Welcome to the forum, @thattxguy! This site has some good information on shipping a car down (check out the link at the bottom of this page for star...

I've gotten in the habit of carrying a copy of my deed in my computer bag (it's starting to get a little 'well traveled'). I'm also adding a copy of m...

@linzbb Print a copy of your deed and bring it with you (it will prove that you have a place to stay since you don't have a VI driver's license). ...

@Jumbie Thanks! We're leaning that direction (DLM Plastics) ourselves. Did you do the install yourself or your someone? If you hired it out, woul...

@Hackay Welcome to the forum! How much someone needs to live comfortably here depends on too many things for any of us to just throw out a number ...

@LittleMissSunrise LexisNexis provides free public access to VI laws (and most other jurisdictions as well). Sorry that the link is so long, but it ...

@LittleMissSunrise Another valuable use of bond beams is to tie the long walls of a house together to keep them from flexing in and out in a storm o...

@LittleMissSunrise You may also be able to get owner financing for some part of it. The way interest rates have been, it can't hurt to ask.

@LittleMissSunrise The Bank of St Croix was bought by United Fidelity Bank in Evansville, Indiana. We did our mortgage through them last winter an...

I'm also looking at the recoat or liner decision. Here's one link I've found that will give you a cost and shipping weight for various custom liners...

@ICatchBadGuys My wife and I are divers and we enjoy it on STX. There are easy shore dives on the pier and at Cane Bay. You can get air cards at div...

My wife and I had similar experiences to the original poster in 2012/3. I think the tourists and bustle of STT we to much for us. Then we gave STX a ...

Mini-splits are about twice as efficient as window units or portable units. We had a Mitsubishi unit installed in our condo in December that had a sea...

@daveb722 I recently received an email from one of their support staff. Their email addresses appear to be FirstName.LastName@bmv.vi.gov If I had ...

@irish_dj I agree with Exit Zero on this. Light and air flow are key to avoiding issues with mold and mildew (unless you maintain a climate controll...

@irish_dj My apologies for my belated response... My response is based purely on my impressions and experiences, and I'm sure others will disagree...

@irish_dj Like @jaldeborgh, I'm on St Croix. Food costs vary between stores and islands, but plan on approximately 25-50% higher prices depending ...

We closed on our house on St Croix in December. The seller gave me a copy of their WAPA bill and I took it with me when I had the power changed to m...

They do make 10 ft containers (but you don't see them that often). If you can find one locally, you could pack it yourself and get it trucked to one ...

My wife and I bought a condo near Christiansted in 2014 and were part-timers for almost 6 years. We discovered pretty quickly that we were often dri...

It definitely takes a lot more research now to get things here. I don't have any experience with Target orders, but have figured out a couple things...

@LittleMissSunrise If you haven't seen it, look at the episodes of HGTV's Caribbean Life. The show covers a lot of destinations, but there are a num...

@LittleMissSunrise My wife and I found seeds from a company in PR that are successfully grown in PR for sale at Gallows Bay Ace Hardware. I've attac...

@40isthebetter20 This one just came up on the MLS It's only a 3/1, but well below the price point you mentioned and in what appears to be an ar...