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Originally Posted by Sam1961
Would it be better to rent than buy if I'm only planning on being at TV one or two months at the most?
Most sound advises said rent for a year after the move to a new place before you buy. But I'm only interested in getting away from the cold for month or two. I was looking into buying but want but occupying more than two months out of the year. If lap swim pool is accessible to renter, I wouldn't want the hassle of owning a home at TV since I don't want the hassle of renting out when I'm not there.
I was able to get to travel abroad during winter months but due to COVID, I wasn't able to travel in winter 2020. Then I started searching and found TV. I like that TV has lap swim pool, road bike path, and jogging path. It would be good place to continue the training during the winter months without traveling abroad. Also, I could drive down there from NYC.
You thought and suggestion is appreciated from both renters and landlords. Also, what's the best sites to rent in TV for a month or two months? Thank you.
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Better? In what way? Each comes with its own set of issues. Renting is almost certainly going to be cheaper than buying if you are only coming for a couple of months. However, you'll be living in someone else's house, set up for rental occupancy. We did it for 3 years. Were the beds, and living room furniture as comfortable as I would buy for myself? Not even close. But it was cheaper, and when I left to come north I didn't have to pay any of the carrying expenses, or particularly worry about the lawn, the shrubs, the bugs, or the weather.
We learned stuff about TV we'd have never known had we never rented. For example, I learned I didn't want to live in a house backing up a street like Canal, or Odell, due to traffic noise.
We learned a bit about what villages would suit us, and which would probably not.
We had friends who were very happy in their rentals, only to find out that the owners were retiring themselves and the unit would not be available, and they had to start the process all over, of finding a new rental. We learned that rental costs for the prime months were going up (surprise).
So we bought, but we had made the decision that we wanted to be in TV for 6+months/year, and that it made the decision to buy an easier one.
So when you ask what is better, you have to ask yourself what compromises you are willing to make, and how much hassle and expense you are willing to take.