Tell me about Siesta Keys Florida...

[tehan2]

heading down for a couple weeks.  But the reason I ask is:

a few of my wife's friends (and our old neighbors) have bought either condos or a home in Siesta Keys over the last couple years for 1. retirement homes and 2. vacation rentals.  One of her friends is giving us the condo for vacation.  Their secondary plan is that my wife and I will like the area enough that we'll want to buy something down there too.

The ones that bought condos are all in the same complex, and the condos will help book rentals (and do the pre and post clean ups) I don't know the details on what they charge for the service, but they're getting $1500 a week and one friend rented 30 weeks this year.  That's $45K a year in rental income.  It's like getting a free home and income at the same time

 

 

[willie-pete]

Haven't been there in years; just south of Sarasota on the West Coast.

 

 

Bring money.

 

We have friends in WV that come to Marathon Key every year. They pay k$18 for October through March.

Edited December 19, 2018 by willie-pete

[Mrs.Cicero]

It was a quiet, laidback sort of place... 35 years ago when I spent Christmas there with my grandparents.

[MDLOTT]

My parents have a place in Mexico Beach, Fla. They wish now that they didnt. Remember mother nature. 

[willie-pete]

Yeah, two hurricanes hit the Fl west coast in the past two years.

[JMag]

Top rated beach.


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[tadbart]

SW FL is the one part of the state I haven't explored all that much.

Red tide beat the area up pretty bad this year. If you can deal with the risk of hurricanes, mosquitos, crazy yankee neighbors, and algae blooms, git er done.

 

Florida added 2.5 million in population over the last 2 years. C'mon in- the water's warm.

[crockett]

My neck. Siesta Keys is generally great for older folks, with awesome beaches. Younger people will be bored VERY quickly. Traffic increased a lot in the past 2 years. Up to the point that it may take up to 1 hour to cross the bridge. Sarasota is nice, but a bit too politically blue for me.

I was hit by Irma last year while she was still a Cat 3. Zero damages to my property, a few trees went down in the community.

As tadbart just wrote, the red tide ruined the entire summer. Dead fish and a very bad and toxic smell on every beach. You will be coughing within minutes. Local business are hurting a lot and so will rental property on the beach. Red tide is now in affect for over 1 year. It can last up to 2 years. And the outbreaks seem to be longer and more intense in recent years.

It goes back to fertilizer invested water coming out of Lake O and through the rivers into the ocean. Our high water temps and all those fertilizers from our huge sugar industry nourish the red tide algae, which then kills the entire sea life. Tons and tons of dead fish on the beach. Every day.

Here a couple "before" and "after" photos:

 

 

 

 

 

[Huaco Kid]

3 minutes ago, crockett said:

Traffic increased a lot in the past 2 years. Up to the point that it may take up to 1 hour to cross the bridge.

 

30 minutes ago, tadbart said:

Florida added 2.5 million in population over the last 2 years.

We spent a couple weeks in Cape Coral last year (free house).

Not. In. One. Million. Years.....................

[tadbart]

11 hours ago, Huaco Kid said:

 

 

Not. In. One. Million. Years.....................

Our population will be too high in a million years, anyhow. No more free houses for you!