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    Quote Originally Posted by Irving View Post
    On another note, I'm bummed that there apparently any more work down here. I was hoping I could make enough to buy a property and VRBO it. Even though these properties probably have a bit of a touristy premium as far as price, they are CHEAP compared to Denver prices. I think the most I've seen something insured was only $400,00 something. Some of my favorite properties are on an acre lot that is heavily treed, detached garage with a dock right onto a fresh water lake and the dwelling is insured for only like $140k. Whole thing probably goes for $300k, but you could easily pay the mortgage only renting it out half the year.
    You could buy more around here, rent it weekly, monthly or 6 mth increments and pay it off early. Plus there's at least one local person to "oversee" the property while you're out of state.
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    Quote Originally Posted by iego View Post
    Hey Irving, I have property in Gulf Breeze, just outside Pensacola. If you are still down there, I would appreciate it if you could ride by and give me an idea of what to do with it. The seawall has failed, because the next door neighbor has no seawall and the land has eroded to the point where my seawall has failed.

    I think I have an action against the neighbor, but, hey he's a neighbor, right? My seawall wasn't perfect, by any means, but it was $40k when I built it 13 years ago, and now $60k to replace.

    Not Hurricane Michael related, it had failed before then.

    PM me for more info,

    Thanks.

    -John
    I'll send you a PM so I can get the address and time my exit so I can drive by during the day. Water stuff is out of my experience, but if you'd like me to take a bunch of photos I can do so. Do you have a tenant that we'll need to contact so they'll know I'm coming?

    Quote Originally Posted by foxtrot View Post
    If I ever got to the point where I was willing to leave this job and work exclusively from home, I'd LOVE having at least two houses in different states. Preferably one in the south like that. Get a good AirBnB setup and contract with a reputable company to clean it - then hang out for a few months of the year there, *winter*
    The comedian Hannibal Buress does that. He's got a bunch of apartments that he rents, then sub-leases them all, I think with an AirBnB or VRBO deal. So when one is occupied, he just goes and lives in another one. Since he's on the road a lot, that works out well for someone like him.

    Quote Originally Posted by Great-Kazoo View Post
    You could buy more around here, rent it weekly, monthly or 6 mth increments and pay it off early. Plus there's at least one local person to "oversee" the property while you're out of state.
    Is it a place where people will visit?
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    More spam came in just now, I took some screen shots.



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    It's currently uninhabited. You can use my name if any neighbor stops you.

    Mainly I am interested in your general impressions...

    Sue the neighbor;
    Fix the house;
    Sell as soon as possible;

    etc.

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    I do know that some states, and maybe even counties, you have a case against your neighbors' negligence with their land (like if they regrade their property, then all the sudden your place floods), but some places the state, county, city whatever doesn't care.
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    I tried to call each of the numbers that sent Dem texts. None of them work, even one that I called immediately after the text. 5C9D6B39-8A31-4BFD-A872-89829AA28424.png

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    Quote Originally Posted by Irving View Post

    Is it a place where people will visit?

    You're kidding, right?
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    No sir. I know people go down to Arizona, but people don't go to everywhere for vacation.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Irving View Post
    No sir. I know people go down to Arizona, but people don't go to everywhere for vacation.
    Well let me put it this way. I just picked up my 18-19 snow bird tag, no limit and season runs year round .
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    When is Rick and Morty?
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