[rsmurano]

Originally Posted by Michael G.

Do you feel snowbirds are wealthier than the people that live in TV year around?

They would need:

2 homes.
2 wardrobes at each house.
2 cars.
2 tax bills.
2 heating/cooling bills.
2 yard maintenance contracts.
2 doctors/dentist etc.
And someone to check on each house for 6 months.

We in TV thank you for sharing your wealth.

Not sure what your point is! There are multi-millionaires owning outright 1 house here in TV and/or owning outright multiple houses around the country. I know people that own multiple homes and they have multiple mortgages.

You can also say that owning multiple houses has been a very good investment that has generated more profit than expenses at the same time of being able to live where and when they desire

[JMintzer]

Snowbirds be like...

[Scorpyo]

Originally Posted by B-flat

I pray I'll be dead when electric cars become mainstream and at my current age it's very possible.



There are many but don't forget Steven Spielberg and his jet. This is a quote from the NY Post:

A private jet belonging to Steven Spielberg has burned more than $116,000 worth of jet fuel since June despite the famous Hollywood director’s past warnings about global warming, according to a flight tracking database. These elites are full of that stuff we flush down the toilet each day.

??? You have a Bull on your property that uses your toilet? 😂

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by Scorpyo

??? You have a Bull on your property that uses your toilet? 😂

Huh????

[vinnytalk]

Originally Posted by tophcfa

Not sure about more wealth, but they are certainly strapped with more responsibilities, and not just the responsibilities involved with owning and maintaining two homes. Many don’t want to own two homes, but are forced to because of unavoidable responsibilities that require them to continue to spend significant time outside of Florida. My best advise for anyone retiring is to dump any and all possible responsibilities and avoid taking on new ones like the plague. We spent our whole adult lives dealing with responsibilities, retirement is our limited remaining time to do whatever we want, whenever we f’in please : )

What's the point, people have the right to do with they want with their money?

[manaboutown]

Originally Posted by rsmurano

Not sure what your point is! There are multi-millionaires owning outright 1 house here in TV and/or owning outright multiple houses around the country. I know people that own multiple homes and they have multiple mortgages.

You can also say that owning multiple houses has been a very good investment that has generated more profit than expenses at the same time of being able to live where and when they desire

On another thread I commented on how my brother is working to straighten out the finances of his 81 year old sister-in-law and her 89 year old husband who has developed dementia. They owned four houses, three in and near a mountain town in Colorado, and one in Tucson. They were snowbirds. One of the CO houses was a rental and the long term tenants recently moved out. When my brother got ahold of their finances they did not have sufficient cash to pay their income taxes! They had lived large (pun intended; they each are obese) for almost 25 years on two quite sizable pensions, but had not set aside any cash savings. Long story short: my brother sold the vacant rental and their $700,000 "cabin" for which they had paid $150,000 some years ago. He recently put their large CO home up for sale. So, their multiple homes will fund their last few years in Tucson along with their generous pensions. They lived quite high (pun intended, CO homes at 8,500; cabin at 9,500 ft. elev.).

[Scorpyo]

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC

Huh????

You have to read 93 in it's entirety to get my humor. Primarily the ending.

[PugMom]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

My two favorite aspects of the "climate change" scam are:

a) Leonardo Dicaprio, U.N. global ambassador for climate change, flying to conferences in a private jet. This was in addition to the time he borrowed a Saudi prince's yacht and sailed it from the Mediterranean to Brazil using something like 6,500 gallons of diesel fuel.

b) All the politicians and Hollyweird stars that are telling you to hide under your bed from the climate change boogie man and how you are going to drown in rising ocean waters are busy building multi-million dollar homes on the beach.

But back on topic----at one point I owned 5 properties, now I have only 1, and I'm much happier.

don't forget Harry & Megan,

[PugMom]

Originally Posted by vinnytalk

What's the point, people have the right to do with they want with their money?

agreed. what my neighbor earns is none of my business. if they can do things we can't afford, be happy for them. they earned it

[ElDiabloJoe]

Originally Posted by PugMom

agreed. what my neighbor earns is none of my business. if they can do things we can't afford, be happy for them. they earned it

I am happy to see good people do well and the more money they have, the better. I hate to see lawsuit millionaires who got their money by suing police departments for their own stupid behavior to begin with.

The more money hard-working, good, honest people have, the happier I am for them. They deserve it, and they earned it, IMHO.

[Laker14]

Originally Posted by MX rider

We'll be snowbrids soon. We bought a home in TV last March. Just downsized here in SW Indiana to get prepared for retirement. Our plan is to keep both homes for about 4 or 5 years until the grandkids get a bit older. My wife isn't ready to leave them yet. Plus we do love it here 7 months out of the year. lol.
Eventually we'll end up in TV full time. We planned for this, but we don't want 2 homes forever.

Everyones plan is different. It really isn't about wealth, but investing well and saving for retirement. Also not buying more house than you can afford is key. We're not rich by any means, but god willing we stay healthy and can live full and active life.

This is the place for it. If you like to be busy and active, you'll love it here.

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by Scorpyo

You have to read 93 in it's entirety to get my humor. Primarily the ending.

Bit of a stretch but understand it now

[44Apple]

Way, way off original topic, but those who are against electrical vehicles now are probably descended from those who did not want motorcars in 1925 and those who did not want trains in 1825.

[Two Bills]

Originally Posted by PugMom

don't forget Harry & Megan,

There goes the neighborhood!

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by 44Apple

Way, way off original topic, but those who are against electrical vehicles now are probably descended from those who did not want motorcars in 1925 and those who did not want trains in 1825.

Or....... They are the people who realize this whole climate change scam is bogus and the mining and disposal of lithium is far more damaging than any CO2 emissions that have virtually no effect on climate cycles that are driven by the power of the sun and Earth's axis variations. [end of run on sentence]