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@Patrick-yh5yd

5 ай бұрын

You are a young smart guy. I have lived in Florida 68 years and I love the heat. I never use my car AC. This last summer was strange.

@ZachPayneSarasotaRealEstate

5 ай бұрын

Thank you! Yes it was exceptionally warm. Yet here I am enjoying an exceptionally long and beautiful winter. Temps have maintained in the mid to low 70s since almost late November!

@Patrick-yh5yd

5 ай бұрын

@@ZachPayneSarasotaRealEstate Here on the east coast the wind was out of the west all summer. Strange. Normal is South East.

@glory70x

4 ай бұрын

What kind of snake's do you find in your garage and house????? Poisonous??

@ZachPayneSarasotaRealEstate

4 ай бұрын

@@glory70x typically corn snakes and black racers.

I think people are getting tired of these frigid perpetual winters that are becoming more extreme. I moved from Ohio to Florida in 2017 and absolutely love the heat! I love walking and jogging in 90° temps. Working up a good sweat, doing yard work and relaxing by the pool are my favorite activities during these hot Florida summer days. I’ll gladly take any hot day in Florida over ONE cold day in Ohio ever again. No more daily ice scraping, no more freezing knuckles when shoveling snow and no more driving with my windows up all of the time.

@ZachPayneSarasotaRealEstate

5 ай бұрын

I appreciate that perspective! Being born and raised here and only ever experiencing snow for one week of my life, it’s hard to see all the positives people have to say about the weather that I have grown so accustomed to.

@Patrick-yh5yd

5 ай бұрын

So true. And the ocean at 85 degrees? I love it.

@Twizzledoc187

5 ай бұрын

@@ZachPayneSarasotaRealEstate I understand. It’s the “grass is always greener” perspective. People typically retire and move to warmer climates for a reason. I lived in Ohio for 39 years. Far from retired yet but since moving to Florida in 2017 I’ve never had a sore throat, recurring cough, flu or cold. Coincidence? Probably not. My health feels SO much better since living in Florida. I was so jealous of people who lived in Florida when I was stuck in Ohio. I couldn’t image what it was like to not have to ice scrape frost, ice or snow every single morning before work. Never having to pry a frozen car door open or driving on ice. Even in the SUMMER in Ohio the mornings are frigid! I was ice scraping frost off of my windows in JULY!!! Sure, it’ll warm up to a nice “toasty” 75° by noon but those mornings were FRIGID! Going on year #7 in Florida and the only regret is that I haven’t moved sooner. Should’ve moved here in 1996.

@Twizzledoc187

5 ай бұрын

@@Patrick-yh5yd exactly. People who lived here their entire lives don’t realize that they are the envy of most of the northern United States during the fall, winter and spring months. When people are vacationing in Florida during the winter they are literally boasting and posting pics on social media posing by the beach or palm trees. And you’ll see jealous people stuck in the winter up north commenting “must be nice” “jealous” or “bring some of that warm weather back”. I’m just glad that I live where people vacation. There’s a BIG reason why so many people are moving here and driving up costs.

You would be amazed if you could time travel back to 1958 when my family moved there. The little house i grew up in sold for a whopping $11,700 - new. In the 60s County Line Road was a good place to ride a mini-bike or a go-kart. It was a dirt road with hardly any traffic. It is now named University Boulevard. The wife and I are now in a fairly rural area in the mountains. The house we are now in is 813 sf larger than the house I grew up in, and it has a two car garage instead of a one car, also has a detached garage, and is on a lot that is over an acre. According to Zillow, we paid $1090.00 less in taxes here in 2022 than the people who now own the old Sarasota house did. As an old geezer, the heat seemed more unbearable than it did when I was young. Sarasota is a beautiful place, and I'm glad I grew up there, but I like the cooler weather, and less traffic where we are now. It is a better match for a much, much, much older me.

Florida in general isn't that great, the summers are completely unbearable with heat, humidity and bighting insects. Wages are low, cost of living is high... picture this. 115 degrees F with %98 humidity and the sky is blue. Its like living in a sauna full of mosquitoes

@spiderkitty7643

5 ай бұрын

Panhandle is pretty great aside from the high humidity in between rainstorms, although my husband doesn't love the summertime like I do! We also have mosquitos practically year-round, but it's well managed by dumping out any collected water. They also don't bother us anymore since I started adding garlic to some of our food every day.

@MrsMurderINC

5 ай бұрын

​@spiderkitty7643 so that means your pores smell like garlic

@MrsMurderINC

5 ай бұрын

​@@spiderkitty7643 now see I hate the idea of being in South Alabama

@glory70x

4 ай бұрын

Where do you live in Florida? 115? Saint Pete on the beach has hardly any bugs. 90 degrees max. Humid though but i moved from Phoenix so this is a cake walk for me

@KingFergus

4 ай бұрын

@@glory70x South Florida

great video man, brought up some great points and appreciate the extra work of the skits as a fellow youtuber haha you may hear from me in the future...wife and i wanna buy a 2nd home in sarasota asap

@ZachPayneSarasotaRealEstate

2 ай бұрын

Wow thank you for the kind words! I really appreciate it. Look forward to hearing from you in the future!!

I used to live there and moved out in 2009. For a empty beach I would go to Turtle Beach. My biggest complaint was the amount of tourists that would take over the city for several months.

Nice work Zach

@ZachPayneSarasotaRealEstate

5 ай бұрын

Thank you Dan!

Thank you Zach I think I’ll stay up north, my daughter lives in a gated community in Orlando Florida, one day she was putting on her sneakers and found a frog inside her shoe she freaked out!

Nice video Zach, all good reasons. Do you have another town in FL that isn't as bad or up an coming?

@ZachPayneSarasotaRealEstate

5 ай бұрын

Thank you! unfortunately ever since Covid and the word of how great Florida is got out, they’re really are no more “hidden gems” that being said, the value of these different towns in Florida are subjective and depend on each specific person and their values.

I went to Sarasota last summer it's a great area. love St Albans and watching the sunset, you can't describe how hot it is, you have to be in it to understand how hot it gets

@ZachPayneSarasotaRealEstate

5 ай бұрын

Agreed!

@JrayAloha

5 ай бұрын

Its no worse in Florida than Hawaii. Every tropical area deals with these same issues. Florida prices are much LOWER than many other locations. Im sorry the costs are so challenging to you. Im guessing since you seem to hate so many Florida issues that you’ve moved out of state? Wondering where? Aloha 🌞🌴

@stevewalther2293

3 ай бұрын

​@@JrayAlohanobody is going to waste their time arguing with you...

Sarasota Tim would approve of this message. So have you started saving up for your first home purchase? That has to be a depressing thought with everything jacked up so high and apparently people still moving down there.

Live in a smaller city in Ontario Canada. $600,000 for a bungalow, $700,000 to $800,000 for a condo. You are looking at over a million or two for a place on the Lake. The weather is good in the summer and winters are getting milder. There is lots of wildlife around but not many lizards and snakes. Traffic is getting worse since I moved here due to some increased population and the development of new subdivisions. This is a tourist area and part of cottage country. Ontario is seeing an increase in severe weather getting more tornadoes then some of the prairies.

Stress is overwhelming? LOL I left Sarasota in 1994 it was booming back then. We only had two exits from I-75 University Blvd. and Fruitville Rd. There was nothing but swamp East of 301. I lived on Indian Beach Road. It was nice living on the bay.

@ZachPayneSarasotaRealEstate

5 ай бұрын

For somebody new to hurricanes? Yes the stress of a big hurricane is overwhelming. Not sure how much you would enjoy living on the bay today with the price of Insurance… that is if you can get any.

@redwemette5942

5 ай бұрын

Insurance is high everywhere in Florida. It was a major expense in Palm Beach. I moved up here to Panama City Beach in 2010. We took a direct hit from Hurricane Michael (Cat#5) No stress then or now. But then again I'm not 23 years old. @@ZachPayneSarasotaRealEstate

@MattSmith-wz1xh

5 ай бұрын

In 94 there were also the exits at Bee ridge and Clark, same as now

@XavierExel

3 ай бұрын

I love Indian Beach, beautiful neighborhood

@redwemette5942

3 ай бұрын

@@XavierExel I liked living there

Can’t believe you didn’t mention the rats-as-big-as-rabbits having baby rats in the pool heater.

@ZachPayneSarasotaRealEstate

5 ай бұрын

We keep a cat or two on deck at all times for this exact reason! hahaha

I can't figure the reverse physiology techniques that realtors are using in these video's??? How do sell houses this way?

@ZachPayneSarasotaRealEstate

4 ай бұрын

The goal of this video isn’t to “sell houses” it’s to inform people of the truth of living in Sarasota Fl. Believe it or not a lot of peopl, appreciate a non-slimy honest real estate agent they are few and far between.

I used to vacation in SRQ every spring break but hadn't been there for the last ten years. Then in 2023 we went back and wow was I in for a rude awakening. Trips to anywhere take a minimum of 30 minutes and if you're coming off one of the keys, forget it. It's an hour minimum to anywhere inland. And like you said, you better plan on eating out at 3:30 because after 4:30 you are waiting in line like cattle waiting to be fed. Our plan was to retire there but I don't know now. Bradenton seems easier to get around, and even areas like Palmetto or Nokomis seem more realistic.

@ZachPayneSarasotaRealEstate

3 ай бұрын

Yes, sadly the hidden gem that once was sarasota has been uncovered. Gone are the days of dining out without a reservations or taking an unplanned trip to the beach. Venice and North Port are nice places if you're looking for a less hectic place to call home. But Palmer ranch is still one of my favorite areas for retirees because its so quite with really little traffic through out. Take a look at those places before you give up on sarasota all together :) When the time comes and your ready to retire I'll be here for any questions you may have!

@luckyduck6921

11 күн бұрын

Bradenton is just as bad if not worse. I grew up in Sarasota and live in Bradenton now. Just so you know I'm not full of it

I DODGED MANY BULLETS back in 2017 Was looking at dozens of condos in Bradenton and Sarasota, good prices and low fees Well, I could NEVER get the guts to pull the trigger, something in the back of my mind told me '' NO ''. AM SO HAPPY I didn't buy anything, my intuitive mind was right, run I WOULD however go back there and rent when it drops under $1,000 a month

@ZachPayneSarasotaRealEstate

3 ай бұрын

I don't think there will ever be a time when rent we be below $1,000/mo in sarasota. Hell, you can't even find a singular room for rent in sarasota for that price.

Do they have Flea markets in that town to sell and empty the garage?

@InMyBrz

4 ай бұрын

RED BARN FLEA MARKET on US41

My brother lived in AZ for a decade, and they get triple digit heat for weeks at a time. So hot it melted his dashboard in his car........and then winter is freezing cold.

@ZachPayneSarasotaRealEstate

5 ай бұрын

I’ve never experienced Arizona or its heat. I’ve heard it’s drier than Florida and the nights are much cooler.

@Moon___man

5 ай бұрын

@@ZachPayneSarasotaRealEstate Definitely drier, only gets humid during summer monsoons. It doesnt really cool down at night though unless you are well away from the bigger cities or live in the mountains. Youll still be out at 2am sweating your balls off lol

While listening to all the negatives about Sarasota, I have been laughing to myself over and over again because we deal with the exact same issues here, where I live, in Ontario Canada. All of us are crammed into tiny neighborhoods into tiny homes that cost well over $1 million. We have nothing but traffic all year round. Don’t forget about all the snow and construction and overpopulation! Don’t forget the highest taxes in almost all the world! Forget about having your pool open for more than three months. stuck in our homes for almost 7 months. You get snakes and wizards, we get mice, rats and raccoons. I don’t think I’ll have a problem “surviving” Sarasota when we move there this spring. Ha ha ha ha!! I always say, “people who experience ultimate freedom their whole lives, have no idea how to cope when things are truly shitty.“

@ZachPayneSarasotaRealEstate

5 ай бұрын

Nobody is here to complain. It isn’t a contest about who has it worse. I’m just here to provide people valuable insight on what it’s like living in Sarasota! :)

The problem with Sarasota Florida is that if you're trying to buy a home over here in the city or in the county you're never going to get it because downtown on main Street they're building so many of these ultra luxurious condos/ penthouses that nobody can afford them in the area. I personally feel that the city council is doing this on purpose to attract a different class of people and to push the locals out. If you drive down on MLK on Tuttle their building a new housing complex called Grace water which is going to have homes that are probably going to be over half a million asking just to get into that HOA complex and the thing that I find very irritating is that when they keep building all of these new projects the city and the county is going to have to rezone itself which will cause people to have higher taxes with insurance and HOA dues and everything else that comes with that problem. Whenever the hurricane season gets bad again like last year the whole area is going to tank the value because over by lido Beach / siesta key Beach a lot of the people that bought these ridiculous multi-million dollar mcmansions are selling them out because they've realized that the insurance is going to literally crumble everything around that area. Also the rent over here has gotten to the point where 2000 is now the new normal and the jobs over here do not pay enough money to keep up with the ever-increasing rents I think by the end of the year there's going to be a ridiculous fire sale to get out of the area because right now everywhere you go the congestion has gotten so bad with traffic and everywhere that they put roundabouts in by the Westen is making things horrible. I used to work at one of the hotels as a valet Parker and a lot of the people that I've met don't live in the area they're just there trying to invest in the area since everyone has slammed the area trying to buy into the housing market and that was in 2023 and now everywhere you go people are having their cars repossessed and the homeless are everywhere down by 17th Street by the Rosemary district. If you do decide to live in Sarasota just know that you will become broke and poor because the inflation over here has gotten so bad that a lot of the restaurants are closing down and the service industry over here that's not the Ritz-Carlton is going to drop like a rock.

EVERY US city is getting overcrowded. Where do you think all the people came from?

Lots of 50 years olds can climb ladders no problem! Haha great video, thank you

@ZachPayneSarasotaRealEstate

2 ай бұрын

I know there are! but heck even at 23 years old it can get difficult moving heavy boxes up and down from the attic or working up there where it’s 20-30 degrees warmer than it is outside. Glad you enjoyed the video! 😄

Thanks, Zach … I was going to ask you to find a house for me somewhere in Sarasota but now I’ll stay up north..😵‍💫

@ZachPayneSarasotaRealEstate

2 ай бұрын

Glad I could help you save a couple hundred thousand dollars!

I get it brother. If you ever thought about, it would be so cool to have a time machine and go back and buy real estate in a space that’s now too expensive for me, you have it. Think about the space changing for the worst, yes, but you are seeing ahead of time the price of that space now putting 10 homes. Unsettling, yes, but learn from, how real estate works and proximity to the best beach in the country

@InMyBrz

4 ай бұрын

ONLY PROBLEM with that idea is that even if you bought cheap, you financed them unless you are rich and now with all the hikes in insurance , HOA fees and taxes you'd be underwater, unless you sold them all around Covid

I lived their back in 94 attending ringling. It was Fantastic back then. Well off everyones radar. The gulf coast cities were still sleepy towns. in fact i had the trifecta of living in sarasota, clearwater and st.Pete in various times. and i seen em all go from complete sleepy towns to the initial trickle and by time the invasion flood occured, i was gone in 2009. But good gracious was i their are the perfect time. my only regret was not buying into the then dirt cheap realestate. again. at that time in the mid 90s no one was even thinking about the gulf coast cities. Tampa was only beginning to get it footing back. but i knew full well what was coming. i remember vintage sarasota, traditional sarasota and modern sarasota. Its a beautiful place, always been . one of the nations best kept secret for a long time. unfortunately what comes with new money also comes with snooty arrogant people. back in the day sarasota had old money, a ton of vets living out their last. but the town was sweet. even to a major degree poor despite the wealth in its geography. god the homes you could buy back then. Living on sieta key was a snooze. i enjoyed it. and even miss it. but its changed now. another overpriced haven for those who buy their way into exclusivity. still. you cant beat the amenities. its just that its far too many people at this point. I remember so many new area first breaking ground. how the place have grown. oh well... gota keep these other secret gem off the radar locations secret as long as possible.

What Zach is saying is true! But people want to get away from the snow and cold. The price to do that is gping up alright, alot!! Sarasota is for retirees, not young people like Zach. Its laid back but is getting busier in some areas, and places you may go. Thank god for home delivery, why shop in person when you do it online!! Walmart, instacart, shipt, uber, door dash, and amazon. If they dont have it, well going to a store isnt going to have it either! So stay home, dont drive, buy gas and auto insurance since its thru the roof here, along with food prices, property taxes, utilities, and medical. But at least the quality and location of medical care is near by to alot of places on the gulfcoast! Sarasota general, bradenton memorial, Tampa general, Advent health, HCA hospitals, baycare, and the VA hospital in tampa and clinics all around! The farther south you go, the more it costs. You should have a retirement income of about $60,000/yr to live on the gulfcoast, at least, with few if any bills!! Alot of people visit here which is fun and have a great time, living here year round, like zack said its hot !! Its not for everyone, so come down and try it out first, then u will know for sure!! Snowbirds come and go, its ok for some, not for others !! BCNU !!!

@MrsMurderINC

4 ай бұрын

Tech startup types are not moving to Sarasota that's true. I am 43 but tbh I'd rather be around old people than young people with techbros everywhere and yuppies. I'd rather have lesbians in their 60s and 70s around like in Venice than be in St Pete. I don't always see old people towns as a bad thing, in fact socially I see the younger cities as a living hell trying to get to know anyone.

@stevewalther2293

3 ай бұрын

Sarasota is a huge nursing home...not for anyone under the age of 65...nothing to do but eat and drink...too hot very very very very hot...the heat and the hatred is insane...AirConditioner runs for 10 months....10 months...

@ZachPayneSarasotaRealEstate

3 ай бұрын

Steve if thats what you believe Sarasota is like you need to get out of the house more my friend. As a 23 year old born and raised Sarasota local I find PLENTY to do in and around Sarasota.

Lies Sarasota is a great place

@ZachPayneSarasotaRealEstate

3 ай бұрын

I never said it wasn't. Actually towards the end if the video (which i imagine you didn't get to before coming down into my comments) I actually predicted you. I said "Now don't get it twisted, Sarasota is a great place to live and I wouldn't want to live anywhere else..." This video isn't about trying to dissuade people from living in Sarasota it's about informing people on things that I, a local of 23 years, don't like about living here.

Can't have a basement ? Just empty the pool that most of you have.......

@ZachPayneSarasotaRealEstate

5 ай бұрын

But then where will the alligators sleep?

@shannonmorgan6530

5 ай бұрын

@@ZachPayneSarasotaRealEstate I just have never understood if a pool can be put in why can't you have a basement ? It's 99% the same thing

@odbt1071

5 ай бұрын

I think its because one holds water

@giantclam1822

5 ай бұрын

​@@odbt1071Eh, so would the basement.

Please stop adding those random “dings” in the video, not good on ears, especially wearing AirPods. Thx

@ZachPayneSarasotaRealEstate

4 ай бұрын

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What you're experiencing is called population growth. Sarasota hasn't experienced a lot of growth in the previous 20 years. Here it comes!

Listen to Dad.

LOLif you’re over 50, you won’t be able to climb a ladder. 😂😂😂. I think we’ll manage.

@ZachPayneSarasotaRealEstate

5 ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣 some of you guys are better than others. It’s all jokes!

It’s like fantasy land compared to NY lol

@ZachPayneSarasotaRealEstate

3 ай бұрын

Haha! Its always nice to be put back into perspective at times. Sometimes I worry I come off sounding ungrateful for the amazing town I call home. But these are important thing I feel people need to know about before moving here. It sounds like after hearing them you still prefer Florida! (smart choice)

Yankee Go Home!

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