Well… you might or might not know, but the economy in Florida has gone a little sour. In addition to rising gas prices, the price of houses and insurances have risen too high for people to keep up with.
Since about ten years ago realestate sales were at an alltime high and profit couldnt have been better. My family prospered in these times, moving from selling reposessed houses to investing in our own. In the past year that bubble popped; people suddenly couldnt keep up with the prices. Many have left to other parts of the state or lower priced housing areas. My family took on more than it can chew, so now we have a few too many mortgages not being paid. A new concept, “short sale”, has come about in which a person sells their house back to the bank for what is owed. Of course you can only sell it back with proof of hardship. I wont go and explain this whole process, because the point of this post is to state this:
I’m moving by the end of the week… it sucks. Now my classes have moved from a ten minute drive, to thirty minutes. I might be visiting my best friends at FIU a bit more often though, since my new house is tiny.
Edit: I got a 97 on my nutrition midterm! WOOT!