💰 Financial Tips for First-Time Snowbirds (AARP Article)

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💰 Financial Tips for First-Time Snowbirds (AARP Article)

FROM THE ARTICLE.

9 Money Tips for First-Time Snowbirds.

Tired of bone-chilling winters? Follow these strategies when considering a second home in the South.

By Cameron Huddleston, AARP. Published December 17, 2025.

For years after Rob Morris bought a condominium in West Palm Beach, Florida, so his wife could play golf year-round, he was what he calls a snowflake. “A snowflake is someone who just drops in,” he says.

The 75-year-old tax attorney and partner at Pullman and Comley in Bridgeport, Connecticut, could rarely get away from work to make the trip to their second home in the Sunshine State. Even after the couple upgraded to a three-bedroom house in 2018 to have more room to accommodate their three grandchildren when they visited, Morris still didn’t fully commit to life as a snowbird.

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