Moving to Charlotte in 2 wks.. help. (Norman: for sale, 2014, to rent)

[Barchetta]

Hi y'all. Been lurking here for weeks reading and reading and reading..

I have a few questions that I have not found answers to:

My situation: Moving from Denver and starting over again.. its a life change for me going from Corp america to running several small business's and being closer to my brother and 2 nieces.

I am renting a furnished home on Lake Norman for a few months while my girlfriend looks for a job.. we want to buy/rent near where she finds a job. She is a Parallegal.

Questions:

Storage:
I bought a 26ft moving truck and will need to store it (park it) near lake norman.. Any ideas? I am on the southern part of LM... west side of the lake.

I have a Porsche I am restoring.. would like to begin working on it right away when I get there.. any ideas how I would find shop space to rent (I have tried craigslist and found little to nothing).

Housing:

I was looking in the Mclintock neighborhood.. and we LOVED it.. but very few houses for sale now in my range (Under $175k). I MUST HAVE LARGE TREEs.

Ideally I really need a piece of property that has a big workshop or enough land and zoning to put up a "pole barn" for a workshop.. How far out of the city am I looking at to do this? I could spend more if it had a shop.. up to about $200k.

My plan is to wait for my GF to find a job (while pushing her in the right directions) before buying a house.. so she is within 20 minutes drive IN TRAFFIC.. I am asking her to look in the fringes FIRST otherwise it will be impossible to buy the property I want and I will end up having to rent or buy commercial property.

Oh, my business's do not require me to live anywhere in particular.. I have 3 ideas one of which I already started.. I have a trucking company that hauls cars (all my work is done in my PJ's at the kitchen table).. the others are a wrought iron fence and railing building business, Porsche restoration, and stainless steel counter top (residential) custom fabrication...

Crazy huh? and I am a 6 figure IT professional now.. done with it!

[groove1]

In case you don't know, vehicles and boats are taxed annually in NC and it can get expensive.

[brokensky]

Originally Posted by Barchetta

Oh, my business's do not require me to live anywhere in particular.. I have 3 ideas one of which I already started.. I have a trucking company that hauls cars (all my work is done in my PJ's at the kitchen table).. the others are a wrought iron fence and railing building business, Porsche restoration, and stainless steel counter top (residential) custom fabrication...

Crazy huh? and I am a 6 figure IT professional now.. done with it!

Please let us know when you get the Porsche restoration business up and going. Have a 914 sitting in a barn in a neighboring county! The only problem - $$$ to pour into it.!!! I need to find someone who will do it in increments so I can space out the $$$.

As for your requirements w/ land . . . just have no clue close in to CLT. You could go N to Iredell or Alexander Co . . . but that won't solve your dilemma w/ g/f's commute.

Maybe someone else will have better advice about finding a location that might work for you . . .

[Barchetta]

Originally Posted by anifani821

Please let us know when you get the Porsche restoration business up and going. Have a 914 sitting in a barn in a neighboring county! The only problem - $$$ to pour into it.!!! I need to find someone who will do it in increments so I can space out the $$$.

As for your requirements w/ land . . . just have no clue close in to CLT. You could go N to Iredell or Alexander Co . . . but that won't solve your dilemma w/ g/f's commute.

Maybe someone else will have better advice about finding a location that might work for you . . .

I've seen some properties.. I just need to wait until she finds something..

Sorry, I only do am interested in 911 Porsches.. and I dont plan on doing other peoples cars.. just my own and then I will resell.. I have a 69' that is 80% if anybody is looking.. they are appreciating 15% per year! Its an investment!

Not looking forward to the humidity there

[Barchetta]

Originally Posted by groove1

In case you don't know, vehicles and boats are taxed annually in NC and it can get expensive.

Not a problem since I never register my cars.. but thanks for the info.