[Boomer]

Hi Bill-n-Brillo,

Thank you for starting this thread. We who are in the second-home (or snowbird/snowflake) market are in a different boat than those who are making the decision to live in TV full-time. I probably could write a whole book about how I have wrestled this decision.

We have rented in TV before but not for a long enough time, just for a month. We have never done the Lifestyle visit. We have never been there in winter. Twice, we have come close to making an offer, but each time something pulled me back and I have never regretted that. As it turned out, it really was not the right time.

Now, I consider a long rental to be money well-invested, in our case anyway. And if we do decide to buy after that, we will know where we want to be and what kind of house we want. We will know what’s there for us, and if we want to make that serious investment in owning two homes.

Heck. I know somebody who went to a party one night and ended up buying a house from somebody there. Things can happen once you are in there. I am willing to give it a good chance, but I just won’t jump right in now to buying a second home without really knowing that I want it bad enough to deal with all the stuff that goes with owning two.

I am a terrible golfer who cannot line-dance, but I know that TV has so much more to offer. Anyway, we are taking our time. For now, the decision to rent-and-see is the only one that makes sense for me personally.

This is a topic that needs discussing here on TOTV. And I probably will be back sometime to say some more stuff about it.

Boomer