As if I hadn't had enough to deal with, my wife and I have been in the midst of looking for a place to move for most of the year. Charley wiped out, in some cases literally, many of our considerations in this area. It also has completely wiped out being able to get my business going here in SW FL. for 9 weeks I've had no return calls on bids, applications with contracting agencies, or small investments in community news papers. The problem it seems is that people's houses and businesses are taking priority #1 in getting repairs and their lives restored and since insurance companies are rarely paying in full what it takes to repair or replace the damages, people are stuck shelling out thousands of dollars on top of the minimum 2% of their houses assesed value as a deductable (roughly $1800 is the low end average, usually in the 4-6k or more range for those who had been my clients previously).
After much debate, my wife and I have decided to make a move to central FL near NetDoc, da FOOL, Si and other SBers where it appears people just cleared debris and kept right on going like nothing much happened. We're moving it all lock, stock, and barrell family, home, and businesses.
Here is a little look at the house we've found to get ourselves established while in the area:
http://www.tropicalpc.net/photo_page.htm
Here's an odd factoid: To get a house in the area we live in now it would take a LONG time of working on credit building (to get it as high as close to 800 as possible) and a LOT of saving just to qualify for a down payment assistance program, THEN, if we were lucky we could find a house in our price range. Up in Deland we got qualified for a mortgage, found a house, and are going to be able to move into it in under 2 months. Whats wrong with this picture?!
After much debate, my wife and I have decided to make a move to central FL near NetDoc, da FOOL, Si and other SBers where it appears people just cleared debris and kept right on going like nothing much happened. We're moving it all lock, stock, and barrell family, home, and businesses.
Here is a little look at the house we've found to get ourselves established while in the area:
http://www.tropicalpc.net/photo_page.htm
Here's an odd factoid: To get a house in the area we live in now it would take a LONG time of working on credit building (to get it as high as close to 800 as possible) and a LOT of saving just to qualify for a down payment assistance program, THEN, if we were lucky we could find a house in our price range. Up in Deland we got qualified for a mortgage, found a house, and are going to be able to move into it in under 2 months. Whats wrong with this picture?!