04-05-2009, 03:22 PM
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Originally posted by KathyH
hpp4me has expressed wanting to travel something like 50% of the time after moving here. Might not be a bad thing to look in a dry area. The wet areas require more home maintenance in my experience.
If I wanted to travel that much (COULD travel that much), I think I'd get a condo and if it were nice enough I'd do the vacation rental thing instead of a house with a caretaker. Better yet, buy an established vacation rental ... you need a lockable area for your personal stuff though.
You've got a good memory! We are actually building a place in SE Asia and will be spending a fair amount of time there. We may not give up our mainland home in retirement, either.
My only concern about the East Side is poor healthcare. The one certainty of retirement is illness will eventually strike.
The vacation home idea is on the list. In fact, there are places on the ocean in HPP for under $300,000 with waterviews that might work. A few years ago they would have been twice as much. For example,
http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhome...1104979551