This is as tough to predict as the Dow and they are almost synergistically connected. I think, like the market, it will bump along the bottom up and down for awhile until all the bad seeds (banks/houses) all clear the system. I think the president's stimulus package is going to be very favorable for this area. It's a gamble though to know for sure when you have to decide now about how the market could be in a year from now. If it is any consolation, I think housing prices will be one of the last things to go up (sales were up recently due to foreclosure sales). There's just too much inventory here.
But deciding to sell your business and house is a huge step. Maybe if you brought your equipment with you? (I mean you're going to lose selling used and pay a premium to buy it back when you get here...) Perhaps also you could have an alternative plan, so that in a year, if S Florida isn't on its way back up, you could look forward to a moving to some other sunny locale? It could also be that by the time you get here, everyone else will be gone and you'll have the whole place to yourself and LOTS of business as things roar back.
