CA has state taxes
and Congrats NICE color choice
Yes FL houses are cheap for the most part. that is if you enjoy living near swamp lands ehhehe j/k (sort of)
I considered relocating to FL once. I would have been able to buy a house and pay it off in 3-4 years. Well it wouldn't have been a big house, just 1500sq/ft.
A nice new custom home (3000sq/ft) would have been under $300K with nearly all upgrades

that was 2 years ago.