A short term rental (Tampa, Coral Gables: 2013, month-to-month, neighborhood)

[miamian in nc]

Hello everyone,

I am debating about taking a month-to-month small cottage rental located on North Albany Avenue that is renting for $800 a month. I saw it on Craig's List but I don't know the area at all. So that's my first concern, what the neighborhood is like in terms of safety for myself (age 64) and dog.

I have been to Tampa in the past because I have a cousin living there. I'm currently in central North Carolina but at a juncture in life where a lot of life situations have shown me it's time to make a change, and one I want to do this summer. I'm debating between the Tampa area (only because I have this one cousin there and I'm alone), or returning to the suburbs of Cleveland, Ohio, where I lived previously.

I'm originally from Coral Gables, FL, but that city is out of the question for I couldn't afford it since when I lived there I was growing up, and my parents are long gone.

Frankly, I didn't like Tampa but think maybe it would work having someone there - I have no family. When I lived in Cleveland, it was the suburbs. I didn't like the cold but the time I was there was when I first lost my parents. I did enjoy the area otherwise.

Maybe Tampa is better now though since my last visit in 2013. I do know of course that there are lots of wonderful beaches not far away.

So does anyone know the neighborhood where I'm thinking of pursuing the month to month rental?

[FL_Expert]

Honestly Tampa isn’t all that different now than it was in 2013.