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Just visiting: Stock-picker flirts with real estate
– moneysense.ca
Getty ImagesI love to spend a few weeks each summer lounging by a lake. This year I rented a little cottage outside Lion’s Head, Ont. located just a few steps from the waters of Georgian Bay.
It’s hard to visit cottage country without dreaming about buying a little slice of heaven.
While owning a cottage has some obvious benefits, it tends to be a costly affair. Crunch the numbers and you’ll likely discover the relative advantages of renting.
For instance, it’s possible to buy a waterfront cottage between Wiarton and Tobermory—roughly 4 hours from Toronto—for, perhaps, $300,000. But that represents the low-end. Those looking for luxury could spend a million dollars or more.
Three hundred thousand dollars might seem like a bargain to house hunters in Toronto. But it is pricey for something that will be used for only a few months of the year.
The initial property cost is joined by a slew of on-going expenses in the form of maintenance, taxes, insurance and utilities…
