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Is a second home ever worth it?

Assume you spend 2 weekends each month and most of the summe...
Sable buck-toothed garrison
  12/07/25
Yes
Contagious coffee pot marketing idea
  12/07/25
LJL
Hilarious Becky Kitty
  12/07/25
but where would i get a million dollars
shimmering hospital
  12/07/25
Its consumption. But better than most consumption
Chest-beating Dilemma
  12/07/25
only if you're really locked into where you live + where you...
purple nowag
  12/07/25
If you have kids seems a bit weird to have them spend summer...
Turquoise Range
  12/07/25
Or you have a community with second home. Obviously not enti...
Disturbing pit
  12/07/25
You left out the part where said-Grandfather did a lot of mo...
Misanthropic alcoholic shrine
  12/07/25
that's why i kept asking for an invite up until i found out ...
Disturbing pit
  12/07/25
If you’re a nokidsmo or emptynestermo AND an outdoorsm...
Wonderful School Cafeteria Skinny Woman
  12/07/25
nokidsmo. i like being outdoors but not an outdoorsmo
Sable buck-toothed garrison
  12/07/25
For this purpose you don't need to be some Arcteryx adventur...
Wonderful School Cafeteria Skinny Woman
  12/07/25
basically this It's a dogshit thing to do to kids IMO
Dull Appetizing Theatre
  12/07/25
Depends on the type of home but most homes need a shitton of...
irradiated faggotry dingle berry
  12/07/25
being middle class sucks, huh?
hyperactive buff base fortuitous meteor
  12/07/25
If you’re in need of tax deductions and have the infra...
Electric fuchsia piazza
  12/07/25
of course? its basically free? by the time you sell and d...
Translucent Site
  12/07/25
lol, you don't know wtf you're talking about.
Misanthropic alcoholic shrine
  12/07/25
As someone who grew up in a family with a vacation home - I ...
Dull Appetizing Theatre
  12/07/25
(SP's kid)
Translucent Site
  12/07/25
I suppose you think you're making a fun joke here but you're...
Dull Appetizing Theatre
  12/07/25
now I just feel bad. fuck. anyways, wanna shower?
Translucent Site
  12/07/25
wait, what? did you have your own “Uncle Dave?”
hyperactive buff base fortuitous meteor
  12/07/25
By "longer" I meant there were ages where it happe...
Dull Appetizing Theatre
  12/07/25
...
Odious parlour electric furnace
  12/07/25
What the actual fuck.
soul-stirring church
  12/07/25
🙄
hyperactive buff base fortuitous meteor
  12/07/25
?
Dull Appetizing Theatre
  12/08/25
I can’t stroke it to that
hyperactive buff base fortuitous meteor
  12/08/25
please let us know why. tyia.
brindle candlestick maker native
  12/07/25
yeah why's that? i have somewhat fond memories of a (small,...
Odious parlour electric furnace
  12/07/25
For me it was far more than occasional use. We went to the c...
Dull Appetizing Theatre
  12/07/25
ty, and you didn't like it because you preferred being at ho...
Odious parlour electric furnace
  12/07/25
I would have preferred something approaching a reasonable hi...
Dull Appetizing Theatre
  12/08/25
oh that sucks - and yeah you must've been going to the secon...
Odious parlour electric furnace
  12/08/25
I forgot to mention the #1 thing that was missing in my life...
Dull Appetizing Theatre
  12/08/25
huh. i had sort of an opposite reaction: lots of religious i...
Odious parlour electric furnace
  12/08/25
so like a cottage or something? Yes, its worth it. I know lo...
lemon boyish menage
  12/07/25
Retiring in the second home is something of a pipe dream. ...
Dull Appetizing Theatre
  12/07/25
i would definitely not want to retire in the second home. wo...
Sable buck-toothed garrison
  12/07/25
Shit ton of upkeep on the high end homes sitting vacant. Ev...
thirsty histrionic spot
  12/07/25
We have a 3 season cabin on a pretty but pretty remote lake ...
Exciting Cowardly International Law Enforcement Agency Bbw
  12/07/25
Why not just get an Air BnB? You don't have to pay any of...
Misanthropic alcoholic shrine
  12/07/25
Because an AirBNB would be too fucking expensive if you are ...
spruce tanning salon telephone
  12/08/25
You can rent Airbnbs by the month for pretty reasonable pric...
Green university
  12/09/25
if youre actually rich sure. if youre a wagie then no.
excitant irate step-uncle's house
  12/07/25
Buying a beach house and renting it for 80-90% of the summer...
sinister office laser beams
  12/07/25
Summer = 9 weeks when kids aren't in school?
zippy clear wrinkle cruise ship
  12/07/25
I have looked at the mortgage payments on beach homes versus...
spruce tanning salon telephone
  12/08/25
if it is close enough that you'll actually use it that much ...
adventurous olive chapel
  12/07/25
...
Misanthropic alcoholic shrine
  12/07/25
The sweet spot IMO is a 4/5/6 hour drive (or 1 hour flight)&...
soul-stirring church
  12/07/25
It depends on the scenery; you just want a different environ...
cerebral potus locus
  12/08/25
I think you also have to factor in getting away from the peo...
soul-stirring church
  12/08/25
I think anything you have to fly to kills it, flying is not ...
adventurous olive chapel
  12/08/25
Ideally if you’re flying you’re using your own p...
soul-stirring church
  12/08/25
lol tyvmft
excitant irate step-uncle's house
  12/09/25
helicopter better for mountain cabin access and uses less pe...
lemon boyish menage
  12/09/25
six hours is really pushing it for regular weekend use
up-to-no-good dun lettuce
  12/08/25
Yeah. Even 4 is a stretch for regular weekend use. Assuming ...
Dull Appetizing Theatre
  12/08/25
six is insane.
excitant irate step-uncle's house
  12/09/25
its simply not feasible. its 2-2.5 hours or nothing
lemon boyish menage
  12/09/25
This is stupid. 4-5 hours is easily doable. You cut out of t...
soul-stirring church
  12/12/25
6 works for long weekends but not regular weekends. 4-5 is f...
soul-stirring church
  12/12/25
holy shit at all the pearl clutching analysis in this thread...
soul-stirring church
  12/07/25
Growing up my family had a beach home and a ski home, neithe...
cerebral potus locus
  12/08/25
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hyperactive buff base fortuitous meteor
  12/08/25
your boomer parents bought houses for 1.5 and sold for over ...
excitant irate step-uncle's house
  12/09/25
We have had a second house for 22 years. It's a winter escap...
Saffron bearded cuckold
  12/08/25
Sounds like a 180 set up. You've really got a wonderful life...
Electric fuchsia piazza
  12/08/25
I have been blessed.
Saffron bearded cuckold
  12/08/25
sounds cr. you seem pretty handy though, you haven't had to...
Odious parlour electric furnace
  12/08/25
The older I get the more I hire out. Second house is pretty ...
Saffron bearded cuckold
  12/09/25
ty
Odious parlour electric furnace
  12/09/25
Its worth it to have a second home in Italy.
smoky razzle-dazzle generalized bond
  12/08/25
Maybe counterintuitively I’d argue having a second hom...
soul-stirring church
  12/08/25
European countries are rapidly making it prohibitive to have...
Green university
  12/09/25
...
soul-stirring church
  12/12/25
I'm thinking of doing this because I live in a place where s...
spruce tanning salon telephone
  12/08/25
But where will I get a first home
Godawful beady-eyed theater stage
  12/09/25
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hyperactive buff base fortuitous meteor
  12/09/25
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lemon boyish menage
  12/09/25
i had a second forever and it honestly was just of a pain in...
umber hell
  12/09/25
this would be a lake cabin
Sable buck-toothed garrison
  12/12/25
huh, wouldn't have thought of a few of those ty
Odious parlour electric furnace
  12/12/25
I have a lock picking kit and have access to dozens of unman...
Cordovan Apoplectic Property
  12/09/25
I like the idea of a vacation home in the mountains but it s...
Aqua aphrodisiac space
  12/12/25
It's not in the mountains and not isolated, but we are gone ...
Saffron bearded cuckold
  12/12/25
...
Sable buck-toothed garrison
  12/23/25


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Date: December 7th, 2025 11:08 AM
Author: Sable buck-toothed garrison

Assume you spend 2 weekends each month and most of the summer

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49491142)



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Date: December 7th, 2025 11:13 AM
Author: Contagious coffee pot marketing idea

Yes

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49491150)



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Date: December 7th, 2025 11:25 AM
Author: Hilarious Becky Kitty

LJL

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49491177)



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Date: December 7th, 2025 11:28 AM
Author: shimmering hospital

but where would i get a million dollars

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49491181)



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Date: December 7th, 2025 11:15 AM
Author: Chest-beating Dilemma

Its consumption. But better than most consumption

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49491152)



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Date: December 7th, 2025 11:16 AM
Author: purple nowag

only if you're really locked into where you live + where you weekend. otherwise, just do airbnb's

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49491154)



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Date: December 7th, 2025 11:16 AM
Author: Turquoise Range

If you have kids seems a bit weird to have them spend summers away from friends unless you're an ultra-richmo where your circle just moves around accordingly.

If you don't who cares the money isn't going to do anything for you when you're dead so might as well

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49491155)



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Date: December 7th, 2025 1:31 PM
Author: Disturbing pit

Or you have a community with second home. Obviously not entirely applicable to OP, but knew a buddy whose grandfather had bought a lake place that his dad then inherited. Everyone else around the lake had bought at the same time, so his dad grew up with the other kids who now bring their kids there and it's like a second community where everyone knows each other.

If you're an extrovertmo you could probably recreate that.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49491492)



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Date: December 7th, 2025 2:46 PM
Author: Misanthropic alcoholic shrine

You left out the part where said-Grandfather did a lot of molesting while alone at the lake house.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49491675)



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Date: December 7th, 2025 3:10 PM
Author: Disturbing pit

that's why i kept asking for an invite up until i found out the grandfather died

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49491726)



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Date: December 7th, 2025 11:44 AM
Author: Wonderful School Cafeteria Skinny Woman

If you’re a nokidsmo or emptynestermo AND an outdoorsmo, then it absolutely makes sense to have two homes and migrate seasonally. Very few other circumstances where it makes sense.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49491234)



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Date: December 7th, 2025 12:16 PM
Author: Sable buck-toothed garrison

nokidsmo. i like being outdoors but not an outdoorsmo

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49491316)



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Date: December 7th, 2025 2:39 PM
Author: Wonderful School Cafeteria Skinny Woman

For this purpose you don't need to be some Arcteryx adventuremo or Basspro sportsmanmo. If you like gardening or jogging or cycling on a path or sitting on your deck and watching boats pass by or whatever, it's worth being somewhere nice.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49491658)



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Date: December 7th, 2025 12:53 PM
Author: Dull Appetizing Theatre

basically this

It's a dogshit thing to do to kids IMO

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49491394)



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Date: December 7th, 2025 12:34 PM
Author: irradiated faggotry dingle berry

Depends on the type of home but most homes need a shitton of maintenance and it seems not worth the bother. We can barely manage to take care of one house and there's a long list of projects we need to get to and we don't have the time to deal with it.

If you're retired or generally have a lot of extra time on your hands then maybe it's worth it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49491346)



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Date: December 7th, 2025 2:42 PM
Author: hyperactive buff base fortuitous meteor

being middle class sucks, huh?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49491664)



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Date: December 7th, 2025 12:46 PM
Author: Electric fuchsia piazza

If you’re in need of tax deductions and have the infrastructure for proper management and upkeep, I have known of people who profitably ran portfolios of secondary homes. Location and amenities are everything. You have to keep them rented out. And most importantly, don’t use debt and use other sources of income to live on.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49491368)



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Date: December 7th, 2025 12:48 PM
Author: Translucent Site

of course? its basically free?

by the time you sell and deduct all you spent on having the home, you broke even or came out ahead, so you had a free 2nd home during that time.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49491371)



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Date: December 7th, 2025 2:49 PM
Author: Misanthropic alcoholic shrine

lol, you don't know wtf you're talking about.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49491681)



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Date: December 7th, 2025 12:51 PM
Author: Dull Appetizing Theatre

As someone who grew up in a family with a vacation home - I would be extremely wary.

I would rather have grown up in a family without one.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49491388)



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Date: December 7th, 2025 12:52 PM
Author: Translucent Site

(SP's kid)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49491392)



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Date: December 7th, 2025 1:14 PM
Author: Dull Appetizing Theatre

I suppose you think you're making a fun joke here but you're closer than you think.

The tick checks went on longer than they should have.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49491453)



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Date: December 7th, 2025 1:34 PM
Author: Translucent Site

now I just feel bad. fuck.

anyways, wanna shower?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49491499)



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Date: December 7th, 2025 2:43 PM
Author: hyperactive buff base fortuitous meteor

wait, what? did you have your own “Uncle Dave?”

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49491666)



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Date: December 7th, 2025 8:18 PM
Author: Dull Appetizing Theatre

By "longer" I meant there were ages where it happened where it shouldn't have. The sessions weren't longer than necessary for the stated purpose.

I now think there wasn't any intent of sexual exploitation. But does this person's intent matter? IMO, what matters is how the other person feels. And at the time I felt highly exploited.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49492474)



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Date: December 7th, 2025 10:59 PM
Author: Odious parlour electric furnace



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49492837)



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Date: December 7th, 2025 11:18 PM
Author: soul-stirring church

What the actual fuck.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49492871)



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Date: December 7th, 2025 11:50 PM
Author: hyperactive buff base fortuitous meteor

🙄

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49492931)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 12:20 AM
Author: Dull Appetizing Theatre

?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49492980)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 12:38 AM
Author: hyperactive buff base fortuitous meteor

I can’t stroke it to that

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49492994)



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Date: December 7th, 2025 1:55 PM
Author: brindle candlestick maker native

please let us know why. tyia.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49491538)



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Date: December 7th, 2025 2:41 PM
Author: Odious parlour electric furnace

yeah why's that? i have somewhat fond memories of a (small, cheap, shared, occasional summer use) vacation home

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49491663)



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Date: December 7th, 2025 8:01 PM
Author: Dull Appetizing Theatre

For me it was far more than occasional use. We went to the cottage to the complete exclusion of doing anything else.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49492413)



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Date: December 7th, 2025 11:00 PM
Author: Odious parlour electric furnace

ty, and you didn't like it because you preferred being at home?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49492840)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 12:22 AM
Author: Dull Appetizing Theatre

I would have preferred something approaching a reasonable high school existence. Sports, friends, dances, that sort of thing.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49492984)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 8:44 AM
Author: Odious parlour electric furnace

oh that sucks - and yeah you must've been going to the second home a ton if it interfered with all that

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49493163)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 6:18 PM
Author: Dull Appetizing Theatre

I forgot to mention the #1 thing that was missing in my life: church.

I can't recall ever going to church on a Sunday. We went on Christmas, maybe Easter, and *very* rarely attended weeknight services. I was sent to public schools. Wasn't given any religious instruction at home. It was a massive shock for me to find out as a teenager that we were actually a deeply religious family.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49494943)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 10:06 PM
Author: Odious parlour electric furnace

huh. i had sort of an opposite reaction: lots of religious instruction, but the teachers were generally very dumb. so it turned me off as a young autist. and it was only later when i found things like cs lewis that i came back to it to some degree.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49495509)



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Date: December 7th, 2025 12:54 PM
Author: lemon boyish menage

so like a cottage or something? Yes, its worth it. I know lots of people who have 2nd, and they retire in the 2nd home/cottage usually, eventually, inevitably.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49491400)



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Date: December 7th, 2025 1:23 PM
Author: Dull Appetizing Theatre

Retiring in the second home is something of a pipe dream.

When you get older you need more medical care & 2nd homes are often in areas with fairly poor healthcare options

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49491476)



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Date: December 7th, 2025 2:02 PM
Author: Sable buck-toothed garrison

i would definitely not want to retire in the second home. would go somewhere else. but would spend holidays and summer months and 50% of weekends at second home.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49491553)



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Date: December 7th, 2025 1:43 PM
Author: thirsty histrionic spot

Shit ton of upkeep on the high end homes sitting vacant. Even more when you go the vacation rental route. Overall, if you can afford the monthly expenses and really like the location it's not a bad deal. I'm around mostly high-end second/third homes and the ones purchased for 3-4 million are all going for more than double in just the 10 plus years. Hard to lose if you use it often too.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49491520)



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Date: December 7th, 2025 2:38 PM
Author: Exciting Cowardly International Law Enforcement Agency Bbw

We have a 3 season cabin on a pretty but pretty remote lake about 4 hours from the house. It's great and we use it a lot. Kids can bring a friend, sometimes friends or family use it. But it was cheap, 200k about 6 years ago. Every year or two my wife brings up buying a place at the beach or some expensive area and I just say no without discussion. Upkeep and rental bullshit all seem miserable.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49491653)



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Date: December 7th, 2025 2:51 PM
Author: Misanthropic alcoholic shrine

Why not just get an Air BnB?

You don't have to pay any of the upkeep or other maintenance like you would for a home that you own.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49491686)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 1:33 PM
Author: spruce tanning salon telephone

Because an AirBNB would be too fucking expensive if you are going to stay there the entire summer. But AirBNB is probably TCR if you plan to use it for only 1-2 weekends per month. You avoid the headache of being a landlord, and it's probably cheaper, too.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49494004)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 6:06 AM
Author: Green university

You can rent Airbnbs by the month for pretty reasonable prices if you are savvy about your search and a bit flexible on location. Like a whole house for $2-4k per month

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49495902)



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Date: December 7th, 2025 2:53 PM
Author: excitant irate step-uncle's house

if youre actually rich sure. if youre a wagie then no.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49491690)



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Date: December 7th, 2025 2:55 PM
Author: sinister office laser beams

Buying a beach house and renting it for 80-90% of the summer is one of the best investments a UMC shlub can make.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49491697)



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Date: December 7th, 2025 8:21 PM
Author: zippy clear wrinkle cruise ship

Summer = 9 weeks when kids aren't in school?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49492480)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 1:31 PM
Author: spruce tanning salon telephone

I have looked at the mortgage payments on beach homes versus the revenue from AirBNBing them, and my first thought was, "Holy shit! Why isn't everyone doing this?" Then I researched it more carefully and discovered that there are some significant risks. If you get pwned by a hurricane and can't rent for a full season, the mortgage company still expects to be paid. Ditto if global warming causes your home to fall into the ocean. Also, you can't use your home at all during the summer (or you can use it for a few occasional weekdays at most). But if you are willing to take these risks, the potential profits are enormous.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49493993)



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Date: December 7th, 2025 3:13 PM
Author: adventurous olive chapel

if it is close enough that you'll actually use it that much sure, but then that brings up the question of whether you want to spend all of your time off in a place that is pretty much already where you live just with a prettier view

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49491736)



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Date: December 7th, 2025 3:17 PM
Author: Misanthropic alcoholic shrine



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Date: December 7th, 2025 11:55 PM
Author: soul-stirring church

The sweet spot IMO is a 4/5/6 hour drive (or 1 hour flight)—long enough so there’s real separation between your primary home life and the vacation spot but close enough that weekends (or at least long weekends) are doable.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49492940)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 12:18 AM
Author: cerebral potus locus

It depends on the scenery; you just want a different environment. Living/working in Sacramento and owning a home on lake tahoe would be fine, despite that it's less than 2 hours.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49492976)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 12:20 AM
Author: soul-stirring church

I think you also have to factor in getting away from the people you see M-F. When it’s too close (e.g., your under 2h spot) you end up surrounded by all your workplace / hometown fags. That may be appealing for some people but not me, it makes it harder to feel psychologically separated from your primary home environment.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49492981)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 6:27 PM
Author: adventurous olive chapel

I think anything you have to fly to kills it, flying is not a good experience and doing it twice in a weekend with kids is a hell of a lot of pain in the ass and money when you could just be flying to wherever and getting a hotel for the same effort

to me the deciding factor is if you live close enough to something that is interesting enough to justify going all of the time but is too remote to actually live by, lake houses, ski cabins etc make sense if you live nearby but can't possibly go fulltime on some random mountain

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49494968)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 7:13 PM
Author: soul-stirring church

Ideally if you’re flying you’re using your own plane to cut down on the travel time and making it less burdensome. An hour flight hoping into the plane from the tarmac is much different from having to fly regional Delta twice in a weekend.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49495101)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 9:41 AM
Author: excitant irate step-uncle's house

lol tyvmft

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49496136)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 1:06 PM
Author: lemon boyish menage

helicopter better for mountain cabin access and uses less petrol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49496703)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 10:13 PM
Author: up-to-no-good dun lettuce

six hours is really pushing it for regular weekend use

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49495523)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 11:26 PM
Author: Dull Appetizing Theatre

Yeah. Even 4 is a stretch for regular weekend use. Assuming no PTO use, that's 8 hours in a car just for a little over a day at the 2nd place.

IMO you want 3 hours or less. I feel kind bad for Chicagoans, there's not a ton of credited options all that close. I've never been to Lake Geneva but it looks really mid, just like a suburb on a lake.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49495652)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 9:39 AM
Author: excitant irate step-uncle's house

six is insane.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49496133)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 1:06 PM
Author: lemon boyish menage

its simply not feasible. its 2-2.5 hours or nothing

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49496704)



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Date: December 12th, 2025 5:19 PM
Author: soul-stirring church

This is stupid. 4-5 hours is easily doable. You cut out of the office a little early on Friday, you’re there for dinner, spend all day Saturday and Sunday, hit the road home around 5 pm and you’re back at a reasonable 9-10.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49505245)



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Date: December 12th, 2025 5:20 PM
Author: soul-stirring church

6 works for long weekends but not regular weekends. 4-5 is fine for regular weekends.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49505257)



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Date: December 7th, 2025 11:52 PM
Author: soul-stirring church

holy shit at all the pearl clutching analysis in this thread

Of course having a second house is great wtf is wrong with you people

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49492938)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 12:01 AM
Author: cerebral potus locus

Growing up my family had a beach home and a ski home, neither of which were within driving distance of our actual home. I did not like it because it locked us into a disproportionate number of vacations at those two places. We never lived at either or stayed for more than 2 weeks at a time.

I will say that my parents are naturally gifted home repairers, additioners, and decorators who sold those properties at wild profits and have since done the same with several others. For some of these I'm talking from under $1.5 to well over $2 in the course of less than 5 years (this wasn't some one-off miracle; they consistently got great gains). They would also rent them (short-term vacation) out through local property management companies when we weren't there; my parents would handle some repairs and replacement of stolen/lost/broken kitsch, but none of the day-to-day.

If you don't *like* that shit then obviously don't do it, but this is not, say, buying a boat. It is not a bad financial proposition at all.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49492949)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 12:09 AM
Author: hyperactive buff base fortuitous meteor



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49492961)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 9:43 AM
Author: excitant irate step-uncle's house

your boomer parents bought houses for 1.5 and sold for over 2mil? holy shit!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49496138)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 12:11 AM
Author: Saffron bearded cuckold

We have had a second house for 22 years. It's a winter escape. Swapping snow for palm trees is nice, and since we have friends and family in both places it's pretty homey feeling. Could I live without it? Sure, but I don't plan to sell it or rent it out unless one of us becomes debilitated so we can't use it. It's not that hard to maintain. We have a house watcher and a gardener. Things rarely break, and when they do we just get them fixed. The unrealized appreciation has far exceeded costs, but a stock market investment would have performed somewhat better. I wish it wasn't so far away, though. 2000+ miles is a PITA sometimes. It's an all day trip by air and several days of driving otherwise. We both prefer driving, esp. since we can visit friends along the way.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49492964)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:44 AM
Author: Electric fuchsia piazza

Sounds like a 180 set up. You've really got a wonderful life!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49493249)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 9:50 AM
Author: Saffron bearded cuckold

I have been blessed.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49493258)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 10:15 PM
Author: Odious parlour electric furnace

sounds cr. you seem pretty handy though, you haven't had to do much maintenance yourself?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49495527)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 12:40 AM
Author: Saffron bearded cuckold

The older I get the more I hire out. Second house is pretty low maintenance. Had it painted and reroofed last year, so there's not much else to do. Could use some interior updating, but it's not urgent. I fix minor stuff that breaks, but don't intend to crawl around laying flooring.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49495762)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 9:24 AM
Author: Odious parlour electric furnace

ty

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49496100)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 12:17 AM
Author: smoky razzle-dazzle generalized bond

Its worth it to have a second home in Italy.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49492974)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 12:23 AM
Author: soul-stirring church

Maybe counterintuitively I’d argue having a second home in some far flung other country is LESS credited. Better to just rent in those situations. The second house needs to be someplace you can fairly easily access for when shit goes wrong. I suppose a condo in a major foreign city would be fine.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49492986)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 10:21 AM
Author: Green university

European countries are rapidly making it prohibitive to have a second home. Like crushing vacancy taxes, severe limits on renting it out short-term, etc.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49496216)



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Date: December 12th, 2025 5:21 PM
Author: soul-stirring church



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49505265)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 12:17 AM
Author: spruce tanning salon telephone

I'm thinking of doing this because I live in a place where summers are miserable but there are some nearby mountains with a mild summer climate and tons of outdoor opportunities. I think I would get enough utility from being able to hike and mountain bike all summer to justify any maintenance expenses (especially if I try to keep it rented when I am not using it). I'll have to see if the numbers add up, though.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49492975)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 12:51 AM
Author: Godawful beady-eyed theater stage

But where will I get a first home

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49495776)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 5:17 AM
Author: hyperactive buff base fortuitous meteor



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49495877)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 1:09 PM
Author: lemon boyish menage



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49496711)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 9:50 AM
Author: umber hell

i had a second forever and it honestly was just of a pain in the ass. youre always traveling to it in peak traffic (Friday night to Sunday night).

youre constnatly buying groceries and stuff like milk that you have to throw out. you have to maintain it because it still gets dust and yard needs to be mowed. so if you dont want to sopend your whole weekend vacuuming you have to pay someone to do it. and yhour paying tax for services you dont even use.

if i were much richer sure or if it was a lake cabin with a boat sure, but it mostly sucks just get a hotel or stay home

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49496160)



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Date: December 12th, 2025 10:18 AM
Author: Sable buck-toothed garrison

this would be a lake cabin

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49504114)



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Date: December 12th, 2025 10:48 AM
Author: Odious parlour electric furnace

huh, wouldn't have thought of a few of those ty

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49504153)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 1:10 PM
Author: Cordovan Apoplectic Property

I have a lock picking kit and have access to dozens of unmanned forest fire lookout towers all winter long for free

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49496713)



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Date: December 12th, 2025 10:28 AM
Author: Aqua aphrodisiac space

I like the idea of a vacation home in the mountains but it seems like you'd need to pay someone to routinely check on it, do maintenance while you're away, clean it, etc.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49504125)



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Date: December 12th, 2025 12:16 PM
Author: Saffron bearded cuckold

It's not in the mountains and not isolated, but we are gone from our winter house for 8 or 9 months/year. I have a neighbor who checks on it periodically and a gardener who comes a couple of times/month, plus a bug service to keep the scorpions out. Otherwise there's not really anything to do. I have security cameras and it's in a safe neighborhood with numerous permanent residents. If you're in a area with a mix of permanent and part time residents it's easy to find someone to keep an eye on it for a small fee.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49504394)



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Date: December 23rd, 2025 8:41 AM
Author: Sable buck-toothed garrison



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807480&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310764#49533272)