Life on Florida’s West Coast

Home Owners Insurance

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Oh, if only it were as easy as just buying it online. With all the absolute chaos that folks here in Florida are experiencing in the effort to insure their homes, it is no wonder I am so fascinated with the ins and outs of home insurance products elsewhere. I wrote about Cooperative Insurance over in the U.K. yesterday and in looking over more of their site, I see they offer a 10% reduction simply for purchasing a policy online. That and that offer a fast claims service as well. Sound like heaven.

I would relish getting a discount for something that pure and simple. The situation here in Florida is a nightmare that is actually causing people to get out of Dodge, so to speak. It is becoming a very vivid reality that renting is so much less expensive than overall home ownership in Florida that home sales might take a very long time to get back to normal.

Don’t me wrong; I love living in sunny Florida, but right now the proverbial grass is absolutely Technicolor on the other side of the Pond.

USF Bulls vs. WVU Mountaineers

Tampa is having what amounts to their first really big college game day ever. Raymond James stadium is sold out for tonight’s game and people are tossing up the green and gold all over town. Though Tampa is much bigger than Gainesville, it feels just a little bit like a Gators game day. I miss games days up there, so I hope Tampa can keep the momentum going here.

ESPN is here to give us national exposure. It’s really quite festive. There is just an energy a college town has and Tampa never felt like a college town before. This could get fun!