She wrote to her sister about the glories of living here. Those letters were selling Florida.

Apparently, there's a big pile of letters at home for me and my mum said I got a thong in the post,

The loss there is an emotional connection. They're not going to know who their parent or grandparent was.

Everybody started to raise their prices — the first real estate boom. She describes it.

Show what you've done for the last five years, seven years tops. Longer than that, and, frankly, no one cares.

If someone's been here for a few months, there for a few months, we call that job hopping. Job hopping scares off employers. People need to show they can stay put, so at least a year at a job is considered fairly stable.