There is a much cheaper option than buying two homes. Buy one in the place where you see yourself spending the most time and rent a holiday home for the other times. The money you would spend on buying and the upkeep buys you a lot of holidays and you get to be in different locations too.
You also turn up and don't spend the first few days fixing everything and cleaning up!
Roger, all sensible and all true.
BUT...
- Rent is dead money. It won't appreciate - it's just gone
- If you have investible capital, where else to put it?
- There's an emotional comfort in places you truly own.
- In life the best experiences are often on a whim. Why not drive to the holiday home after the party, just for the thrill of waking up somewhere else. No planning, no booking - just drive
