I've been toying with the idea of Tacoma (even though it's seems so far away) but real estate is so much more cheaper. 

I paid 250k for it.. association is maybe 100 a month and its a 50X60 .. we had two cirrus in it and a champ.. and all sorts of other toys one MUST have LOL.. some of our neighbors though had full on man caves with apartments etc in them. 

I guess I am very novice and am still toying with the idea.

So most of the folks wanted to just count on a certain amount of dollars that they could use for junk, toys, expenses, without losing or having to think about the original capital.

When my kids trash their rooms it makes me not want to buy them more toys or games

It’s an appreciating asset that I’m not counting on cash flow from  I have to say I flinched twice here and when I read your initial post.Personally, I went in the opposite direction and purchased the cheapest primary possible and didn't buy toys and luxuries until much later.

Around 5% 20 year wirh a resy after fIrst 5.80% out wIrh force apprecIatIon can yIeld toy a very nIce return!

They seem relatively easy to maintain, very efficient, and here in Alaska, I feel like a lot of people try to minimize their footprint and expenses so they can buy more toys.

So maybe there is something buried on that site.When I toyed with if I wanted to jump into the NPN space..

We are toying with the idea of asking for a couple grand off the purchase amount to help mediate the water problems.Would love to hear from the wiser and more experienced.