[quote=spdrun]Not evaluating a primary home as compared to market conditions (i.e. rents for a similar home) is making a bad investment. Why not buy a few better investments, then rent the same home with the income?

And if you’re doing to buy, why not buy closer to the beach for the same price, which is a more attractive area?[/quote]

Bluntly put. Because there come a point in life that you realize you can’t take everything with you when you are dead and provided you arent financially ruining yourself and your heirs or screwing someone else intentionally over in the process, you can afford to indulge in things once in awhile. The only difference is what level of indulgence can one afford.