Good thoughts. No, I wasn't thinking of buying for rental income. I was just trying to balance the equation a little bit. My goal is to have a new life waiting for me when I'm ready to retire full time. I've never liked the thought of just retiring and moving away cold turkey. I'd rather have a genuine second home that I've gotten used to thru the years. The renter idea came more from the reality that I'd be wasting the best months of the year with a vacant home. But being a landlord isn't anything I've ever been crazy about. But with older renters, it seems more plausible. There are risks and I wouldn't go into anything that required renters to get by, but I was curious if there really is the demand for rentals that the agent was telling me exists.
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