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CobraDan is right. Property prices in Southwest Fla. have quadrupled in the last 3 yrs. Not just waterfront. Every tomoto/orange grove within 6 miles of Apollo Beach (below Brandon) has bulldozers on it (only way to build in some communities is buy the house & lot and tear the house down). BTW, watch out "waterfront" is now described as something on a mile long 6' canel to the actual waterfront.
I have a lot near Venice Beach that I was offered $2,000 for last June and $18,000 2 weeks ago (6 miles from waterfront). The other "thing" is flood insurance (higher than property tax) unless your property is 12' or higher than mean average tide (or something to that effect). But, of course, you can drive that Cobra (w/o a heater or wearing long johns) almost all year rather than 1/2 yr. And, drive it like you want 1/2 yr. 'cause everybody goes back to Quebec from May until Thanksgiving.
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