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Old 03-20-2018, 05:35 PM
 
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Thanks for the heads up. Took a look at the towns you named too so thanks for that as well.

We saw a town called Deland that seemed alright too but again, my FL knowledge is super small. Any towns I should avoid near the Orlando area?
Like many towns Deland has good and bad areas. I know a person who works in Daytona and it takes her 11 minutes from Deland to get to work in Daytona using the I4. It is warmer than say New Smyrna Beach, which is about 20 minutes from Daytona and a nice beach town with reasonable home prices. Moving there next month.

Also Daytona has some very good areas as well as bad and Port Ornage can be good as well.
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Old 03-20-2018, 08:49 PM
 
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Like many towns Deland has good and bad areas. I know a person who works in Daytona and it takes her 11 minutes from Deland to get to work in Daytona using the I4. It is warmer than say New Smyrna Beach, which is about 20 minutes from Daytona and a nice beach town with reasonable home prices. Moving there next month.

Also Daytona has some very good areas as well as bad and Port Ornage can be good as well.
Glad to hear it.

Home prices are something we do care about, here in CT good/decent town will require at least a 350k house with an additional 6k in property taxes so saving on that will be huge.
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Old 03-22-2018, 04:54 AM
 
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Glad to hear it.

Home prices are something we do care about, here in CT good/decent town will require at least a 350k house with an additional 6k in property taxes so saving on that will be huge.
Florida is cheaper, but don’t be surprised if you don’t find it cheap. You won’t be paying $100 in property taxes or get a nice 2500 sq ft home for $100K in a good area. One bonus is not paying state income tax which will help.
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Old 03-22-2018, 07:30 AM
 
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Florida is cheaper, but don’t be surprised if you don’t find it cheap. You won’t be paying $100 in property taxes or get a nice 2500 sq ft home for $100K in a good area. One bonus is not paying state income tax which will help.
You need home owner insurance
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Old 03-24-2018, 01:04 PM
 
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The Panhandle.As far as best schools, Pace, Gulf Breeze, Santa Rosa County, very deep South, safe, been here for 30 years along this marvelous coast.
Tons of work, growing big Time!!
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Old 03-24-2018, 03:32 PM
 
Location: Ormond Beach, FL
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If you are looking at Orlando, I would stay on the side of town where you work. I4 always has construction and seems permantly torn up near Maitland.

I don't know anywhere in Florida with good schools, but what is good is relative to where you came from.
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