Some Pro TIPS:
1) If you have a house YOU NEED food, the house just ads a bonus.
Here's the formula :
http://wiki.erepublik.com/index.php/Wellness
2) Q4 weapons are useless if your strength is under 10, better fight with Q1/Q2 until you have enough strength so the investment for Q4 is wort it
3) To move to Florida you need to move through a neutral country first, I suggest you use Estonia -> USA
Kottonmouth, I donated to you 2 Q1 tickets and 2 Q4 food.
PS: Houses are essential if you want to get more XP than other people and end up leveling faster.
A Q1 house with Q3 food will end up giving you 10 bonus HP every couple of days than normal Q3 food would. And 10 bonus wellness means 1 bonus fight = 2 xp + damage.
Q5 House + Q5 food + gift gives you 10 extra wellness every day or so.