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Common Questions · Travel & home

Life after financial independence

Should I keep a home base?

A home can support family and familiar routines, but ownership and maintenance can also restrict a life built around travel.

A home base can coexist with continued travel

A year after establishing a home base near family, she reported feeling settled while still planning substantial travel with her now-retired partner.

“I think we’ve settled into it nicely.”

A Purple Life Oct 2026 · Year 6 Read original by A Purple Life (opens in a new tab)

Managing a house can become more burden than benefit

They sold their Argentina home and continued traveling. The work attached to the house had become less worthwhile to them.

“more trouble than it was worth”

Paul & Vicki Terhorst 2014 · Year 30 Read original by Paul & Vicki Terhorst (opens in a new tab)

Rent before choosing another permanent base

Winter rentals let the couple explore different locations without immediately buying a second home.

“we have now opted to rent (Airbnb) instead”

ESI Millionaire 164 Mar 2020 Interview snapshot · published 2020 Read original by ESI Millionaire 164 (opens in a new tab)

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