I came to Ocala from the D. C. area in 2013 and this is still like a sleepy little town compared to that. I love it here, and the people are very friendly.
Good things to consider. You earned my respect as a realtor that can be trusted. Telling the negatives and not all about getting the sale Thanks for the great videos
Greetings from NYC. We used to visit Florida often when my parents were alive. I'll never forget a dominant factor, the people there were wonderful. I miss many of them.
Love Florida. I brought a simple little house over 25 years ago for cheap. Less than 2 miles from the Beach (walking distance. Low property taxes. Big quiet street, lots of trees and wildlife. Like Governor De Santis, didn't like the previous Governors.
Tell me about it. 😢 I'm born and raised in SoCal. It's s***. The weather is nice but boring and we still get some hurricanes, tornadoes, people don't know that because they are mild for sure but they do damage. Flooding recently made thousands of people lose their homes (cars were floating away down the sides of freeways). We pay taxes out the nose on income and everything else and they don't funnel back to communities that need it. Crime is rising consistently everywhere. It's basically impossible to run a small business. Even if you do resale online CA taxes more.... The schools are crap. We have barely any freedom and protection for our kids. One saving grace is homeschool and I'm sure the psychopath Gov Newsome would do away with that if he could. Mindless policies wanting to wreck our grid with forcing electric cars (which do as much or more pollution to the environment....) when our grid can't maintain summer weather without black outs. Also how do ppl think the grid is run? Magic? How are solar panels made? It all takes fuel.... Groceries and gas and gas tax is crazy. Healthcare is a joke. Had to find a small clinic with a reasonable doctor and now that she's homeschooling her kids, I am out of a doctor that knows the difference between @$$ and elbow. But there are still plenty of people that think it's the bees knees out here. Most expensive properties are owned by people that don't live here....let that sink in. They are out of country most the year or from another state/country. Or just super old.
We moved to Lakewood Ranch last summer but due to poor job market we left. I don't miss the heat, humidity, gators, rude retired people or the hurricanes. I do miss the Gulf, fishing, open space, the idea of an affordable future.
@@user-kk3qg5el1m false advertising...they move here and get stuck indoors with the Air Conditioner running all year...besides that there's really nothing else going on because Florida is a huge flat peace of sand sorrounded by water... No hills No waterfalls No valleys No cliffs... House wives love it here because they don't go outside...
We were in LWR for 20 yrs. I totally agree. Very transient, lacks community, competitive, keeping up with the Jones's. Fake and stepford wifey. Glad to be out of there, I think it's getting worse.
#7 is definitely me. I can’t wait to move back to upstate/ western NY. After doing 6 years in Florida I realized Buffalo winters aren’t so bad. I’d much rather look out my back door and see woods and deer instead of a bunch of nosey Gladys Kravitz HOA ladies.
You wouldn't be the only one. In the area between Rochester and Buffalo has got some really nice things to commend it, as well as being fairly affordable, although you might be surprised how much home prices have gone up since you were last here.
I live upper Mn on a lake, love the woods, deer, eagles etc, gets cold but can dress for it. This yr only plowed out once. Very mild winters. Only thing I hate is our gov. Damn liberal, illegals, abortions. LGBTQ now he wants to ban assult weapons. God will not be mocked. I pray that he repents before God acts.
The economic market in Florida have flipped big time!!!…i hope and pray the remote workers take their higher wages back to where they came from because their pricing us locals out!.and the greedy landlords got overzealous and jacked up rent for very run down properties!
There is a HUGE Elephant in the Room that is NOT discussed is your SOURCE of income You used to be able to come to Florida because it was affordable to live on Social Security or a FIXED retirement check. Because the cost of Insurance is increasing faster than cost of living increases with SSI you NEED ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF INCOME BEFORE YOU MOVE HERE Passive income like Rental, Royalties etc is a MUST have in assisting with these increasing costs of living here. Don’t leave your home without it. Even selling your existing home and thinking you come here pay full price for the new home without a Mortgage. You will be shocked of how many people here are moving bc the increases in Insurance, H.O.A.s, and potential Additional Condo Assessment fees will totally wash out your life long Savings over time. There’s no guarantee it will be a one and done assessment. Just like your roof and water heater etc at current home it will need to be replaced here over AGAIN. And these costs here are Not for the faint of heart. So, Due Diligence with a Financial Advisor is a Must BEFORE you move here. Good Luck.
Some of these reasons for leaving fl. Are also happening in other states as well. Very difficult to find the perfect local. Sometimes you have to take the good with the bad!
We used to visit Florida on vacation at least twice a year but it has become too extreme in all the areas you listed. We were even considering moving to the Tampa area about 5 years ago. No way we would move there now
Yes I keep saying Florida is the land of extremes. You have very rich and the very poor. You have NE city slickers and southern rednecks. 100 year olds on the road wanting to do 20mph under the limit, others wanting to go 20+ over. Lots of very snooty people and also lots of trashy people. Some very nice friendly people and the totally bat poop crazy. The contrast of all these very different people living in one place makes for just a very bizarre place to live. It gets daunting putting up with all the wackiness on a daily basis.
Hit the nails on the heads! After a 50 year residency, I left just this past Aug 2023 for all the reasons she noted. Life in S Florida simply became undesirable and unsustainable.
I agree. Grew up in Florida and (Thank God) moved out. I now live in Massachusetts. I'm willing to pay state taxes if it means I'm around more intelligent Americans. And the sights here are extraordinary! So much history, it's amazing living in Boston. Beats Jacksonvile clear out of the water any day of the week, in terms of culture, historical significance, and natural beauty.
I moved to Minnesota 40 years ago and I love it and I'll never leave. I love the woods, the waterfalls, the lakes, the Autumn colors and even the cold white winters. Nothing better than curling up to a fireplace on a cold winter night! A week vacation in Florida in January however is very much welcome!
Hey if you can get people to leave Fla, great, It's turning into California except with more humidity. Housing prices are crazy almost anywhere people want to live right now. But I'm staying and if people leave, that would be fine with me.
Well I’m planning on moving there and get a beautiful condo a quick ride to the water not on top of it. Living in NY with the long winters and crime got real old.
Lived in Central Florida for 26 years 2200sq ft home with pool in 1997 for 205k House worth 600k even after 2008 crash Annual taxes are 2800 per year and hoa fee is 800 per year in a gated community with 50 homes I don't think to steep Have replaced roof ac unit and water heater and had house replumbed
I moved to Florida 3 times,first time was 1985 and I realized Florida caters mostly to retirees so when I retire in 2 years I’m moving back in. I’ve been to every part of Florida and love the small towns there,my wife is Honduran and prefers troplical climates and we love bird watching,jet skiing so Florida will work for us!
Some of the changes are happening everywhere not just Florida. Our house tripled in value, or if your buying cost 3 times more. Polarizing politics are everywhere. Because of interest rate hikes it cost more than ever to buy a house. Because of inflation, wages could never keep up. Almost every state in the US has extreme weather cold short days in North tornadoes in mid west, even California has earthquakes and extreme drought in South West. So if you're not happy in Florida good luck finding something better anywhere else. If one place was perfect, everyone would move there and ruin it.
How good it is to know that there are still honest Realtors. Everything you have said is 100% correct. When we see people like this we know we can trust you. Thank you for taking your time to let us know the truth, I have subscribed to your channel.
@@sandraalegria3439I agree! One person stated it perfectly, there are a lot of people moving to Florida from states where they are use to paying a lot for homes that don’t real they are overpaying in Florida, because the wages are low and the prices are unsustainable.
Fled Southern California 12 years ago for South West Florida on the Gulf with no regrets. That was a time in Florida when you could buy waterfront homes (not condos) with a boat dock for under $350K. Now your waterfront house is worth nearly $1M due to the shortage of waterfront because over a million moved here from Blue States.
Well that’s what happened to California for decades, and the influx of all those people turned our red state blue, and housing has become unaffordable!! I’m glad people are leaving California, we need a few million more to leave!
Don't believe everything this woman is telling you I've been in Florida since 1995 very happy here my house is just about paid off my kids are grown and they are doing very well look lady no place is perfect Atlanta New York I don't care where the hell you go no place is perfect I don't pay much for homeowners my policy has not went up at all I only paid $53 a month for car insurance on a 2016 vehicle you're telling a lot of these people BS yes some people do move because they don't realize how hot it gets here in the summer I can understand that yes houses are more expensive now when I move down here my house was 89,000 now it's worth well over 250 k I'm doing pretty good here my wife's happy my kids are happy don't believe everything people tell you this is from a Floridian
Thanks for the video. Florida is a lot better than living in the Chicago area. Crime.,weather and no bond for criminals. That’s crazy. Florida politics is much better.
I live in NJ i have moved many to Florida and back and the main reason is none of those, its they get into there 80-90s they no longer can drive and i or family cant keep flying there every time they fall. Those 7 reasons are not even close to this one.
It's crazy in Colorado too. Things just keep going higher and higher of course our houses are worth more because there's so many people are coming in but buying new homes is really not easy. I guess it doesn't really matter where you live or where you want to move to the whole country's going to hell anyway.
The problem in FL isn’t the traffic, it’s the failure of the government to keep up with infrastructure due to population growth. It’s been like that forever. In NJ there is always road work when new apartments go up or new development is coming in. FL not having state taxes it shows. Plus many places in FL have no street lights which freaks me out being from NJ where we always have street lights. State taxes matter
I moved to FL six years ago and I’m ready to leave FL is overrated and you have to work 3 jobs to make ends meet smh! I’m leaving the biggest mistake I’ve made was moving here
at 68 been in Houston, been retired 11 yrs. due to cancer, moving elsewhere is really hard, finding good medical care and affordable housing is very hard once you're retired - TX is becoming a mess like CA , don't move here now
Thanks for validating my suspicions. My father keeps trying to get me to move down there. But I've BEEN to Florida a few times on vacations, & I wasn't really all that impressed. As a senior, I've actually outgrown being a sun worshipper. Photo aging is the LAST thing I need more of! Sure, winters are a pain in the Northeast, but they beat the hell out of hurricanes!!! Politically, I would probably prefer a red state. But old habits die hard. And I feel I have memories & a history here, whereas there, it just feels like everyone is from somewhere else, & they're all seeking glamor, & a perpetual paradise that doesn't really exist. The traffic sounds awful, too! There's a lot to be said for roads less traveled. It's maybe a nice place to visit once in a while, but it wouldn't feel like home to me.
Any state, city, or country that has an influx of too many people in a short time suffers!! It’s not easy to sustain, it drives everything up, housing especially. Then there’s added traffic with wear and tear on the roads, and construction for new housing, ruining neighborhoods, schools, etc. unfortunately these days, it’s happening in many states. CA has been experiencing this problem for years now, people leave which is good, but they don’t tell you about the ones still moving here, from other states, still, and from other countries. Probably best to stay where you’re at these days.
I love the Florida Keys. Great diving, seafood, and bars. I just never wanted to live there, especially since the Keys have quit fogging the mosquitoes. But the diving is awesome.
I love Florida & I love driving for Publix!!!….i love when visitors come and go back home with great stories and great experiences from visiting but they need to take their big money and leave now!!!😁😁😁
Older retirees, on a fixed income, can't afford the huge increases in HOA fees, taxes on increased assessed real estate values, and yes INSURANCE COST, and just the very real inconvenience of storm damage even when covered by insurance.... leaving because it's become too conservative?? I think you're dreaming inbbthat regard.
Having a MAGA governor definitely hurts as issues that really matter are never resolved but ‘Woke” divisive and polarizing frivolous matters are given a high priority.
The yearly hurricanes would be Enough for me not to move to so. Fla. Its every year! Pretty Much. Its getting worse. And cost on top of it ? Think before You leap! Dont jump from the frying pan in to the fire.....yeah Makes sense. Consider everything.
You are so right. Great summary of the factual realities of Florida. When I moved here over 35 years ago, it was my dream come true, but over time, my dream turned into a nightmare. I do regret leaving the northeast, where I grew up, but after I set roots, realized too late what I had gotten myself into, but there was no turning back. I currently advise everyone not to move to Florida, and whoever is already here I encourage them to leave the state as soon as possible and go elsewhere. The state of Florida is good for the rich who live here part-time and use it as a second home. However, as a working-class person, life in Florida is a struggle and daily grind. There are far better alternatives elsewhere in the US. Unless you have a specific reason or purpose to live in Florida don't come, in the long run, other states offer better options and should be seriously considered.
@@LivingInSarasota-Yes that is exactly what happened to me and I overlooked or did not considered everything else and all the other variables. It is also very tough if you arrive as a single unmarried person and forget it if you are a single parent with underage children.
I moved to Florida, many years ago from the midwest.Thought it would be great .No more winters.Problem was,I was used to working in a factory,and making good money.There are no jobs like that in Florida.Most jobs in Florida,are service jobs,which pay a lot less,than factory jobsAlso,my rent was almost double,when I got to Florida.The days were extremely hot.I left,after 2 months,and moved to north central Indiana.Elkhart county,to be exact.I found hundreds of good paying factory jobs there.Been here ever since.
Imagine people wanting to put their kids in danger so they say "no more FL, I'm moving! Stop trying to protect my kids from predators!!!!!" 🙈💀Crazy times.
Ma'am, you're just making an excuse People want to sigh to leave Florida because they wanna start a new life. Or the ones are coming here. They wanna start a new life. It doesn't matter that what people are in real life if they want to leave Florida, that's their own life Besides, Florida is a wonderful place to live.🤬😡
@@jaredtheboss mainly the jobs have been outsourced, and employers can get away with low wages given the government lobbying, the jobs that do pay affordably require lengthy years of prior experience and qualifications that most don’t have or can’t afford to earn
The reason jobs pay so low,is because ,they are all service jobs,that require,.little to no skill.There are no factories in Florida,like there are in the midwest.@@jaredtheboss
Tampa! The best place if you suddenly need a transplanted organ. Our wreck fatalities are astronomical due to awful drivers, overcrowding and roadway infrastructure unable to keep up. You ARE more likely to be in a bad car accident! Facts!!
I'm curious in what data you have that is telling you people are leaving, I can tell you that in Fort Lauderdale property value and rents skyrocketed over the last 3 years due to the influx of new people. The state is having a in bound migration of over 300k per year of new residents. I'm sure some are leaving but not at any rate visible
Thanks for asking. Yes, FL still has increased in population by about 2% year over year. People leave all states for various reasons and I am just addressing a few going on here in FL. There are a number of FB groups that talk about it and also it is so costly to move to a state only to discover you may not like it.
Thanks for the info.we considered Florida but as you mentioned some of the changes in cost. Had us looking further North..SC.. Also on your political comment on people leaving a basically conservative state. I think it's good.. Maybe they would consider moving to California.. Good weather and it doesn't get any more corrupt... They can live in the most progressive state in the Union... And they don't need 2 troubled themselves with voting. It's already a no vote state and they can celebrate all the existing and upcoming policies that will turn the state into a second or third world country..
Get an education. California is one of the few states that could survive on its own outside the Union. The vast majority of conservative states would fall into ruin if they weren't held up financially by the taxes taken from liberal states. Liberal states are literally paying for the roads, schools, and infrastructures of states like Kentucky, Mississippi, Alabama, parts of Florida, Arkansas, etc. YOU'RE WELCOME!
WOW, just WOW. A vlog that you thought was about real estate turns out to be A CAMPAIGN AD FOR DEMOCRATS and an anti DeSantis speech. Know where else people are leaving because of politics and the economy, insurance cost, home ownership costs? California, Washington, Oregon, New York. Come on Lisa Democrat. Stick to what you know best, not politics.
Your comments are not true about the jobs. Miami is becoming Wall Street South. Many financial and high-tech coming are coming down Herr because this is a business-friendly state. Unlike NY or Cal, which are anti business
An unusually honest and thorough dissection of the “Florida lifestyle.” I’m eternally grateful that my parents didn’t retire there. I’d rather live in North Dakota than in Florida, although these days I probably couldn’t afford it anyway.
I can't believe what all that you're saying. If you don't like it here, get out, go back up North for your freeze to death. Pay $1000 a month heat bills. Yeah, you get storms app there, you get tornadoes, hailstorms, rainstorms, big taxes, land taxes. Is much higher in Ohio than it is here. You get a few months of hot weather here, but go up to Ohio, you'll get from the end of September till may, you'll have cold weather and big big heat Bells. I don't care where you go now it's crazy whether everywhere
What I can’t stand are nasty gossipy bully snowbirds. That never crossed my mind moving here. I love the weather and DeSantis but lack of insurance and snowbirds have me looking elsewhere.
The things I love most about Florida is the cold winters and snow, I also love paying extra state income tax and don’t forget all the 304’s and obese opinionated women,and lefty politics.
