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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thanks PP - this is very much what I dream of.
can i ask some follow-up questions - 
How frequently do you head out there?
How much do you rent it out for/how do you rent it out?
How do the kids feel about it - are they annoyed to miss activities, parties etc in town?[/quote]

1. Now we get there about 2xs a month, but with b-ball coming up, we will hardly get there this winter, which is OK since prime time rental is during ski season. I much prefer the summer. Since I can WFH, I take the kids up there for a week or two in the summer and they go to camp down there (they have nature camp, tennis camp, swim camp, and golf camp) they go to camp during the day, I work, and then we all join together at 4:30 and I get some special time with them...playing UNO, roasting marshmallows, watching movies, or playing the Wii.  Dad then comes on the weekends. I also like summer because there is a lake.  We most always go on 3 day weekends unless we get a good rental.
2. I rent it for around $550 a weekend, but that is average. Ski season can be more, summer can be less.  I use a management company, but I also use VRBO. I prefer VRBO because I only pay mgmt 10% (plus cleaning) If I find the renter. If they find the renter they get 25% which is steep IMO.
3. We don't go up when the kids have parties to attend. Also if the kids have something they really want to do here, we stay.  Sometimes they don't want to go, but since we often bring other families, they look forward to it. We also met another family down there with a vacation house and try to coordinate weekends that we all go down, so the kids can get together.  WE also practically have no rules at the cabin (they can jump on beds, run around like crazy, stay up late, watch lots of TV and play lots of video games) so for them it truly is a retreat from our normal lives.

I'm not sure what the last poster is talking about in regards to maintenance (I love when people chime on on these things that have no real experience with other than "people they know").  When we first bought the cabin, we did sink a good amount of money into it making sure everything was maintained.  We do very little to it, other than an huge annual clean out.  We have some great tradesman on call if an issue arises.  We don "do" any yard work. Since labor is so cheap down there, we hire people (and according to experts on here, we are being swindled).  Also the lot is wooded, we are on a mountain, there is no grass to mow.  Who likes grass outside of suburbia?  Even if it snows, we have someone who automatically comes and shovels the driveway and the deck, so we don't even shovel.  I do strongly suggest that if you do buy something to have a good amount of cash on hand to make all updates/maintenance right when you buy it, so that is out of the way and you don't have to worry for a few years and you can just enjoy your cabin.[/quote]

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