I am slowly accepting that we won't be taking a trip to Florida in August to look at houses. According to New York laws, when we return from Florida we would have to isolate ourselves into one room of the house for two weeks. People would have to bring us everything we need - we wouldn't be allowed to leave. If anyone in the house came down with COVID during those two weeks, we could face a $10,000 fine for not properly isolating. $10,000 would erase most of our move budget!
As a result, we are thinking about "Plan B". Perhaps we could still set aside that week and visit neighborhoods using Google Earth. We could take virtual house tours using Zillow. And we could talk with builders and real estate agents over the phone instead of in person. Maybe our agent would give us a video tour of something we really wanted to see?
To me, this "Plan B" sounds like a bunch of BS. First, unless we leave the house - our normal routines will absorb our days and nothing will get done. However, if I use my vacation time from work to leave the house (go to a hotel or spend the day in a coffee shop) then I won't have that vacation time for a possible trip to Florida in the fall. Also, think of all the planning that would have to go into a remote house hunt in order for it to be successful. It is just BS!
Many things with Corona are BS. Weddings are getting rescheduled because there can only be 50 people attending the reception. The DMV opened last month, but they aren't doing permit tests, so, I can't get my youngest son a drivers permit! My oldest son needs his driver's license, and I can't get that either.
I said to my wife "If we can't go to Florida, how about we go to Myrtle Beach" and she said "same quarantine laws exist for South Carolina".
How are we supposed to make a decision about where to move to Florida if we can't go there? This is frustrating beyond belief.
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