Fort Myers (Lee: insurance, lease, jobs)

[sdk]

We are going to be moving to FM the end of june or july.. Any one that knows about employment...My husband has licensen in Ma. For stationary firemen class one worked chillers and boilers and turbans..Would like to work for the lee county..he has 25 years of experance if anyone has a direction please..I can't wait to get there... I love the area talked to many people in NH that go to that area..
thanks look for me in july.....

[madmary]

Hello,
Have you tried looking at the government/state website job listings? I looked at each county and seemed to recall seeing something about firefighters. Not sure if it was Lee County or not.
Good luck!

[Tarastomsgirl]

Hey there i agree try the government job listings.. The only prob your going to run into is the very low pay here and extremely high housing market. Pay for a professional is low they usually don't want to pay over $12 an hour for most jobs. Example my mom is a massage therapist working in a chiro office. They only want to pay her 9 an hour if she takes benefits, without benefits they'll pay her 11.. Well she ended up doing that part time and built up her own clientel. So just search around and see what you can find.

[sdk]

Thanks for the info .. Right down from where we are going to live..there is a power plant and that is where he is exp in.. we are building in River Hall off of rt 80 ,,I am disabled and have MS so he is the bread winner...but I did hear I may be able to get better insurance ..Ihave medi a and b.. we are now on his retirement insurance...but he still had to work..I can't wait to get there.. I love the warm weather and yes I know what it is like in the summer..
see ya
sdk

[harry chickpea]

Rather than building right away, you might consider the Orange Harbor mobile home park that sits just down the road from the power plant. It is primarily snowbirds and retirees from the midwest, and has a lot of activities and community doings, even during the summer when the snowbirds are gone. I mention this because if you are disabled, you would be going into a place where you would have a ready-made community support system. My dad lived there for a number of years before his death.

According to a friend from there, you can get one of the existing homes from current owners or offspring, in great condition, from only about $40K and a $500/mo lot fee, maybe a little more for a waterfront lot on the river. That frees up any other money you might have for investments.

If Ft. Myers goes like the east coast of Florida and the Keys have, a long term lease could be worth big bucks when developers eventually clamor for the property. One of the waterfront parks north of Ft Lauderdale is being sold and the residents are walking away as millionaires.