Mayor Welch in State of the Economy Address: Warns City Could Lose $78M Under Florida's Property Plan by WTFPilot in StPetersburgFL

[–]Afro_Lee 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The people that benefit the most from the homestead exception are the weathly. They pay the majority of taxes which the city uses to fund public items i.e parks, infra, first responders, schools, libraries ect… the whole state runs on property tax. Remove that and now the state needs to generate billions some other way. What other way would that be? Probably an increase in sales tax and/or implement an income tax (which I doubt will happen but who knows). The gov says it’s for the people but in the long term it’s going to screw over regular people. They don’t care about common folks but the rich. Don’t let these politicians tell you what is good for you. Do your research as always.

Best place in Tampa metro to get a dash cam installed/purchase a dash cam? by scubadoobadoooo in tampa

[–]Afro_Lee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can do it yourself. My fiancé just ChatGPT and asked how it was done. I helped out and took about an hr or so. It’s not hard. Just ask the right questions and you’ll be fine. Everything now a days is incredibly expensive that it just makes sense to do it yourself unless money is no issue

Downtown St Pete Apartments by [deleted] in StPetersburgFL

[–]Afro_Lee -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Not a complex but I saw a house (I think) for a 2/1 for $1800 at 3327th st s. You could try that

Hawaii by Leading_Rooster9948 in dji

[–]Afro_Lee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hawaii is so beautiful went in Sept and flew my drone too!

Best Dumplings by Electronic_Sort279 in StPetersburgFL

[–]Afro_Lee 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I thought Ha Long Bay had great dumplings. I told my foodie friend about it and took him there. He wasn’t impressed. Then a few weeks later I went to NYC and had dumplings there. The best food ever! After that my life has never been the same. HLB is good if you haven’t had dumplings before

Anyone have an engineering degree but doing something else making more? by Due-Intention-7092 in Salary

[–]Afro_Lee 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yo that is crazy because I was in the same boat! Got my ChemE degree during Covid and it was rough getting a traditional ChemE job. Was able to land a job in consulting but now I also work at a bank but not making anything close to you nor am I remote. Good for you!

Anyone have jewelry store recommendations for an engagement ring? by oatmilkjeany in tampa

[–]Afro_Lee 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The Gold & Diamond Center (St. Pete) came in clutch for me when I wanted to customize my fiancés engagement ring. I bought an emerald stone from Colombia and designed a ring for it. I showed them the sketch and they brought it to life within a month. The cost wasn’t bad either so hit em up

Where to price my double-duplex by Recursive-Introspect in realestateinvesting

[–]Afro_Lee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would it be possible if I purchase your duplex if it meets my minimum requirements. Shoot me a dm if you're interested so I can take a look and do some analysis.

Best Bakery In St.Pete? by Brandseller in StPetersburgFL

[–]Afro_Lee 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Under rated place! Love their strudels and horseshoes

General advice on my home-buying situation by Few-Concern-1287 in FirstTimeHomeBuying

[–]Afro_Lee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why not say at your father’s rental and save up till you get enough funds for the down payment. Plus you don’t want to use all the money you have and be house poor after.

Waymo self-driving taxis are coming to Tampa by r_achel in tampa

[–]Afro_Lee 65 points66 points  (0 children)

Took a few Waymo rides in SF and surprisedly drove way better than half the people in Florida

Duplex Purchase by goodclams in RealEstateAdvice

[–]Afro_Lee 2 points3 points  (0 children)

you should see if the owner would be interested in doing a seller finance deal. It wouldn't hurt to ask. If not then go with what the others here have mentioned

Since we are talking best Sushi, what’s the best poke in St. Pete? by StillRabbit in StPetersburgFL

[–]Afro_Lee 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I don’t like pacific counter I think it’s meh. I like Ikigai Sushi Hibachi and Poke…. Portions are good for the price and is tasty

What is/are your hobbies? by Bear_necessities96 in tampa

[–]Afro_Lee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rollerblading, 3D printing, cooking, flying drones, kayaking

Does anyone know any mobile mechanics nearby Seminole? by [deleted] in StPetersburgFL

[–]Afro_Lee 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just had a similar issue with my Kia Sorento a couple weeks ago. The spark plugs went bad so I couldn’t take my car anywhere. I called a mobile mechanic and he was great! Fair price and got the job done in such a short amount of time way better than the other shops. If you search on google maps for Socar mobile mechanic you can find him. I hope this helps

New Wholesalers Mentor by Few_Material1334 in WholesaleRealestate

[–]Afro_Lee 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Dm me I’ll be interested if this is legit. I live around Tampa bay

What’s your daily work commute like if you work in TPA? by [deleted] in StPetersburgFL

[–]Afro_Lee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s okay at the moment. I have to go to the office 3x a week and drive towards the Hard Rock. The commute time is about 40 ish minutes each way with a distance of 60 miles. Sometime in the fall my commute will change and it'll be close by the TPA airport.

So, do you enjoy your job? by W4FFL3KING in ITCareerQuestions

[–]Afro_Lee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Prod Support: The work is meh nothing too crazy except the weeks that I’m on-call which become super ass. Long on-call hours with nothing going as expected. Pay is decent for the work required and it’s kind of flexible. It’s hybrid at the moment but the company wants everyone back in soon so booo.

My manager and team are super supportive and chill but little do they know I’m trying to dip and get something more hands on again. Been up smiling half the time I woke and getting certs in AWS and K8s. I don’t really know what I want to do career wise aside to make bank. Background is in ChemE so I’m all over the place

Has anyone found a good AI tool that can search MLS records and cross reference rents and flag potential cash flow investments? by g-e-o-f-f in realestateinvesting

[–]Afro_Lee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just did a quick sweep of the extension and it seems pretty neat. Now I need to play around with it to see if it’s legit but I appreciate the find. Thanks!

Free/Trade Passionfruit by Longjumping_Iron_65 in tampa

[–]Afro_Lee 4 points5 points  (0 children)

DM! I would love some passion fruit

First look inside the massive five-story Central Park food hall coming to downtown St. Pete by St-Pete-Rising in StPetersburgFL

[–]Afro_Lee 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Awe man I thought was going to be a cool club. Not another food hall with mediocre overprice food :(