snowbird advice needed

I understand the concern about leaving a home unheated in the winter but winterizing a home is similar to winterizing an RV. The home I now live in used to be my "summer" home in the woods. We winterized it some years and kept it open for winter events other years. We get some very cold and deep winters in northern Michigan but have never had pipes burst due to the cold because we winterize it properly - though there was a real good point about separation of joints etc. that I hadn't considered previously. In the past, though, I had another home that I actually lived in so paint and other liquids were housed there. I was just wondering if anyone else had dealt with this - but maybe not so much.

I'll figure this out and maybe will leave the place lightly heated - we will see.