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I live in Va Beach, Va. I own my home and I'm not moving!

This video helped so much. Thank you.

I love Vero Beach! We used to rent a condo for the winter on 78th right nearby your location. I enjoyed the video.

Thank you for your videos and sharing a wealth of knowledge. I wish we had known you prior to moving to Florida twelve years ago.

It’s always best to rent them to buy

Yep😊 lot rent here for a tiny home, $750 extremely out dated, ugly 😊😊

You hit it out of the park again, Russ! Well done.

We toured a number of mobile home parks and 90 percent of the homes that were for sale are owned by women who had lost their husband and thus lost half their social security benefits so they could not afford the lot rents which keep raising. I said right there and then I would never leave my wife in that unfortunate situation.

Hurricane and loss of property season 😅

The lot rent is higher than my mortgage, taxes and insurance. $787/ month 100k 30 yr.@ 4% including taxes and insurance. $825/ month to live in a mobile home is insane.

My favorite time of year

Another fine presentation .So many good points and lots of homework for anypone wishing to move to Fl. THankyou very much,,,,

Thanks for your reviews

Lots of flood damaged units in St Pete area. Get them for pennies on the dollar, fix them and flip. Happens all the time. Money to be made.

Are you worried about future natural disasters? That's our 1 hangup over moving to Florida at this point. We'd be moving to the Orlando area.

What a great tour video. I hope you could have a video of places that sale lots. I am planing to buy a lot for future development but can find nothing quite this video.

Sure the homes are cheap because the lot rent is so expensive nobody can afford a trailer payment and the lot rent in addition to the utilities. It's also difficult to get a load on mobile homes because they're considered a vehicle so you can't get a mortgage. Now that these big corporations have bought up all the mobile home parks and more than double the lot rent I'm surprised anyone is still living in them. For that amount of money you might as well buy a real house on land that you actually own.

Of course hurricanes aren't attracted to manufactured homes. That would be silly. It's the tornados that are attracted to those homes.

Mobile home is depreciating asset. 250 acres is vast, expensive to maintain. Buy condo, yes they have association fees but it is a real piece of property, you can help on Board to see where they spend money whereas mobile home is not a real piece of property & there is no way you have input. Also it is just old people which I am one. Better to live with all ages not just one age. Depressing as so many people get sick and die in these older facilities. In mixed age community it is much better for you.

Here in Vero Beach, we were without power from October 9 through 12--exactly 72 hours and 15 minutes. I screamed for joy the moment the power came back on.

Very interesting. Can you provide a listing of these co-op properties?

Sold my condo 2 weeks ago. Threw everything out only took my clothing

Happy birthday 🎈🎈🎈 keep living the good life 🥳🥳🥳

Love it but need a community that accepts large dogs

get your ham radio license

Hi Russ i have enjoyed your informative videos are actually purchased a unit at the Waters in Melbourne Beach. I feel i have to inform you and others that it is grossly misrepresented. It has the highest lot lease of anywhere due to the location but any other benefits end there. Management is non existent to say the least. Resident and consistently lied to and none of what is advertised as Resort Style living is exists. . None of parameters on the prospectus are enforced resulting in sub par living conditions and problems between residents. Over the last year multiple residents have tried communicate with upper management emails phone calls have gone unanswered meanwhile 1300-1500 monthly lot leases increase over 7% every year with no resolution on any problems . The Hoa is powerless and ineffective due to not owning the land. It's basically no more than social. My advice to anyone is to avoid this place totally.We were flat out lied to by the manager when trying to purchase a unit saying we had to make a full offer and she never contact the owners.We were told she she couldn't get in touch with them totally untrue. We contacted them by text them and purchased for 40,000 less than listed by the Waters. Other residents have had similar issues with the same manager.. I would be happy to discuss more with you or anyone and we have lots of pictures showing how bad it is..Management and maintenance rarely show especially in the summer...Resort Style Living does not exist here.. BUYER BEWARE !!!!

If you talk to an arborist, they will tell you that the "hurricane clip" that you do is actually very detrimental to your palm and makes it more vulnerable. This clip was thought up by landscapers as "make work."

I was trying to get something out of the freezer before Helene and one of those little bottles of frozen water shot out and Hit me in the leg and then landed on my toes. It's hard to believe I'm still lumpy and swollen. I didn't notice that the lump was still on my leg until I touched it this morning. Oops. But yeah before Irma we put bags of water in the freezer and we did it too late. It really sucked the coldness out of the freezer while it was trying to freeze the bags of water. And yet our food survived Irma. It didn't survive Milton. Oh well.

Here in South Lafayette Louisiana I just had a Briggs and Stratton. 26KW Natural Gas Whole House Generator Installed. It automatically exercises weekly for 15 minutes. My neighbors know they are all welcome, people are so friendly here too I recently moved here from Maryland in March and know we have Hurricanes here too

Glad to see you were one of the lucky ones from the tornados.

Having neighbors who are willing to help others in their communities is a great plus. People are basically good and willing to help anytime. It’s what makes you feel human. I was wondering if you rode out this hurricane in your home or went to a shelter till the storm passed. I would imagine riding out a hurricane in a home can be scary situation.

Was good to get your email and glad to see you are well. Thanks for doing this - so many people have questions and you are the man to answer them!

Good information thanks for sharing

I'm not sold on the solar generators yet. The cons are that the batteries are a potential fire hazard and can burn your house down and that these units are only good for around 10 years and then need to be replacd. My generator is cheaper and is 12 years old. Only used once during a 5 day outage in 2018.

Hello , You can use those dollar store solar walkway lights as light when the power goes out, Just put outside during the day in the sun , bring in at night for brighter than candle light for up to 8 hours at a time. One thing to be aware of is monitoring the storm , if you expecting a direct hit of a strong cat 1 storm or stronger might be best to evacuate , i lived in key west during andrew (cat 4+) and it destroyed all mfg homes and a lot of concrete ones in south miami. Homestead got it worse , storm spawned tornados are another danger. If told to do so , best to evacuate. Also check elevation levels above sealevel before buying.

Happy Belated Birthday. Glad to see you got through unscathed.

I live in a single wide in Haines city, Milton came right near me. I lost power for 5 days and my food. But I had minimal damage to my home even with Cat 2 winds. Thank-you for your video, great info.

How did you run the electric cords? I assume that you had to leave open a window a little?

Great information! Thank you!

I run my generator a few times a year, just to exercise it.

Most of the home damage that I saw on TV were mostly manufactured homes.

I have 2 EcoFlow delta 2 They are great!

Wonderful video Russ!

We are so glad you are OK! In my almost 70 years as a Florida resident, I have never seen so many tornadoes in a hurricane. It was truly a freaky thing. So sorry to hear of the losses in that other community. All of your tips are very sensible.

Lost our 1980 mobile home during Helene. We had put many upgrades into our little home, which was in an idyllic location on a canal in New Port Richey. The 7 foot storm surge from Helene equalled about a foot of water in our living room. After the storm, we opened the door, and fell through the floor. It got worse from there. It took us no time to decide we would never want to rebuild in such a flood zone. We were the first in our neighborhood to turn our keys and house title over to management, and walk away. Many of our neighbors, who still have no electricity, are making the same decision. We are now living in our small travel trailor in Tucson Arizona, where our offer on a home in a 55+ community was just accepted. For those interested, nice homes in nice parks are available for very affordably prices in this area. Also, it is DRY, with no flood insurance needed!

Nice synopsis but basically you dodged a bullet. Had the tornado hit you directly it would not have been so but anyone moving to Florida should be aware of hurricanes, tornadoes, flooding, sinkholes, alligator, sharks,certain snakes, bears and the often unsafe driving practices of a significant number. Otherwise for almost 6 months it can be paradise.

Your a lucky moron 💩💩💩💩💩💩🤡

Terrific Video and Report ...Thank you , Russ...... Glad you and yours are Alright after the storms.....Godspeed....

You do a great job and I am glad you are updating and inviting people to inner circle. Thank you. I am so glad you survived the storm well.

Excellent and comprehensive video. Happy belated birthday !