You have to "Feel" Florida to want to live here!

I've been living in Florida since 1999. If I look back now ...I can't believe it's been almost 10 yrs since I picked up and left everything behind.

When my wife and I got engaged to be married back in 1989....we would always talk about how we love going to Florida during the winter and having fun. I'll never forget when my wife said..."If we haven't settled on living in NY over the next few years and we weren't were we want to be with our jobs then let's just pick up and move to Florida." When most people hear the word "Florida" they think of Hurricanes...tornado's......bugs...lizards...alligators...rain storms and sunny...hot humid weather.

Well if you look around the world...there are many other places around the world that have most of the things listed above but if you look around here then you'll also notice that we have some great attractions and other fabulous things you can enjoy while you set down some roots here.

There aren't that many places around the world where you can go and bury your feet on nice white sandy beaches... have your choice to play on many championship golf courses...have a picnic at your local park...go on a boat ride...exersise outside or just relax outside at home all year round...but in Florida you can.

Florida is not for everyone but it sure beats shoveling snow and ice and freezing your little butt off 6 months out of the year.

It seemed like every time we would travel there we would sit at the pool and have this euphoric feeling that we could make it here and have a lot of fun. We always joked about how we could work in the hotel we would stay at but that never happened. when we went to the beach we would also talk about how I could become a life guard or a jet ski instructor...but that never happened either...it was all fantasy..I wanted to stick to what I knew and did the same with insurance..to this day...we are both in the same profession that we started in.

We figured if there wasn't anything that important to keep us there then why not just move. So one week in 1997...I decided to get on a plane and go down to Florida and play some golf. I didn't take my wife with me on this trip because my daughter just turned 1 yrs old and they were with me a month earlier there visiting my in laws. This trip was solely for me to just get away and play golf. Nothing else...I just left my Real Estate business behind and went to the links for some enjoyable rounds of golf and nothing but golf.

Little did my wife know but I was also driving to every new development looking to see if it was possible for us to actually purchase a home. Well when I spoke to her on the phone one evening...she asked me how my golf game was and I told her that it was pretty bad but I also told her I bought us a home. She almost freeked out on me. She asked me what we would do about jobs and how were we going to live? I said Simple..."we'll just sponge off your parents for a few months until we get settled." That actually made her laugh and she said to go for it.

We ended up having to wait about 6 months for the house to be built so we had ample time to prepare. We still had to sell the house in NY and we still had a lot of debris to get rid of because it was a very old home we ended up with from her late aunt. Everything worked out pretty well and we officially closed on July 2, 1999.

If I look back now at where we are I would have to say that it was the best move we ever made so if you want to have that Florida feeling why don't you come down and visit first and see what you might be missing.

You can't enjoy what you can't feel...feel it and enjoy.

There is so much to offer and you'll find that your enjoyment will never end.

For more information please contact Neal The Real Deal Bloom-CRS-Realtor® /Remax Premier Assoc.

2500 Weston Road ,Suite 103

Weston FL 33331

(954)608-5556

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