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To: tejek who wrote (474092)	4/22/2009 3:48:40 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578293

Slower growth won't hurt FLA ... Yeah it really does. So many people are in the 'residential growth' industry; builders, construction workers, Realtors, mortgage brokers, etc. Unemployment will be up over 10% pretty soon. Does FLA have a prop 13 kind of law? Yes, called "save our homes". Jim McMannis bought a house about a year ago and pays double in taxes what I pay after being in the house 17+ years. Totally unfair. True story; a buddy of mine had a sink hole... cost the insurance company well over $150K to fix, then they canceled him. Getting insurance in FL (especially after a sink hole) just ain't the same as other places... I think the national average is about $1000 and getting new insurance in FL is gonna cost in the $4K to $5K+ range, and frankly it really really hard to get at any price. So his insurance expired, and BOA has his mortgage and send him a letter they are going to charge him over $10K for some kind of temporary insurance. This guy is way underwater in his house... and he's a hothead. So he calls up BOA and just lets loose on them, says "hey man, this ain't MY HOUSE this is YOUR HOUSE. You want it fuking insured then YOU FUKING find me insurance, cause it's no sweat to me if it gets blown away in a hurricane or burns to the ground, but you guys will be screwed". He's on the phone for an 1 1/2 hours and they find the guy insurance from some BOA subsidiary. Shocking to see a consumer win a battle these days....