Mobile-home residents lack options Florida’s mobile-home owners face tough decisions as they contend with storms, scarce insurance coverage and a healthy real estate market. The 62-year-old Pinellas County retiree has lived in the same 180-acre mobile-home park for 15 years. Recently he received a six-month eviction notice — his park closes in November to make …
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Viera East residents fighting frustration [South Florida]
Viera East residents fighting frustration [South Florida] To Art and Merle Gelles, their Collingtree neighborhood is as close as you can get to paradise on Earth. They live off the second hole of the Viera East Golf Club and play about four times a week. “It’s so beautiful I feel like I’m on vacation continuously,” …
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Fantasyland or real town? [Central Florida]
Fantasyland or real town? It was built to be a suburban utopia, conceived and run by Disney. A decade later, a lot of the magic is still there, but some reality has set in and the people who live there want to be their own town. Over the years, that town has grown from 350 …
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City residents feeling home pinch [North Florida]
City residents feeling home pinch [North Florida] Jeremy Crane is devoted to the American dream of owning a home. Crane, 22, single and living in Gainesville, said he has bounced with family members from apartment to apartment. Now out on his own, he hopes to buy a house before he marries. “All my life, I’ve …
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Is this the big moment? Is this the big moment?
Is this the big moment? Earthquake insurance rates just dropped 22% statewide. For those who don’t have coverage — most of us — it might be time to consider it. Earthquake insurance: Most California homeowners don’t have it, but Bill Saake wouldn’t think of going without it. After the 1994 Northridge quake damaged his Chatsworth …
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Speculators Cash in on Rebuilding Boom
Speculators Cash in on Rebuilding Boom Before Hurricane Katrina, Kyle Curry edited film in a New Orleans production studio. Now, he lugs a toolbox as a hands-on real estate speculator, capitalizing on one of the hottest housing markets in the nation. “This is my new career,” says Curry, 45, standing in the muddy front yard …