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09.08.19, 03:36 AM General Topics
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How do snowbirds do it? I want to spend end of October through March in another location for better winter weather but sadly not excited by housing (feels like a trade off? better weather but worse home). Sign a lease for a year? furnish? sublet? fly out to do this or just arrange online? [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
General Topics 09.08.19, 03:36 AM Flag

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Just buy a place. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 09.08.19, 04:31 AM Flag

+1, everyone I know who does this in Florida or Arizona just buys a house or condo. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 09.08.19, 04:55 AM Flag

+2 unless you are wealthy enough to afford help with maintaining a property a condo is the way to go. The only maintenance we do is to pulldown the hurricane shutters, clean out the fridge and leave the place for months on end. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 09.08.19, 11:11 AM Flag

If I were to spend that long, I’d prob buy a place. When my kids were young, we spent feb in Miami Beach and rented for a month. When my husband retires and kids are gone, we will prob start spending 2 months of the winter (Jan and feb) somewhere warm. I already have 3 properties to maintain. I don’t want to deal w another, so we will rent. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 09.08.19, 12:08 PM Flag

I disagree with previous posters - rent first and then if you like the place, buy there. You could try out different parts of the country - New Mexico, Arizona, ocean side FL, gulf side FL, southern states, etc. Then buy a condo (not a whole house) in a place you really enjoyed spending a few months. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 09.08.19, 04:33 PM Flag

I would buy a condo so someone is maintaining the exterior. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 09.08.19, 05:40 PM Flag