Anonymous wrote:If you want to make the most money, keep it in the stock market.
If you want to have a vacation home, to use now and to hand off to your kids, buy the vacation home if you can afford it.
Both options are valid OP - but don't confuse buying a vacation home as investing in real estate. You might make money, you might lose money, but either way, that's not the point of buying a second home.
Thanks, that's what I think as well. I don't expect to make a ton of return on it, but I would think in general, stocks would be an easier, low maintenance investment vehicle. Vacation home is nice, but also limiting.