The traditional vision of a second home was a cabin close to the shore of Dad’s favorite fishing lake or a condo on the fairway of Dad’s beloved golf course in the desert.

That’s no longer the case. Aging baby boomers, who have redefined every aspect and item of their life cycle ranging from jeans, to cars, to home design, also are redefining the second-home market. The healthiest, wealthiest and largest group ever to surface on the American landscape is borrowing more, traveling further and purchasing additional real estate sooner in life. They are more adventuresome than their parents who comprised the pay-it-off, stay-close-to-home Greatest Generation. To the contrary, boomers never met a loan they didn’t like and are proud to journey to distant lands to buy and declare “this is not your father’s second home.”  READ MORE HERE!