[Fredesch]

The up side of renting is you dont have money tied up in real estate. Florida is an unusual real estate market and whether you think your home is a good investment can change with the weather or rather a hurricane, flood, tornado, sink hole, lightning strike, willd fire, army ants, killer bees or other natural disaster. If you own and get the neighbor from hell there is no easy solution.

Everyone should do what makes sense for them and answers will vary.

[sublet]

Originally Posted by bmw335xi

Problem with renting is no security during housing booms ...

Next boom is right around the corner.

[movingvanmorrison]

Originally Posted by logybogy

I don't know. Moving all the time seems like a huge hassle for a retired person.

If noise was a big concern, I'd buy a very large acreage property, 20 or more, located near a wildlife preserve or state lands for more privacy. You could build a small house with hurricane impact windows. Not only does this give you storm protection but they are great at eliminating noise inside the house.

The 20 acres part is probably not affordable for me; otherwise that's a great idea.
Also building a small house on it. How much would a 500 square foot house cost?
Isn't it hard to get permissions and approvals and all that?

I'm guessing this is too expensive an option for me. Wish it were not.

[movingvanmorrison]

Originally Posted by gypsychic

Also with renting, you are just as likely to get a bad neighbor, maybe even more so since people who rent are more mobile. There just really are no guarantees. I once live in the country where everyone was on two to five acres and had TWO really bad, noisy neighbors. I live near the airport and US 41 now and hear some occasional low level noise, but lucky to have pretty good neighbors so far (10 years.) House next door is fo sale though, so we'll see what that brings.

The difference is, if you rent you can LEAVE! It may cost you to get out of a lease but you can leave!

If you own it could take a year or more to get out!

[movingvanmorrison]

Originally Posted by Corrie22

MVB...my biggest concern would be this..
What if you find the perfect place to rent.....and then years later, they sell it out from under you?
...you'll be older and have to move again and start over

I'd rather have to move than to get stuck owning as I am now. I'm in a slow - SUPER SLOW - market and am stuck here. Could be a year or more before I get out. I don't want to go into the details, just know that this is the case.


This is why I am looking into renting.
However the main problem with renting is you are throwing away money. Period. No way around that fact.

I wonder if I bought a mobile home, if I could find someone with a lot of land who'd let me park it way on the other side of their property from them... or someone with a large lot who would subdivde off one piece on the far end... Just thinking outside the box. I imagine regulations and cost would make this not viable...


I do NOT want to live in a mobile home park, nor drive around in a tiny house...

What I'm looking for is a very quiet rental area. I'd even rent in a 55+ place that has noise regulations and no dogs allowed... if there is such a place in Central FL... that rents without a long lease...

[movingvanmorrison]

Thanks to all for the replies. I've been very busy and frankly forgot I had started this thread. Will try to keep on top of it. I thought I'd get notices of responses in my email but did not.

[FireStation46]

Option

https://www.mhvillage.com/Communitie...ustis&State=FL


Good luck

[hpotterfan77]

Originally Posted by SlewsTheGoat

I agree that it would be a nightmare to have a really noisy neighbor. I saw this story on the news a few weeks ago. This is just hard to believe. Most noisy people don't purposely make noise. They seem oblivious that they are bothering anyone. Not this person though.

https://www.wftv.com/news/local/depu...ighbo/32024715

The scariest part is that that woman is only a year younger than me but looks 10 years older than I do. Drugs are bad! lol

[FireStation46]

No guarantees in life.

Improvise, adapt, overcome!

Oorah

[movingvanmorrison]

Originally Posted by DanielAvery

It would be very difficult (though not impossible) to find month-to-month rentals, mostly because of the transient nature of some who move to Florida. If a property owner doesn't protect himself via leases, deposits, background checks, etc., they can very easily be left holding the bag by unscrupulous renters who trash the property, don't pay their rents, and disappear into the night. They can still do it after signing the lease, obviously, but a strong lease and deposits tends to help separate the wheat from the chaff. If you know someone personally who owns such properties, it might be easier to set up a non-traditional rental plan since there is a degree of trust between the landlord and tenant. Maybe a six-month lease? Snowbirds will impact this plan, also, since they're more likely to leap onto any short-term leases that fit the window of time they're nesting here.

It that's how it is, that's how it is.
But any place I've ever lived the landlord simply charges first and last month's rent so the last month is already theirs, and a rental deposit to cover damage.
So you're saying this does not work in FL? What? People (renters) would just disappear and forfeit their last month rent and deposit?