Were talking canals here

aero3113

But for 300,000 you can get everything you want. That’s close to half the price of an average house here with no extras and no property. Don’t get me started on taxes 🙄.

Handymans342

aero3113 said:

But for 300,000 you can get everything you want. That’s close to half the price of an average house here with no extras and no property. Don’t get me started on taxes 🙄.

Well, look at all the services you get with the taxes

randy56

There is a 12 percent hotel tax that also applies to rent houses.

Handymans342

rinker270nb said:

We are looking at canal houses in Marco, Naples, Sarasota, and up the coast as we are moving from Chicago to FLA permanently.  With kids age 10 and 13, it's impossible to be near the water without getting another bill for private schools, nevermind the insane cost of the property.  Any recommendations from the FLA locals would be great.  BTW, 1,000+ people a day are moving to Florida, which makes inventory very tight.

https://www.winknews.com/2021/01/11/people-are-moving-to-southwest-florida-even-to-go-to-school-and-work-remotely/

J3ff

I'm making more in the keys than I was at home, but the problem is the keys are MORE expensive than home, so it pretty much ends up zeroing out any increase in income. And the dockage prices are insane. 650 a month for a 270... wtf. 

J3ff

shawnmjr said:

J3ff said:

I'm making more in the keys than I was at home, but the problem is the keys are MORE expensive than home, so it pretty much ends up zeroing out any increase in income. And the dockage prices are insane. 650 a month for a 270... wtf. 

So what does that come out to be if you just count the days it was at the dock and not the shop lol 

It def comes out to be very very low utility and very very high cost! That's why it has to be gone..back to a small boat. Maybe if it was a 340 it could be a place to live, but just can't see living on the 270 unless I absolutely had to.. and as everyone told me, the I/O just isn't going to work year round in the salt. 

randy56

Went fishing today, caught about 20, my wife is having a good time. We were fishing up a canal, at Ponce. The last pic is of one of the house's on that canal this one has a observatory. 



Yes, he had a nice boat on a lift also, the name on the vessel was Not On Call. if that tells you anything.

Handymans342

@randy56 you should not have posted that house pic with a Trump flag. You will be arrested now with no due process

J3ff

Have seen a different kind of Trump flag down here since getting back to the keys.. pretty hilarious actually, but wont go there. 

rasbury

So with taxes so high, what are the wages for a few different lines of work? Is there a similar tax scale as here or more of a flat tax rate?

Handymans342

So I can start up north doing AC work at 45 an hour. Down here its 25

Willhound

Wow. A good HVAC guy here is about $110 an hour if private. An apprentice makes $25 an hour. Of course, Canuck bucks and then half goes to taxes. So about the same 

Willhound

Wow. A unionized construction labourer here makes more than that. Non union still North of $20. But again, heavy taxes.

Handymans342

Of course if you have your own business you can charge $110 an hour. Mobile RV techs charge 150 an hour. But if you are an employee it varies all over the map

randy56

I'd say in the midwest avg. hourly guy in HVAC is 20 to 25. service calls start at $69. Then they get out of the truck, Boom $100, Hook up gages, or diagnose problem $200.

Handymans342

You have to pay for knowledge

J3ff

Guess it depends on what the job pays?

At one of the properties I manage we just had to have the whole AC system replaced... this is the invoice... how does it compare ? 


Pretty sure the techs were well paid. 

Handymans342

Not bad

randy56

Not to far off, 16 seer, is good, you do pay a little extra for the brand. 

Handymans342

I paid 19G to replace 2 AC units, new electric panel, and replaced all the water lines in my house

Willhound

Taking into account exchange that price would be very fair here.

LaRea

Willhound said:

Hate to tell you guys, but unless you're in the 45' and up category, inboards are dead. 

Sorry to beat a dead horse here, but I love this Cruisers ad for their 42 outboard.  What they are trying to say is:  "See?!?  It's totally fine that our boat's most important social area is occupied by three huge, ugly mechanical contraptions.  These people don't mind it at all, and neither should you!"

"Plus, we make up for it by having a bump-out on the side.  Because we don't need to raft up with other boats, and neither should you."

YYZRC

Female:Male ratio is very favourable - do outboards guarantee 2.5:1??

reneechris14

That's 100k in motors that will never make it 10 to 15 years like mercuiser and B3. The fad will pass and everyone will be looking for a Rinker.

J3ff

lol, the B3 would never make it 15 years!! 

LaRea

@J3ff you buy a B3 as a subscription price!  At least it's not the VP composite outdrive, where the recommended list of spare parts includes a second outdrive.  

reneechris14

My point was that people seem ok to repower a boat with outboards as normal up keep. I think the prices are crazy. 

Dream_Inn

Wow, @LaRea - it's scary how much we think alike!  That is my exact thoughts at boat shows with both the outboards and the flop out side contraptions.  Oh, I also think they are showing how shallow you can go with those drives up, which is one plus (although I can go that shallow as well).

@raybo3 may add "look at us, a beautiful day and all the glass and hardtop is blocking the nice breeze and sun, so let's go out back".    (I tend to agree)

I do like the ratio in that picture though.

raybo3

@Dream_Inn that is the style that I totally dislike. I think that boat is as ugly as sin. Of course I would not be looking too much at the boat if I was there......lol

randy56

@YYZRC Has the correct outlook in this picture. What boat?