Buy or Rent
Hello to everyone. My wife and I are planning our retirement which will start next year, possibly the year after. We have a 41ft fiver and we are going to the Ft.Myers area the first of April to look ...
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Greg C. wrote:
Looking forward to hearing what you have to say.
We did the "snowbird" thing.....for about 2 years before we sold off the north property and just stayed here. Except a little angst over selling the family farm, we've had not a minutes regret.
South Florida, particularly near the coast was not desirable for us for many reasons: Too many people, higher cost of living and more prone to bad weather.
Inland north of Orlando, however, is a different matter. We ended up in Ocala. Since then I have decided that I like Deland too. The Villages isn't too bad but again, too tightly packed and too much traffic.
Good luck. Rent for a year or so and find a place you like.
