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Old 03-04-2025, 04:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Stu from NYC View Post
People say average villager is in their third home before they are frogs. No idea if that was true but renting for a month sure helped us decide where to stay.
Top 4 reason you buy/sell a home in TV. First house you swore you could downsize from 4,000sf to a patio or courtyard villa. We got a kick out of watching giant moving vans eventually putting extra stuff in the garage, then the driveway, and finally the yard.

Second house, I can’t fit any of my stuff in that 1.5 car garage and definitely can’t downsize this much. So bigger house and garage.

Third house Spouse dies, move back to the smaller house because current house is just too much to handle.

Or in our case First house a Vaca house 2/2
Second house 3/2 so parents had their own space, then maintained as a long term rental.

Third house 3/2 with a golf cart garage. Sold first house.

Fourth house 4/3, because life changes, and parents no longer able self care.
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