Alex in Virginia
Recycles dryer sheets
- Joined
- Dec 23, 2012
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Hello, everybody...
Due to my absolute distaste for snow shoveling, slippy-slide driving, ice storm power outages and so on (not to mention the stress and anxiety of it all) I am planning to become a December-to-March Florida snowbird. I'm looking for and would appreciate pro and con input regarding whether to buy a house down there, or rent a house every year. I see a lot of pluses to renting, but my wife sees only negatives.
Does anyone have experience doing a seasonal rental type of thing every year? Good or bad comments OK. And it doesn't have to be specific to Florida; experience anywhere will help.
One thing. Moving down to Florida full time is a non-starter. Andrew, David, you name the storm -- I've been there and done that, and no way am I anchoring myself in Florida between June 1st and September 30th.
I'm looking in Central Florida north of Lake Okeechobee. Ocala, Lake Wales, Avon Park, Sebring, and so on. Not the usual seasonal rental areas, so that may have some bearing on what's possible.
Thanks!
Due to my absolute distaste for snow shoveling, slippy-slide driving, ice storm power outages and so on (not to mention the stress and anxiety of it all) I am planning to become a December-to-March Florida snowbird. I'm looking for and would appreciate pro and con input regarding whether to buy a house down there, or rent a house every year. I see a lot of pluses to renting, but my wife sees only negatives.
Does anyone have experience doing a seasonal rental type of thing every year? Good or bad comments OK. And it doesn't have to be specific to Florida; experience anywhere will help.
One thing. Moving down to Florida full time is a non-starter. Andrew, David, you name the storm -- I've been there and done that, and no way am I anchoring myself in Florida between June 1st and September 30th.
I'm looking in Central Florida north of Lake Okeechobee. Ocala, Lake Wales, Avon Park, Sebring, and so on. Not the usual seasonal rental areas, so that may have some bearing on what's possible.
Thanks!