http://community.homeaway.com/blogs/investment Wed, 16 Mar 2011 15:13:20 GMT Jive SBS 4.5.6.3 (http://jivesoftware.com/products/clearspace/) 2011-03-16T15:13:20Z http://community.homeaway.com/blogs/investment/2011/03/16/a-different-look-second-home-advantages-over-stocks How does buying a second home compare to investing in common stocks?   Conventional wisdom still holds that, over time, common stocks offer the best returns. This may be true if measuring cash-on-cash return, but when looking at total return, the vacation_home_retirement stock homeaway_vacation_rentals volatile markets investing Wed, 16 Mar 2011 15:13:20 GMT community-no-reply@homeaway.com http://community.homeaway.com/blogs/investment/2011/03/16/a-different-look-second-home-advantages-over-stocks 2011-03-16T15:13:20Z 2 years, 2 months ago 0 http://community.homeaway.com/blogs/investment/comment/a-different-look-second-home-advantages-over-stocks http://community.homeaway.com/blogs/investment/feeds/comments?blogPost=1286 http://community.homeaway.com/blogs/investment/2011/01/26/a-price-earnings-ratio-for-second-homes When analysts look at stocks, they often focus on the price-earnings ratio as a measure of whether the stock is overvalued or undervalued. The higher the number (especially relative to either the market as a whole or to historical averages), the more mortgage_options seller_financing lease_option renting_for_retirement homeaway_retirement vrbo_retirement retirement financial homeaway_vacation_rentals tom_kelly Wed, 26 Jan 2011 17:40:15 GMT community-no-reply@homeaway.com http://community.homeaway.com/blogs/investment/2011/01/26/a-price-earnings-ratio-for-second-homes 2011-01-26T17:40:15Z 2 years, 3 months ago 0 http://community.homeaway.com/blogs/investment/comment/a-price-earnings-ratio-for-second-homes http://community.homeaway.com/blogs/investment/feeds/comments?blogPost=1238 http://community.homeaway.com/blogs/investment/2010/12/22/homeaway-christmas-rental-large-homes-are-always-needed-in-the-city We used to own a very large home in an old, in-city neighborhood that most of our friends thought looked great at Christmas.   I had never really thought about it very much until a successful bid at the local babysitting co-op auction brought us a renting_for_retirement homeaway_christmas homeaway_vacation_rentals tom_kelly Wed, 22 Dec 2010 17:10:59 GMT community-no-reply@homeaway.com http://community.homeaway.com/blogs/investment/2010/12/22/homeaway-christmas-rental-large-homes-are-always-needed-in-the-city 2010-12-22T17:10:59Z 2 years, 5 months ago 0 http://community.homeaway.com/blogs/investment/comment/homeaway-christmas-rental-large-homes-are-always-needed-in-the-city http://community.homeaway.com/blogs/investment/feeds/comments?blogPost=1058