hipped primitive's car gets towed

[JohnnyReb]

Location, Location. 
When Hubby retires we had thought of heading South to the Keys to a camp ground UNTIL all the Pythons and Gators made the news.   

A trailer spot in the cheapest campground was $850+ a month 20 years ago.

[FlaGator]

Location, Location.  Jobs and a super great Hospital within 6 miles, Beach for residents of the town, and access to a very old town with all the big sail ships from other country's coming to port in the summer and the artists and performers year round.

Cost of rented land VS. owning land and taxes. 

Age is or was a factor as we were not youngsters when we bought.

Considering had we bought a home on 3/4 acre of land brand new with all the amenities we  have, it would have cost us at the time we bought ours well over $270,000 or more. By now we would be under water by $100,000 with 15 more years to go on mortgage.

Yankees that we are we wanted a home that we could manage on just one income were one of us no longer able to work.

Today a simple one bedroom Apt. in the area goes for $12-14 hundred a month and NO PETS, phooey. Never know who is cooking up Meth next door.

Our home was perfect for us 20 years ago, today I am thinking of selling and getting rid of
 this big house, down living, we have no longer a need for 3 empty bedrooms. 

As you can see, I am torn between home ownership on owned or rented land, Apartment living and just selling out and living in a Fifth Wheel in a year round camp ground.

When Hubby retires we had thought of heading South to the Keys to a camp ground UNTIL all the Pythons and Gators made the news.   

Difficult for me to make plans of any kind as God has a sense of humor and just laughs when we mortals make plans.

I don't believe that there are any gators and pythons in the keys. What you have to worry about is the salt water crocodiles and the sharks.

[longview]

I'll probably regret this, but I'll bite.  Why in God's name would you ever do THAT?!?

Not a risk I'm up to taking, but people also do that (non-Indians-homes and businesses) on Indian reservations and putting up vacation homes/cabins, where allowed, on some public lands out here. 

Oh, and in a town near me... there is a neighborhood of remodeled craftsman style houses on land that the city owns.  Land has some historical designation and is owned by the city.  Buildings meet some historical criteria and are privately owned.  Yeah, nothing to go wrong there!

[cclanofirish]

HOA's are all about control. A liberals wet-dream come true.

I have to consider coach's observation....Makes me wonder what the DUmpmonkey is up too.

Unfortunately even for us normal people bad stuff has happened. I do the same thing any time I am in the city, as I had my car towed illegally. I eventually won in small claims court, but I take a picture of my car and where it is parked any time I go into the city.

[JohnnyReb]

May the DUmmies be cursed with a million tow trucks following them.

May the DUmmies car always be parked in a no parking zone.

May the DUmmies car be lost forever in the impound lot.

May the DUmmies car always find the nonfunctioning parking meter.

May the DUmmies car be humped by a MACK truck.

[DumbAss Tanker]

Yeah, nothing to go wrong there!

Renters don't think they're paying the property taxes, but fail to realize the taxes and any outstanding mortgage are rolled into their rent payment.  These kind of deals are the sort of things I classify as "There is one way for it to go right, and a hundred ways for it to become a disaster."