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    USA -- low budget repatriation specific locations that aren't horrible

    in Home Country Forum

    Posted · Edited by Issanman

    Before finally deciding to buy a house here, I looked at a possible mobile home purchase in a restricted 55+ park. There are dozens of such parks around Pinellas County. The prices to buy a mobile home go from $500 for a handyman special, on up to as much as you want to spend. You can get a pretty nice used one for about $7500 and up. 

    BUT don't forget that you WILL be paying to rent the space in the park. Around here that runs from $230 up to around $600+ per month for the lot rent and the use of whatever amenities that the park happens to have. That is a constant expense that doesn't go down, but can go up. At many parks, your water/sewer and garbage collection is included in the monthly rent. 

    However, the parks are usually very clean and the restrictions in the park keep things that way. Before you are even allowed to buy in a particular park, the park management will run a credit and background check on you to see if you are qualified to live in their wonderful park. And you will usually pay a fee to the park in order to get qualified to live in that park. Many have organized activities like bingo, shuffleboard, cookouts. Many parks do not allow motorbikes of any kind. And there are some very nice waterfront parks and homes.

     

    My point is that mobile homes are a very affordable retirement option for people that want to live in a certain area, but are unable or unwilling to buy a conventional home. 

     

    Here is a mobile home that I looked at for $14000 in a park with only a $230 lot rent. https://tampa.craigslist.org/pnl/reb/6095009248.html

    Very nice, completely furnished and motorbikes are allowed in this park. The deal killer for me was the fact that this parks lease runs out Aug 2025 and what happens after that?  Very possibly the end of that particular park, because of the prime commercial location of the park. But no one knows for sure. Too bad. It was a great deal on a well-kept home.

    But around here, there is a huge selection of mobile homes available for someone looking to live inexpensively in a nice clean and safe environment with lots of nearby attractions.

    BTW, Pinellas County has a very usable bus system. The bus stop is less than a block from this home.

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    USA -- low budget repatriation specific locations that aren't horrible

    in Home Country Forum

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    32 minutes ago, moe666 said:

    The big problem about states with no personal income tax they usually have a very high sales tax and property tax. 

    The $100K house pictured above in post #930 had a 2016 property tax bill of $1750.

    It is a rental, so there were no deductions for homesteaded property. 

    The sales tax in Pinellas County is 7%.

    Florida has no state income tax.

    BTW, Pinellas County has not suffered a direct hit from a hurricane since 1921.

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    USA -- low budget repatriation specific locations that aren't horrible

    in Home Country Forum

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    I am sitting in St Petersburg, Florida right now. It has been my main base of operations since the early 70s. I think most people consider it to be a nice town. Lots of people moving into the area.

    I just returned here in January after spending 3 years in NE Thailand. The most noticeable thing, having been gone for the last three years, is the increase in traffic. Many nice beaches around here. And the number of places to eat and drink is a definite plus, with a lot of great food and some excellent local breweries. My brother and I go out on our motorbikes every Wednesday evening and find a new place to eat and drink each time. Rarely disappointed in the food and beer. The roads and highways around here are in excellent condition.  I haven't noticed any increase in crime. 

    I decided to buy a house while I am here. The real estate prices are going up fast now in Pinellas County. Maybe in a few years I will be able to sell at a profit. I found a house and will complete the purchase in a few weeks. After that, I will return to Thailand and let the renters pay for my house. Such a deal!

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    sawang daen din

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    Hey Dan. Hope to run into you again sometime. I am in Florida right now.

    Yeah, I think Peter's Pitstop is normally open Sundays only, right?

    Google Street View for Peter's Pitstop.

    Google Street View for American Steve's. Bear to your right as you go down the hill. Open Wednesdays and Saturdays, as mentioned by Nice Boyd.

    Google Steet View for Pips. Open every day.

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    sawang daen din

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    On 2/28/2017 at 0:05 AM, zxc said:

    Nice Boyd, is Pips in Seka or Bueng Kan Long?

     

    Pips is in Seka directly across from the downtown 7-11.

    Good food and nice people.

    There are a couple of places at Bung Khong Long, but they are not so easy to find and not open every day.

    The people you meet at Pips would know about those places and could tell you more.

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