Frugalityisthenewblack
Recycles dryer sheets
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- Dec 14, 2008
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I think the best chance to have a successful retirement is to plan ahead. I have a year off to try our the retiree lifestyle (a sabbatical) and in six years I will be in a position to leave work permanently. I want to spend the winter months in a warm climate.
Originally I thought I would buy a second home and take advantage of the cheaper market in Florida, but now I have changed my mind.
It's a woman's right to change her mind---(sometimes I abuse the privledge).
Sometimes it is cold in Florida---maybe I will visit Ecuador or Belize and see if they would be good places to spend the winter.
If we rented for a few months in a place close to the equator then returned to Canada and took our trailer to the US in the late winter/early spring for 6-8 weeks we would have the flexibilty to discover and travel the southern states. Part of me is worried I might get bored being in one place.
Buying or renting----who has made this decision and which did you choose?
Originally I thought I would buy a second home and take advantage of the cheaper market in Florida, but now I have changed my mind.
It's a woman's right to change her mind---(sometimes I abuse the privledge).
Sometimes it is cold in Florida---maybe I will visit Ecuador or Belize and see if they would be good places to spend the winter.
If we rented for a few months in a place close to the equator then returned to Canada and took our trailer to the US in the late winter/early spring for 6-8 weeks we would have the flexibilty to discover and travel the southern states. Part of me is worried I might get bored being in one place.
Buying or renting----who has made this decision and which did you choose?