Travis L. Stevens
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:lmao: I think not
Possibly Moving; Need Advice
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dugg
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Travis, if you had this opportunity 3 years ago, it would have been a much different situation. Housing prices have doubled or tripled here in the last 3 years. Being from Oklahoma, i know the shell shock that comes with being told that the average small house is in the 200 to 300k range. In Stillwater Oklahoma, if you had a 300k budget for a home, you could just drive through town and take your pick. Here if you have that same budget, you really have to do some looking. Small town here and there are so far different it's unreal. I'm not sure what Sea World pays, but you can bet it won't put you out looking to buy a 300k home. I bought my house here in April 2004 for 85k and when i arrived in May, my realtor pulled in the driveway to give me my key and told me he could sell the house for 165k before i could unload the truck. I just had an appraisal about 6 months ago for some investments, and was appraised for 225k. The house next door to me just sold a few weeks ago. It is a 724sq ft. 2 bed 1 bath on about 1/4 acre, built in 1957. It sold for 195k and the sign was in the yard for 8 days. I have a 29ft RV on a lot behind my house i paid $800 for from a snowbird in a hurry to fly north that i rent out for $475 a month, and it hasn't sat empty for one day yet. I have a waiting list of people that want to rent it when it's available again. It really is just insane.
I live 35 miles from Sea World, and it is atleast an hour drive with no traffic. For a work commute, i would think it's about 1.5 to 2 hours. I think almost every day about selling and moving back there, just because of the profits from this house, i could pay cash for a house there that i used to drive by and dream about. The problem is i refuse to move back to a place that is like a deepfreeze in winter and an oven in the summer, and has no beaches.
If you really want to end up here working at Sea World, you are going to need to save a huge bankroll to get here and on your feet. I had to haul 4 old cars here, but the move alone cost me a little over 6k. Without the cars it would have been about 4k just to get here, and i moved myself in a U-Haul. Florida is an awesome place to live, but the average person is almost priced out on housing alone, and the wages here are CRAP. You can expect to make about the same money as you do there, only the cost of living is double atleast. It is worth the cost, and that is why the cost is there. If you can't find something to do here for entertainment, you ain't looking very hard
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Don't get discouraged, do like you always do everything else, and find a solution. The worst day here in Florida is better then the best day ever in Oklahoma IMO. It is worth the work it will take to get here and working at Sea World, which i know has been your dream, but don't make the mistake of trying to get here and thinking you can get by cheap somehow. If you want to come down for a few days and look around, you are welcome to stay with me a few days and we can do some driving around, but i warn you, you will fall in love with this place and go crazy trying to get moved lol. Working at Sea World will drop a notch on the priority list lol. The town i live in is like a Norman Rockwell poster.
I would say if you want to end up here working at Sea World, get here first by working over at Kennedy Space Center or something along those lines, and then work towards the Sea World dream. There is a lot of opportunity here for someone in your field of work. Lots of high tech computer and graphics jobs to get your foot in the door.
I live 35 miles from Sea World, and it is atleast an hour drive with no traffic. For a work commute, i would think it's about 1.5 to 2 hours. I think almost every day about selling and moving back there, just because of the profits from this house, i could pay cash for a house there that i used to drive by and dream about. The problem is i refuse to move back to a place that is like a deepfreeze in winter and an oven in the summer, and has no beaches.
If you really want to end up here working at Sea World, you are going to need to save a huge bankroll to get here and on your feet. I had to haul 4 old cars here, but the move alone cost me a little over 6k. Without the cars it would have been about 4k just to get here, and i moved myself in a U-Haul. Florida is an awesome place to live, but the average person is almost priced out on housing alone, and the wages here are CRAP. You can expect to make about the same money as you do there, only the cost of living is double atleast. It is worth the cost, and that is why the cost is there. If you can't find something to do here for entertainment, you ain't looking very hard
. Don't get discouraged, do like you always do everything else, and find a solution. The worst day here in Florida is better then the best day ever in Oklahoma IMO. It is worth the work it will take to get here and working at Sea World, which i know has been your dream, but don't make the mistake of trying to get here and thinking you can get by cheap somehow. If you want to come down for a few days and look around, you are welcome to stay with me a few days and we can do some driving around, but i warn you, you will fall in love with this place and go crazy trying to get moved lol. Working at Sea World will drop a notch on the priority list lol. The town i live in is like a Norman Rockwell poster.
I would say if you want to end up here working at Sea World, get here first by working over at Kennedy Space Center or something along those lines, and then work towards the Sea World dream. There is a lot of opportunity here for someone in your field of work. Lots of high tech computer and graphics jobs to get your foot in the door.
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