Linda Ledesma needed a little extra money to help pay the rising costs of living in Florida.
So she decided to sell her burial plot in Sylvan Abbey cemetery in Clearwater. The newspaper classified ad noted its scenic location “in Garden of Ascension, near waterfall, under shade tree.”
At $2,500, the asking price is a relative bargain. The cemetery is selling similar plots for $3,995.
Ledesma has joined a small but growing number of people who are selling unwanted cemetery plots. The trend is particularly pronounced in states such as Florida that drew millions of retirees who have grown more accepting of cremation or are rethinking their earlier plans to be buried in the state. Others say they’d rather have the money now and worry about their final resting place later.