vacation homes

Second Home House Porn: Mid Century Mod Trailer in the Sky, Not a Money Pit

By Candy Evans / March 11, 2011 /

This home is in Kingston, New York, in the Hudson River Valley, and was just written up in the New York Times. I’m writing about it because a) it is a second home for a NYC couple and b) it was built in 1958 by the grandparents of a friend who grew up in the…

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An Airstream Can Make Darn Good Second Home Real Estate

By Candy Evans / January 18, 2011 /

Yup, that’s an Airstream that friends have used as a second home now for over a year. They love it so much, they snapped the family holiday card in it. Adventures in the Airstream are forthcoming here on Second Shelters. Told you second homes are not going to break the bank!

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Second Home Sales are on the Rise!

By Candy Evans / January 10, 2011 /

I will not say I told you so, but I did, and this is the very¬†reason why we are talking today. The Wall Street Journal today reports that sales in vacation communities soared last year to heights not seen since the real estate boom that crashed (and burned) in 2008. (For those of us in…

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