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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not rude at all. I would not let anyone who was not a very, very close friend use it so they would understand my financial situation anyway. Can you close up the circle who gets access. Good friends who know you inherited it won't think it's weird at all. [/quote]

I disagree.  Your money is NO ONE's business - not even the closest friends, OP.  NO ONE is to itemize your liabilities but you. Period.  Anyone who makes assumptions about what I should be paying is certainly NOT going to be using my beach house. [/quote]

My very close friends know a lot of things about me, including my financial situation, that my marriage isn't perfect, that I have trouble parenting sometimes, etc. Do you have any close friends? Very odd that your CLOSEST friends would not know that you inherited a beach house vs. paid for it. I am talking about people who I have known for 20-30 years.I would not let others use my house any more than I would tell them all my secrets, but isn't the point of having close friends having people you can trust?[/quote]

Pp, the PP you responsed to was not me, the OP.

Yes my closest friends know, and I assume everyone knows really, but they don't know our personal finances or how much we make, or why the extra costs of running the beach home is not spare change, i.e., we didn't inherit another 2 million in cash.

That is part of why I'm hesitant, but this thread was extremely helpful in sorting this out. I think at the heart of it is that I am uncomfortable with the "status symbol" and new money (equity) and never thought I would be the owner of a million + beachfront property.
I need to work through a lot of this. [/quote]

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