Tell me about Tampa Bay? What do you know?

[BigRedChief]

Man, you can get 2 bedroom condos with ocean/Bay views in Hyde park for $140-$150K. Ranch homes near beach Park for $190K. Looks like the houses selling for $488K one year ago are going for $225K now. Combine that with my huge jump in pay and all the overtime I want.....thats pretty appealing.

[OnTheWarpath15]

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

Man, you can get 2 bedroom condos with ocean/Bay views in Hyde park for $140-$150K. Ranch homes near beach Park for $190K. Looks like the houses selling for $488K one year ago are going for $225K now. Combine that with my huge jump in pay and all the overtime I want.....thats pretty appealing.

Not to mention - no state income tax in Florida - or is it Personal Property Tax?

Or both?

[Al Bundy]

Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58

Not to mention - no state income tax in Florida - or is it Personal Property Tax?

Or both?

No state income tax. But the tolls are everywhere.

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58

Not to mention - no state income tax in Florida - or is it Personal Property Tax?

Or both?

Holy crap, no state income tax adds another 6% of pay to the total. Add in the 1% I have to pay because I work in KC(whatever happened to taxation without representation?}. Thats a 7% increase in pay before I even get a way too generous bump in pay.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

Man, you can get 2 bedroom condos with ocean/Bay views in Hyde park for $140-$150K. Ranch homes near beach Park for $190K. Looks like the houses selling for $488K one year ago are going for $225K now. Combine that with my huge jump in pay and all the overtime I want.....thats pretty appealing.

Jeepers, can I move there too?

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Jeepers, can I move there too?

It was the same type of real estate market when I looked in Phoenix. Houses are half what they were a year ago.

2 bedroom, 2 bath next to the water. Built in 1998. $209K
http://www.americanhomeguides.com/fo.../31982906.html

[Ralphy Boy]

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

Man, you can get 2 bedroom condos with ocean/Bay views in Hyde park for $140-$150K. Ranch homes near beach Park for $190K. Looks like the houses selling for $488K one year ago are going for $225K now. Combine that with my huge jump in pay and all the overtime I want.....thats pretty appealing.

The job market sucks and there are foreclosures everywhere. Don't know where your office would be but you should look at New Tampa. Nice newer area, but pretty far from the beach. If you like golf, its a good area to be in and the schools in that area are pretty good.

Some friends of ours moved here from there because the economy there was so bad.

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by Ralphy Boy

The job market sucks and there are foreclosures everywhere. Don't know where your office would be but you should look at New Tampa. Nice newer area, but pretty far from the beach. If you like golf, its a good area to be in and the schools in that area are pretty good.

Some friends of ours moved here from there because the economy there was so bad.

I'd be working near Port Tampa Bay

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by Ralphy Boy

The job market sucks and there are foreclosures everywhere. Don't know where your office would be but you should look at New Tampa. Nice newer area, but pretty far from the beach. If you like golf, its a good area to be in and the schools in that area are pretty good.

Some friends of ours moved here from there because the economy there was so bad.

Yeah the locals down there don't have the skill sets that I have so they had to do a nationwide search.

New Tampa would be about 30 mintue commute. I do a 25 mintue commute now.