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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op here. The only part of Florida I am very familiar with is Lee County: Fort Myers Cape Coral Pine Island Naples etc.  My mother lived there for years and so has extended family. I love the weather and beach but can't really imagine living there full time.

I am open to Tampa Area, Jacksonville, Central Florida/Orlando etc.  Not interested in South Florida Miami  and also priced out of it. I love St Pete but assumed I was priced out.   I have family in Pensacola but have never been there and not sure about it. I have heard good and bad about the Panhandle.

Thank you all so much for the specifics about Orlando and Jacksonville.  Florida is a huge state and any insight helps.[/quote]

I’m from Florida and am very familiar with a few of the cities mentioned above. I think the nicer parts of Tampa with good schools are out of your budget (at least until/unless the housing market crashes there). I’d stick to St. John’s/Jacksonville and maybe Seminole County (suburban county of Orlando with generally good schools). [/quote]

I'm in St Pete and you may not be priced out here. It depends on what you need - if it's a new construction, waterfront house with four bedrooms, then yes.

But something like this is available for right around what you want to spend: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/5910-35th-Ave-N-Saint-Petersburg-FL-33710/47024546_zpid/

This house is close to downtown - not walking distance but a very short drive. It's right on the edge of a neighborhood that's already gotten really hot - Kenwood - so assuming St Pete keeps growing the way it's been, the neighborhood should appreciate. We'll see what happens with real estate with interest rates going up, I suppose. I think it does need flood insurance, so that would probably knock it out of the running for me - but it's just an example of a place in St Pete that is on the affordable end of things. There's others - though less every day - but def worth looking, if you like St Pete.[/quote]

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