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Cottage Airbnb — My Experience After 1 Month Hosting

If you own a recreational property in Canada and you’ve been sitting on the fence about Airbnb, this is for you. Not the glossy version. The real one — with the actual dollar amounts, the mild anxiety of handing over your keys to strangers, and the moment your first guests left thoughtful items for the next family and a five-star review and you thought: okay, maybe this works.

One month in. Here’s what I know.

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Cottage vs upsizing your home in Canada — two mortgages, one builds wealth

Cottage vs. Upsizing Your Home: Which Mortgage Decision Actually Builds Wealth?

Many people with a growing family and some equity hits the same fork in the road.

Do you upgrade and buy a bigger, better house? Or do you buy a cottage?

Both moves can cost roughly the same. Both put you ~$500k deeper in debt. But they are definitely not the same decision.

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