Florida Real Estate

Our plan is to move to Florida someday. I would go tomorrow if I could, but there are many factors that place our move years into the future.

In 2013 we toured several communities to get an understanding of the area. It is very difficult to look at houses on the Internet without the perspective of knowing the towns, cities, and areas. Driving through the neighborhoods was very educational. For example, in Alta Monte Springs the poor neighborhoods are mixed in with the better neighborhoods so you really have to look at the surrounding area.

When we toured in 2013 we used an Internet real estate site and a map. It wasn't very effective. Many of the houses we wanted to see sat behind gated communities. We did attend one open house near the house we were renting and had the best experience.

For this year, I contacted the real estate agent we have been working with. Because our purchase is so far away I don't want to waste her time. Instead, I just asked her for a list of open houses. Our hope is that we can just tour open houses this year to help us understand out options.

The odd thing we keep coming back to? We really like the neighborhood we are renting in (Indian Creek). Perhaps the answer will be the west gate area of Kissimmee?