Blake Anderson Facebook ad: “Live in Florida?”

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Finally moved from California to Florida and it was the best decision we ever made... EXCEPT for one thing I'll get to that part in a second because it almost ruined everything. But first. We left Los Angeles last August and the change was immediate. $3,800 a month for a 2 bedroom apartment in Silver Lake. Now we've got a bigger place in Tampa for a fraction of that. An actual house, with a yard, a driveway, space to breathe. Groceries cheaper. Gas cheaper. My wife landed a job offer right here in Tampa and the salary stretches in ways Los Angeles never allowed. I park in my own driveway instead of circling the block for 45 minutes and landing 6 blocks away. The kids have never been happier. Neighbors brought food the first week. In Silver Lake we lived next to the same people for 4 years and I couldn't tell you their names. Everyone told us we'd regret leaving California. Honestly? We've never been happier. EXCEPT for one thing And it's so ridiculous I sat there for a full minute just staring at my phone Car insurance In California I was paying $312 a month for two cars. Brutal but California brutal, meaning you've just accepted it as the cost of existing. Figured when we moved to Florida it would fall like everything else had. I called to update our address to our new place off Dale Mabry Highway. They put me on hold. "Okay everything's updated, your new rate is $389 a month." I said wait what She said "$389 a month" I said I'm paying $312 right now in Los Angeles. It went UP? "Yes sir, Florida has different rate structures and the Tampa metro is considered high-risk." I literally moved from Los Angeles. HOW is this more expensive than Los Angeles. She said something about uninsured motorist rates and accident statistics and I stopped listening. Hung up. Told my wife. She said that can't be right, call other places. So I spent the next week calling around. Got quotes from 4 different companies. $340, $375, $410, $367. Every single one was higher than California. One of them actually said "yeah Florida car insurance surprises people, they move here thinking it'll be cheap." I was livid. We'd spent everything on the move. An extra $77 a month just for insurance felt like a slap. Three weeks later I'm at a park near our place loading up the truck after picking up some shelving. Guy parked next to me sees my California plates. "Just move here?" Yeah, about a month ago. "Let me guess, your car insurance went up." Yes. How did you know that. "Same thing happened to me. Happens to everyone from out of state." Then he said something I didn't expect. "Have you heard about that site the kid from Orlando built?" I had no idea what he meant. He told me the story. Some college kid home for the summer watched his parents struggling with their car insurance bill. They were paying like $320 a month and couldn't figure out why it was so high when they had clean records. So he built a site that forces every major competition to compete for your rate at the same time. No shopping around. Just the actual lowest rate each company will offer based on your driving record. He launched it to help his parents. Then their neighbors started using it. Then people across Orlando. Now apparently thousands of people across Florida are using it and saving hundreds per month. The guy at the park said he's paying $74 a month for two cars, full coverage. I said that's impossible. He pulled up his policy on his phone right there and showed me. $74 a month. Florida. Two cars. Full coverage. He texted me the link. I pulled it up right there in my truck. 90 seconds. Quote came back $81 a month for both cars. The exact same coverage I'd been quoted $389 for. I sent my wife a screenshot. She called immediately. "Is this real?" I said the guy just showed me his actual policy. She said "do it right now before something changes." We switched that day. That was 4 months ago. We've saved almost $850 so far. Now the Florida move is actually perfect. Everything is better AND cheaper, including car insurance. I've told everyone since then. My brother still in Los Angeles switched that same week. Went from $340 down to $79. My coworker who moved from San Diego called me a month later. Had been paying $290. Now paying $68. Said it was the easiest thing he'd done since the move. But the one that really got me was my neighbor here in Tampa. Born in Florida, lived here his whole life, been with the same insurance company for 15 years paying $285 a month. He switched. Texted me two days later. "I've been overpaying for 15 years" That one landed hard. A guy who grew up here, never left, and nobody ever told him this existed. Here's what you actually get when you check. You get your real rate. Not a range, not an estimate, the actual monthly number for your specific cars and your specific record. Most people find they can save up to $950 per year. You keep the same coverage. Same liability limits. Same protection. Takes about 90 seconds to see your number. You don't cancel anything first. You don't give a credit card. You don't have to shop around. You just see the rate. If it's not dramatically lower than what you're paying right now you close the tab and nothing changes. But if you're like me, like my brother, like my neighbor who's been here 15 years, it's going to be lower. A lot lower. Are you a safe driver in Florida who hasn't had a major accident or DUI in the past few years? Click Learn More to see your rate right now. Florida drivers pay some of the highest rates in the country, and most people don't even know why. I thought moving to Florida meant everything would be cheaper. Turns out this one kid from Orlando figured out how to beat the system and now he's saving people across the state thousands of dollars. Now is the best time to act. Click Learn More to see your rate. If you're a safe driver in Florida paying more than $150 a month, you're probably missing discounts you qualify for.

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