Miami, no mas.

As many of you know, Shal and I went to Miami Beach over the last weekend. She is being recruited by a firm down there and they flew us both down and put us up for four nights. The place is beautiful and we had a great time. BUT...It's not really our scene. Everything is extremely expensive, extremely latin, and extremely gay. There was none of the advertised lower cost of living, particularly around real estate. There were places we could afford, but we didn't really want to live there. Over coffee and cigs one morning, we came up with an alternative plan: We sell our condo anyway. We expect to make anywhere between $100,000-$150,000. We buy another place in Hoboken that needs renovation. We know a good contractor who did our bathroom and doors. He's young and trying to get established, so he is still pretty inexpensive. We work the timing so we can live at the shore while the place gets renovated. Depending on how much we make on selling our present place, we either commute from the beach or leave our jobs or some combination of all of the above. Shal needs to get out of her current job before she kills someone. I can get my job done in 3 days a week and keep us in health insurance. Shal wants to try and start a consulting firm, I want some time off to try and write a book. Is this crazy? Sure. There are a ton of ifs and the plan is open to multiple changes. We plan on talking taxes and finances with as many people as possible. Plus we would hate to leave all of our friends up here, except Brown of course. He's a dick. So while we are young, we are looking to get into real estate speculation, start a consulting firm, and try to earn a living through writing. This is our shot, and it looks like we may take it. If it doesn't work out we go back to real jobs. Feel free to respond to us in email, we need to find all the flaws in this plan before we commit. I wanted to write a funny recounting of our trip and I'll try to get to that soon, but this idea is obviously domminating our thoughts right now. What do you all think?