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CKNSLS
Sep 02, 2013Explorer
MPI_Mallard wrote:
Year three and lovin' every second,sold the sticks n' bricks,headed to Florida and never looked back. These are a few of the things we no longer miss;
-property taxes
-cutting the grass
-shovelling the driveway(then re-shovelling the entrance five odd times after the $$$$$$$ snow-plow driver puts a four-foot burm across it)
-city traffic/lights every corner
-local townships telling me what I can and cannot park in my driveway
-replacing the roof/the furnace/the ac/the windows/ect..
-Frau Blücher loves that she can clean our entire home in an hour opposed to an entire weekend
-the considerable amount of money we are saving
I don't say full-timing is for everyone but I do believe it extends your life span,go to any rv resort and look at the 70+ year olds partying it up,life truly is a banquet!
I am sure those are all valid points...however, the fact of the matter remains that in many instances some wouldn't be able to reenter into the real estate market if they grew tired of full timing or had health issues. In the big picture all those expenses you mentioned is nothing compared to 20% appreciation of said real estate. For example-a house that was worth $200,000.00 a year ago is now worth $240,000.00 in many parts of the country-those expenses hardly outweigh appreciation. And this is the last 12 months.
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