mtnman1989
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Why we can’t snowbird?
I know there are folks on here that have an RV and everything is in place to travel but for various reasons cannot leave their homes for an extended time to got south for the winter.
We been going somewhere for the past 4 years.
This year I have tenants unemployed and are struggling to stay afloat.
They may need to move any day and I will have to be here to keep power to the house so it don’t freeze up.
We have to do just 30 days at a time this year.
Let us hear you cant travel this winter.
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hotbyte
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I thought there were ways to "winterize" a home just like an RV or boat.
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When we started being snowbirds I told my DW that sooner or later there might be a reason that we had to stay home. So far we have not had to stay but did have to come home early one year when her father got sick. There was a time where our Granddaughter was in a car accident and on the way to hospital. Had she needed us we would of been on our way. Staying home or coming home early is always a option.
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mtnman1989
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hotbyte wrote:I thought there were ways to "winterize" a home just like an RV or boat.
You can if you are here when the tenants move out?
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Sold the house and we only have the motor home to worry about. This year we are going to go to Omaha, NE for Christmas with our family (just in the car). Next Summer we are going to be volunteering for the South Dakota State Parks. I suppose some day we will have to grow roots again but hopefully not for a long while.
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You could turn the rentals over to a good property manager, We did that years ago & they do a better job than I did.
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skipnchar
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Just a thought (because I NEVER assume all the options are on the table). Your location makes you only a day away from Florida (two days away from WARM Florida)and highways run both directions 
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mtnman1989
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skipnchar wrote:Just a thought (because I NEVER assume all the options are on the table). Your location makes you only a day away from Florida (two days away from WARM Florida)and highways run both directions
Thats why I said we would have to do just 30 days at a time.
As long as the renter stays put we will be fine.
Been doing Florida for the last 4 years.
We had planned on going to Arizona this winter but as you said, Florida is a short 2 days away as our last option.
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We are stuck in Washington State this winter because I am going through chemotherapy for colon cancer.
according to the doctor we should be on the road again for next winter.
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