See this article from Businessweek about “The Best Places to Raise Your Kids,” and you might start thinking about their future. If you are considering some of the lifestyle advantages of a second home, some of the best are related to expanding the horizons of your children.
Sometimes a second home can be a good way to change residency, lower your taxes and still keep your ties to your current community with your first home. Keeping two homes can be fun for your children and their friends too, if they explore new places together. Kids often love to bring a friend along for extended stays at a vacation home when everyone is on break from school.
Forbes.com recently released a report on America’s best and worst values for living, and with a family and the economy to consider it makes sense to do your homework before picking a second home destination. Texas was tops in the report, and one developer has rolled out a Lone Star State welcome by listing school information and creating a special magazine that prospective Texans can subscribe to so they can get familiar with the local surroundings.
If you are searching for private and gated communities, PrivateCommunities.com is one of the Web’s best places to bookmark. The Web search portal has been listing these hidden gems since 1996.
