It is an interesting topic.
I didn't answer the poll because I am not full time. We don't plan to go full time.
The wife is retired but I have a few more years. We plan on keeping our place for sure as we plan to be there more than we will be on the road. I think I would always like a home base, however, if we did go full time I could see the advantages to selling it.
Keep in mind that unless you have a big nest egg it could be tough to buy something later on if you change your mind.
But is that good or bad in their minds? Or just the way they chose to live? If they don't want the responsibilities of real estate ownership, why would they keep it?
I know people who own property they visit every few years and ignore otherwise. I know people who constantly worry about their property so they have to check on it often and thus cannot travel far. Add buildings or rules about maintenance and it gets more complicated.
I don't find it surprising that the numbers are similar on both surveys. I don't understand the subject of this thread though, since I don't see where owning property is either good or bad, but rather depends on each individual's particular circumstances and what works best for them.
Interesting feedback from the Xscapers Facebook Group. I put up a poll and here are the results. I wish I wouldn't have given people an option to post write-in answers, since it skewed the results a bit. But you can still see that 56% own some type of real estate or co-op lot, and 44% are property-free.
It's prompted me to do a few interviews and put together a story for the July issue of Escapees Magazine, so stay tuned!