yes vehicle reg and lic in calif is stupid money . thanks for your guys thoughts on this matter . i'm looking all over the place for my new home shop car barn site . and i look the input i'm receiving . the layer of the trust is talking about property in florida , would be cool to have some income property there , maybe a apartment complex thing . so when i go to the races i can have a house and a car there . just dream'n a bit , lol . it still could be real .
Just a few more thoughts about where to relocate.I've decided to move from where I'm currently living and working once I'm done with my work commitments and narrowed it down to a couple places which are only a couple hours from each other.
I think one of the key things is to figure out what you really want or need to be close to and what you can be a ways away from without it becoming an obstacle to going there.Say if you want to go racing every weekend,then it's good to be within a couple hours of the track you want to go to the most.If it's a yearly or just occasional thing then distance doesn't really matter,make a road trip out of it and have a blast.
Same goes for whatever activities that are a priority for you.Might be a good idea to make a list of what you plan to do and put them in the order of importance and use that as a reference.
Climate is a big consideration along with environment.Do you like the desert landscapes? or do you prefer treed areas? Will you be there in the winter? what's it like then? If you're contemplating a new area,it might be a good idea just to rent something there for a couple months in the winter to get a feel for it.If you're thinking somewhere that get's really hot in the summer,might want to try that first before you commit.Some areas have their own micro climates depending on location and if they're close to mountains or waterways.Good to know ahead of time what you're getting into.
A couple years ago I bought a cheap old commercial building in a small town near the area I want to be in and found out later that it's in a high wind corridor.Not a huge deal but I have to make sure everything is secure and won't get damaged or blown away when the winds get going.
Moving is an expensive PITA,you don't want to have to do it twice.
If you find a place you like,walk the area to see what the traffic is like at different times of day and what the neighbors are like.Talk to them if you can.I recently looked at a house in a different city that I wasn't familiar with and found out from talking with one of the neighbors that they recently opened a safe injection site about a mile away and the junkies prowl the area on BMX bikes all hours of the night looking for things to steal.Now I know why there were a number of houses in that area for sale.
Another big consideration in a rural area is water.If you're outside of a municipal area then you probably will be looking at a place with a well which can be a deal breaker if it's no good.A friend of mine bought a place just outside the municipal boundry and went to put in a well.The neighbors all had tons of good water on shallow wells so he thought he would be fine.Turns out he had to go quite a bit deeper to get water and it didn't flow that well so then he had to get a storage system which cost him a bunch more money.A few years later the well dried up (this was in an area that gets 200" rain a year) so he had to drill another deeper well.Same story,it was barely adequate for a year or two then nothing.He had to get bulk water deliveries a couple times a week after that until he ended up having to buy another place.
Be really careful about places on well water.The upkeep can be a pain and if you run out of water,the property is almost useless.
