taxes.
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April 8, 2025 • 25 mins
Ike Eisenhauer joins me today to answer a few questions you've asked. Full disclosure: Ike Eisenhauer State Farm sponsors our show. Thanks to him, we can share insights about Hot Springs Village, Arkansas. Call Ike for your insurance needs. He's got an award-winning team ready to help serve you. If you're interested in a short stay at his incredible rental suites, click here: Maison226.com
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April 4, 2025 • 16 mins
Hot Springs Village was given days' advance notice that we'd be getting 6-10 plus inches of rain beginning mid-afternoon on Wednesday, April 2, 2025. As forecasted, around 4 pm, it hit: thunder, heavy rain, and some lightning. By nightfall, a supercell system was extending from Texas to Pennsylvania. I was watching Ryan Hall Ya'll live stream weather updates.
I'm preempting the episode I had scheduled for today because this wea...
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April 1, 2025 • 15 mins
Happy April Fool's Day! But rather than play a trick on you, I thought I'd show off how wonderful Spring is here inside Hot Springs Village.
Thanks to Grok.com, an artificial intelligence search engine, we receive the following answer to the question, "What is a typical spring like in Hot Springs Village, Arkansas?"
Spring in Hot Springs Village, Arkansas, is generally a pleasant and mild season, characterized by warming tempe...
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March 28, 2025 • 16 mins
Google says the United States has over 19,600 "retirement" communities. Some of these are restricted to people 55 and older. Some are populated mostly by older folks. Hot Springs Village falls into that category. We're a "retirement community" based on the demographics, not based on any restrictions - that's one great reason to consider Hot Springs Village as your retirement destination.
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March 25, 2025 • 16 mins
Hot Springs Village is a year-round golf community. The Diamante Country Club is the only private golf club inside the Village. Today, Rick Maxey, golf All American and member, and David Howard, Golf Pro at Diamante, join us.
This marks Diamante's 30th anniversary. Known as "The Gem of the Ouachitas," Diamante Country Club is a premier private club featuring a world-class golf course (currently ranked number 5 in Arkansas by Go...
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March 21, 2025 • 23 mins
Retirement planning always involves questions of cost. How much will it cost to live there? What are those costs? Today, let's break down some of these to make it easier to figure out if the cost of living inside Hot Springs Village is attractive enough for you to consider making your future home here.
Let's begin with the monthly POA (Property Owners Association) assessments. These expenses are current as of 2025.
$50.42 a mo...
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March 18, 2025 • 14 mins
During a recent visit to Diamante Country Club, I met with Johnny Hibbs, a board member and chairman of the courts committee, and Geoff Hodsdon, a tennis pro and the man in charge of the courts. Diamante features four (4) Rubico clay lighted tennis courts and four (4) championship-level pickleball courts.
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March 14, 2025 • 20 mins
It's time for our monthly update with Rick Marshall, a waterfront specialist with McGraw Realtors inside Hot Springs Village (formerly Trademark HSV Real Estate). First, Rick shares sound advice on preparing your house inside Hot Springs Village for a faster sale. If you're considering selling your house inside the Village, contact Rick at (501) 601-7425.
January and February have been slower months than expected, but the good ...
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March 11, 2025 • 15 mins
Today, Terri Socha, Membership Director, and Paul Murrison, Diamonte Country Club General Manager, will introduce us to the country club inside Hot Springs Village—Diamante Country Club. This marks Diamante's 30th anniversary.
On Tuesday, February 25th, I spent the day with the fine folks at Diamante Country Club, assisted by Carol Ansley Bodge. Just a week earlier, Hot Springs Village had experienced freezing rain and sleet, b...
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March 7, 2025 • 22 mins
Rick Marshall, waterfront specialist with Trademark HSV Real Estate, now McGraw Realtors (effective March 1, 2025), joins us to discuss the top three dangers inside Hot Springs Village. Many of you are researching Hot Springs Village to decide whether or not it's your ideal retirement destination. Rick's list may help you figure it out.
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March 4, 2025 • 19 mins
Retirement requires careful planning. Most residents of Hot Springs Village are mature (ahem, older) people of retirement age. Planning involves more than finances and where we'll live. It also includes how we'll live and what we'll do with our time.
Smaller communities like Hot Springs Village can provide wonderful opportunities to pursue activities we may not have pursued before...now that we have time. Who you surround yours...
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February 28, 2025 • 36 mins
I received a message from a couple in New England interested in considering Hot Springs Village as their retirement destination. They hope this winter will be their last in New England. But the weather wasn't their question. Instead, they wanted to know about house sizes in the Village and how they could prepare to downsize—not just their house but their stuff.
You don't have to downsize in retirement, but most of us want to. Y...
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February 26, 2025 • 9 mins
Effective March 1, 2025, Trademark HSV Real Estate merges with McGraw Realtors. This means improved resources for Laurie and Ken Henderson, the brokers/owners. With a focus on luxury homes inside Hot Springs Village and a special focus on Diamante—the country club inside the Village—Laurie and Ken (and their entire team) will be able to take full advantage of the operational efficiencies of one of the top real estate companies i...
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February 25, 2025 • 24 mins
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a magical technology that has advanced dramatically in recent years. I used a few online platforms to determine how AI would answer the question, "Why should people retire to Hot Springs Village?" Here are the top seven answers most of the AI engines returned.
1. Awesome Natural Environment
Hot Springs Village is in the Ouachita Mountain foothills, offering stunning mountain views, lush forests, ...
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