I live in SW Florida. There's a little bit of money down here, too. Unfortunately, hardly any of it is mine.
So, a guy I know decided to get into the SlumLord business. Bought these littl shithole shacks and started charging Immigrants by the person. Not by the room, not a set fee for the house -- By the person. He made a lot of money doing it, too.
A hippie from Washington State. Ran here with his kids to escape the system in Washington State. Washington State sent Cops to arrest him, and they did. Cuffed him in his front yard. His neighbors called our Cops and they arrested the Cops from Wash State. They got mouthy and that is something you really don't wanna do with the Cops down here. They beat the shit out of them and escorted them to the Airport. Kept their guns. Told them they didn't have the right carry them in FL and we don't give a **** what Wash State thinks.
Told my buddy that if they send Bounty Hunters after him, shoot them. Dead. They said, Dead men tell no tales.
They never did send anybody. He kept his kids. His ex showed up and they tried to reconcile but that ***** was flat-out crazy. Native American girl. Nice looking but Crazy as a bed bug. She went back to Wash State, AFAIK.
Don't know how I got started on that...... Oh Yeah, illegals and housing. Bored. Late August in SW Florida, rain all day, hot, humid, ugly. It used to be that in Summer, we got our town back. No more. It's like the Long Island Expressway on every road all year now. Sucks. I'm leaving. Pretty sure we're leaving. 95% sure.
I don't regret moving to Florida. It's been really good to me but -- I'm over it. It has become everything I moved away from back in the 70's up North. Well, not everything but it's getting there. Too crowded. I admit -- It's a High End Crowd. But crowds is crowds, AFAIC. Just the other day I got mixed up in a Lamborghini vs Ferrari race on one of our main roads. Sucks. Cutting in and out of traffic, cut me off, scared the OL. Then a High School kid in a Tesla showed up and dusted both of them.
End rant