My wife and I (no kids) achieved financial independence by age forty (over twenty years ago), but we kept a house during all the ensuing adventures. We've rented it out, up to 18 months at a time. Some seasons we trade, some seasons we just give free use of it to fellow travelers who are in our town. It always felt good to us to have a home base.
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