I don’t want to buy a property just to buy it, but also I don’t want my money to just sit in a bank account not being active.  

We would have occupied the other and been perfectly capable of making the mortgage if it were to sit vacant. 

No reason to let that much equity just sit around.

The real estate market in that town seems pretty sad/slow - lots of properties under 100k/150k available, many sit on the market for many many months, etc.

Win-win.Message me directly for details on how you can waste top dollar and have your home sit on the market for eons, simply by converting your garage!

They didn't call their handyman to heat the pipes up with a heat gun, they just let the pipes sit there until they defrosted. 

He is sitting extremely liable.

After you get burnt out or want to change professions, you'll be sitting on good assets and a (hopefully) huge pile of cash. 

There are 5000 OPEN jobs in customer service at the IRS which have been sitting for months.

If purchase a property for $60k put $40k into it you sit at $100k all in and it's worth $200k, you are able to rent it for $1100 you are good on the 1% rule and say you are cf a $100 a month.