Friday, March 21, 2014

March 21, 2014 Fort Lauderdale, Florida

We arrived in Fort Lauderdale again 3/11 and it seems like a month ago but yet just 10 days ago...

I guess too much fun in the sun can affect ones well being HA HA

Can we say maybe Island life :) of course not quiet like Key West but it is
pretty nice.... we have spent much time at the beach laying around getting all
toasty and brown, ok maybe a little too much. I got a bit too much last week
have started the ugly peeling process UGH..

But the weather is very hard to beat.

We are at a Mobile Home/RV park which does only monthly rates which beats
all daily rate locations including our favorite TY park. Its about $27 a day now
but May is low season and it drops to about $14 bucks a day.

So we are thinking we may spend the summer here to see if we like it when it is a bit
warmer and to be sure that the breezes off the ocean will keep us cool enough.

I will hope to keep you updated with news as we explore.

Housing market here is all over the place. Can't replace our Irving place here less that
over $500K, crazy prices and they wonder why they were hit so hard by the housing
crash. We have looked at homes that might be $187 per SQ FT still at $300K that were
once $500K in 2006. That is NUTS!!!

Many are either in foreclosure still or have been bought by investors that are in the
process of flipping them to try to score some hefty profits. It seems though there is
no shortage of buyers either.

Maybe I need to move my real estate license to Florida...... although they do have
some quirky laws/rules like penalties for removing a tree on your property, some
properties can use well water to water lawns only and of course various taxes.

We paid 11% tax on top of our rent here 6% sales, 5% tourist tax... after 6 months
they charge neither??? whats that about??

Hope everyone is doing well!



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