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In my last blog I explored the who part of this equation by answering the question "Who buys a condo", and now I would like to address the why part.

So whyy buy a condo anyway? Why not just rent? Good questions and tough to answer but let me explain it to you.

I own a refrigerator, and in that refrigerator is some food and some beer. I can stay home and cook some food, have a beer, and watch TV and all is good. But what I really like to do is go down to my local restaurant for happy hour, sit at a bar, have some appetizers, drink an ice cold beer, and watch the news or sports on their TV. There is just something about them cooking and serving and cleaning and all that stuff. I like to order my food, they bring it and when I am done they take it away. No dishes, no wiping the counter, no slaving over the hot skillet.

Condos are kind of like that. You own everything on the inside and can do with it whatever you please, including moving walls and decorating and building stuff. But on the outside, they take care of the roof, the lawn, the parking lots, everything. Sure, you have to pay for it just like I pay for the food at the local diner. Just imagine that someone else has to go outside on those brutal July days and mow the grass, let alone those frigid January days shoveling the sidewalk.

Just imagine if you owned a condo how much more free time you would have. Maybe you could hit a bucket of balls, then go to happy hour. Sounds like a plan to me!