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Sounds horrible. You lost us at 85% average humidity.

Concrete blocks are better - it is not equal

The big bad wolf could not destroy the little house made of brick and concrete.

Traffic not good and better love the heat. Rare I can open a window, I’m out Who has large pieces of land? Not in my neighborhood and surrounding neighborhoods

Wood houses should be illegal in Florida

Wood frame construction is a rip off.

What about the homeless population?

Hi Stephanie, Have you ever done a reverse mortgage? If so want to talk. Thank Kim

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Ocala is the LEAST prone to storms. What a weird video!

I wondered how this was going to work-Thank you for keeping us informed as to how it will work, Stephanie!

I am on the coast. I recommend the 5 gallon water jugs. They are can be refilled, and exchanged. It's way easier to keep track of how much water you have. They nake little hand pumps for them for $5 on Amazon. They also make a tilter. You could refill these with tap water before the storm if you're low on funds. Contractor plastic (you'll need strong construction taoe) was a god send when we had no power for ten days. We blocked the master bedroom & kitchen off from the rest of the house and ran a window unit on our half. 😊

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I am 67 years old, retired international airline captain and I moved here 30 years ago because I wanted to be in a warmer climate once I had gotten older and couldn’t ski anymore. My wife and I had horses and so we bought a 6 acre horse farm which we had for five years I immediately fell in love with the Gulf of Mexico and the excellent fishing, both saltwater and fresh. The house prices were stagnant back then and we sold the horse farm for about what we paid after spending a lot of money fixing it up. I was divorced and bought a home in the historic district in 2004. I absolutely love this location in the past few years. The prices have gone up considerably, but I still find that they are reasonable. There is a southern charm here. Children say yes ma’am and no sir. As a progressive Democrat, I’m greatly outnumbered politically, but it doesn’t really cause too many problems. I plan on coming out of my house with a toe 🏷 tag. This is my home and I love it here.❤

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WOOD VS BLOCK NOT WQUEL BOTH MEET CODES BUT BLOCK FAR EXCEEDS THE 110 M9LE AN HR WIND CODE

My mom’s old 1975 house ….took like 20 hurricanes already…..and hurricane Katrina ( 2024 the house still good as new) all the wood houses died

THANK YOU VERY MUCH,NICE VIDEO.

It does get pretty cold usually every January for a few days. It damages or kills Hibiscus, Bougainvillea etc. Only Camellia and Crepe Myrtle // Dogwood and Magnolia seem to handle cold well - 20s sometimes. Ocala is THE coldest area covered by Orlando News/weather. Ironically it gets coldest with clear skies and no clouds to trap heat - and with No breeze. Wind makes people feel cold but still air is worst for plants and Citrus - also low spots get coldest as makes sense like near ponds. Why these details? Because winter can get cold enough to kill flowers and Citrus - or ALMOST do so - and these details can make the difference between the two. How do I know? Been in Ocala 17 years with many visits before that, listening to weather reports - and handling dead or damaged plants.

Informative!

Thank you

Nothing to hate there! I moved here from Tampa. That's not so good!

Wood framing in Florida is murdering, that’s a simple fact

dont move here-were full up-too much traffic-overcrowded swimmin holes-too many golf courses-overfished lakes-go away

Hi ! Are there brasilians living in Ocala?

I will take Ocala anytime over New York !

Just because two construction methods meet the same wind resistance rating or or both meet other building codes, does not mean that they are equal. Once could exceed codes by a small amount and the other could exceed the codes by a large amount.

Great video!

Nothing to hate about Ocala.

Yeah, they have the same minimum building codes, but concrete will exceed the minimum way further than wood. I rather exceed the minimum than just meet it.

THX.

Bought our home in south Florida 20 years ago. We have homestead exemption along with the benefits of the Save our Homes act. Planning to remodel and build new room addition. Are my property taxes going through the roof because of the new work or does the 3% cap still protect us from this?

Great information. You are an ANGEL. I am a first time home buyer. I appreciate the clarity. Thank you!!!!

Thanks Stephanie 🩷

The click-bait queen is at it again... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

southern hospitality lmao. i grew up in this state, people in florida are the meanest grouchiest people youll ever meet.

Block, block and then... block.

Just curious, how much is the Golf membership costs if you know. Thanks

GREAT INFO

Smoke and those toxic plug in air fresheners... any chemical smells... are just unbearable to many.

So how come everything u don’t like I do. We need an airport for real 😂 that’s the only thing. And let’s keep people away from ocala 😂

Thanks for the information, Stephanie! I learned a lot!

That's like all the things I love. 😂 I definitely need to add Ocala to my list of places to look for a house while I'm resting and relaxing and recovering at my beach house. Because just as important as me having my own special house on the beach to relax and rebalance myself, I'm also going to need a house with enough space for a couple of horses. 😊

I'm a builder in the Tampa Bay area. I just wanted to say this is probably the best/most informative video I've seen on this subject to date (as far as high level goes). Well done!

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Thanks ❤

Hello I've been watching your video and i like that you're negotiable about buying a home i would like to speaking with you about buying a home iam a singel handicap male i do have a reailtor that iam hoping he can help me Thank you

So, how long does it take to close?

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