Florida Home Purchasing Pitfalls

What’s the perception of GL Homes?

What do you think about Babcock Ranch, specifically Crescent Lakes by Meritage homes?

Great video topic...💪

I remember the Lincoln tunnel during rush-hour ... Now THAT is a "life-experience...

New houses these days are like new boats, and new RVs... They WILL have problems ❗ "NEW" means nothing in America any more...

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Great advice regarding permitted things. Our certificate of occupancy was delayed because of an unpermitted enclosed porch, a half bath, and an inground pool. It upped our taxes the following year to boot.

Please clone yourself and have him available in my region.

As long as it is up to code, I will take a late 70’s early 80’s house over new any day. These new homes are pretty much disposable after 20yrs.

lol, same: nyc driving.

Ben I to laugh when the people of Florida complain about traffic try commuting to work on the Deagan or LIE then sitting on the FDR for an hour 😂

Broooo, I didn’t know that owners can get permits, here. LOVE that, as an owner who is more particular than probably many contractors: wanna do it or get it done per code and right.

I think I heard once the Cross Bronx is the worst roadway in the country for traffic!

Always to the point and not wasting my time. 👍👍

What neighborhood were you walking in today’s video? Very nice.

Price of Home. Simple question Ben. What is the price while you are reporting. Price may change and so be it. However, if pricing changes by $100,000 within a month that is a problem in your area. Buyer beware in Ben's area.

On the Petoskey Circle house, what would be the minimum boat travel time from there to Cayo Costa?

The new homes in The Villages are not negotiable. Only the resale homes sold by them are negotiable

Ty

Driving on the Dan Ryan expressway in Chicago wasn't anything to write home about, I assure you. As to property taxes, one shouldn't assume that the current tax bill will be the tax bill that you, as the new owner, will pay. The change in ownership will trigger a reassessment, and the tax bill will likely increase (in some cases, it can triple).. One should look at the website of the Property Appraiser of the particular county for details.

"This house is a POS" 😆 🤣 😂 😹 IF ONLY ALL AGENTS WERE LIKE THIS!

FYI...Septic permits have to be looked up on the Department of Health website. The county does not show those..

Great advice - need a realtor like you!

Man, that canal home is beautiful!

Dont buy anything in Florida ,its tanked.

GREAT advice, Ben.

Beware of property taxes listed, as you WILL NOT pay that. Properties are reassessed with each sale, the current owner may have been homesteaded for years or even decades, which caps the max tax increases at 3%/yr. When I bought in PC, my taxes went up 50% higher than the previous owner in year one. Continued to rise until I got homesteaded myself (another reassessment is done when you apply for homestead, which seems like a scam to me). On a positive note, my taxes dropped 7.5% in 2024 due to value drops. I expect the same (or more) drop in 2025, as the assessments happen every January 1st and our values have plummeted, as Ben has shown in many videos..

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Concerning FEMA Flood Zones: I have seen several homes for sale that designate the home as an X zone but also designate the Risk Factor as 8/10. This seems contradictory. How can a home in an X zone still have a Risk Factor of 8/10? Can someone elaborate on this?

New builds are great for insurance; but, most I have seen listed are not hooked up to city sewer and water. Septic tanks and wells are a dealbreaker for me. This seems to give an existing home an advantage over a new build.

Where is the listen at 3x speed button?

Great tips to consider

Definitely get the permits. I know someone here in Rotonda West who needed to fix his porch after hurricane Ian. He built it out an extra 10 feet. Never got a permit. When he tried to sell, the HOA sent a drone to look at the house, noticed the porch expansion, fined him for not getting a permit AND tipped off the county. He lost the $329K sale and had to pay $40K for the engineer and to redo certain things. House is currently listed at $259 almost two years later.

Avoid Florida.

Not a bad house but how has the price of this house almost doubled in 5 years. This is one of the problems I see with real estate since Covid.