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JERRY2KONE · **I do count my blessings. -** 01.03.2012, 02:34 PM

Yes I do count my blessings when it comes to how we live and what we have received for all of our hard work. All of it has been part of our plan so all of it is expected. I never put all of my eggs into one basket when it came to job skills. I tried to learn everything and anything that I could in areas that I can depend on to keep food on our table no matter what the economy does. I was a mechanic when I went into the Navy in 1977, but I am now retired from that and can do just about anything mechanical as well as cabinet making, framing, electrical, plumming, cement work, roofing, welding, and some basic machine work.

Actually I just watched a report about what States have been hit the hardest by the state of our economy, and Florida is ranked number one for the worst number of jobs available, and most of the jobs that are available are below the national average in pay. In fact this is why employers can get away with paying so little, because there are so many people waiting in line to take whatever jobs are open due to departing disgruntled employees. There are few if any loyal employers because they know they can fill any job with somebody new and at lower pay. And finding a good job with half desent benefits is becoming the unicorn of jobs.

I departed Orlando in 2004 right before the housing bubble hit. I bought my homestead in 1991 for $98K (brand new model home), and sold it for $160K in Dec/2004. It hit a value of $185K six months later. Now the houses in that neighborhood are valued and selling for between $25K - $35K for 1800 sq ft, with a two car garage on a 1/4 acre lot. That is just unbelievable and outrageous. I sold the empty lot next store to my home for nearly $25K. My friends there told me that people are tearing their homes apart selling anything they can and walking away from their mortgages because the Banks refuse to work with them about the slumping values (bad loans). Investing in a good home used to be a great savings plan, but no longer. Finding a good job in Florida used to be fairly easy, but now there are hundreds of people applying for the same job.

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JERRY2KONE JERRY2KONE SUPERMAXX Offline Posts: 3,452 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: HAYMARKET VIRGINIA	I do count my blessings. - 01.03.2012, 02:34 PM Yes I do count my blessings when it comes to how we live and what we have received for all of our hard work. All of it has been part of our plan so all of it is expected. I never put all of my eggs into one basket when it came to job skills. I tried to learn everything and anything that I could in areas that I can depend on to keep food on our table no matter what the economy does. I was a mechanic when I went into the Navy in 1977, but I am now retired from that and can do just about anything mechanical as well as cabinet making, framing, electrical, plumming, cement work, roofing, welding, and some basic machine work. Actually I just watched a report about what States have been hit the hardest by the state of our economy, and Florida is ranked number one for the worst number of jobs available, and most of the jobs that are available are below the national average in pay. In fact this is why employers can get away with paying so little, because there are so many people waiting in line to take whatever jobs are open due to departing disgruntled employees. There are few if any loyal employers because they know they can fill any job with somebody new and at lower pay. And finding a good job with half desent benefits is becoming the unicorn of jobs. I departed Orlando in 2004 right before the housing bubble hit. I bought my homestead in 1991 for $98K (brand new model home), and sold it for $160K in Dec/2004. It hit a value of $185K six months later. Now the houses in that neighborhood are valued and selling for between $25K - $35K for 1800 sq ft, with a two car garage on a 1/4 acre lot. That is just unbelievable and outrageous. I sold the empty lot next store to my home for nearly $25K. My friends there told me that people are tearing their homes apart selling anything they can and walking away from their mortgages because the Banks refuse to work with them about the slumping values (bad loans). Investing in a good home used to be a great savings plan, but no longer. Finding a good job in Florida used to be fairly easy, but now there are hundreds of people applying for the same job. SUPERMAXX YOUR LIFE.