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Ok, even though this summer has been great by TX standards, my wife and I agreed we only have a couple more summers of Texas left in us, ideally not spending mid-June to Labor Day here anymore.  We are not Surly 1%ers (eliminates Aspen mountain-top cabin for three months) but we also eliminated a mobile home in Eight Mile so looking for the sweet spot in-between those options.

We have also traveled a lot of the north-ish with exception of Michigan.  But Maine to Washington, our favorite is def Wyoming/Montana followed by Maine adjacent.  

For all of us looking to leave dat heat for a season, any recommendations with reasonable budget?  Dream scenario is some ski area that has reduced rent in summer so condo rentals are cheap (mammoth sorta checks box here).

Do you migratory little birds buy or just long term rent?  Do you always go back to same place or rotate?

 

 

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13 minutes ago, Hornbeliever said:

Dream scenario is some ski area that has reduced rent in summer so condo rentals are cheap (mammoth sorta checks box here).

Resort towns are expensive year-round.  Summer is just as busy as winter these days.

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I’m planning on looking for a place to sublease or something for a month in Colorado next summer. Ideally Estes or Breckenridge but those might be hard to find something like that. 

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Wife works for a company based in Wisconsin and travels there every month for a week for meetings and to work out of her office there. She has just about convinced me that we need a place in the Great Lakes region.

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1 hour ago, Hook1997 said:

I’m planning on looking for a place to sublease or something for a month in Colorado next summer. Ideally Estes or Breckenridge but those might be hard to find something like that. 

Not at all if you plan far enough in advance, at least in the Breck.  Expand your search out to Keystone, Frisco and Silverthorne and you'll have a variety of options.  

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1 hour ago, royiv said:

Wife works for a company based in Wisconsin and travels there every month for a week for meetings and to work out of her office there. She has just about convinced me that we need a place in the Great Lakes region.

I was in Appleton for around 8 months over 2 years for a project around 7 years ago. Summers were awesome and beautiful 

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12 minutes ago, Zepol87 said:

I was in Appleton for around 8 months over 2 years for a project around 7 years ago. Summers were awesome and beautiful 

I’d also like to check Traverse City out. Have a friend that rented a house there this summer and they said it was awesome.

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On of our sons lives in Minneapolis and we've visited a few times. It's a great city and you don't have to go too far to get into some areas with gorgeous scenery. Obviously a lot of lakes. It would be on our list for sure. 

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1 hour ago, Mo Horn said:

On of our sons lives in Minneapolis and we've visited a few times. It's a great city and you don't have to go too far to get into some areas with gorgeous scenery. Obviously a lot of lakes. It would be on our list for sure. 

MPLS is an awesome city. One of my best friends has lived there for 20 years and I doubt they ever leave. We love going up there to visit them in the summer. Great downtown, good restaurants, tons of breweries. Canoe trips on the boundary waters are an awesome experience along the US/Canada border.

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I bought a place in Whitefish, Montana a couple years ago.  I love it.  Great weather.  Beautiful mountains and lakes nearby.  Entrance to Glacier NP is about 30 minutes from my house. Good restaurants (not Aspen good, but good and much cheaper).  The summer musical festival is on a nearby ranch if that is your think.  Saw Flatland Calvary and Turnpike last summer. World class hiking in every direction.  Great fly fishing and plenty of nice golf courses.  Mountains all around you.   

Kalispell is 20 minutes away, which is nice if you need to go to Costco, Chic Fil A, Target, Wal Mart, etc.  Kalispell also has a great airport that has daily summer direct flights from DFW and weekly directs from IAH. Kalispell also has a minor league baseball team that is fun to watch.  Small town rodeos in Big Fork and Columbia Falls, which aren't far.  I still like spending a week or so in Aspen.  But Montana is better than Colorado IMO.

I go in the winter for a couple weeks to ski. But summer is magical.  Once my kids are out of the house in a few years, I will spend May to October there.

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If you want to be in a city, consider Mexico City. 

Rent is cheap, food is cheap, tons of entertainment. They have Uber, subways and buses everywhere. 

Roundtrip from Austin is 2.5 hours

High of 75F everyday.

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1 minute ago, zman13 said:

If you want to be in a city, consider Mexico City. 

Rent is cheap, food is cheap, tons of entertainment. They have Uber, subways and buses everywhere. 

Roundtrip from Austin is 2.5 hours

High of 75F everyday.

How’s the broadband? Buddy of mine lived in Cancun for about a decade and his biggest complaint w/r/t working from there was unreliable broadband.

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1 hour ago, royiv said:

How’s the broadband? Buddy of mine lived in Cancun for about a decade and his biggest complaint w/r/t working from there was unreliable broadband.

Broadband can vary a lot. Anywhere from fiber to the house to an old DSL type connection. Best bet is ask for connection details and speed tests from the landlord

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On 9/7/2025 at 3:08 PM, Hook1997 said:

I’m planning on looking for a place to sublease or something for a month in Colorado next summer. Ideally Estes or Breckenridge but those might be hard to find something like that. 

Let us know how this works out and what bang for your buck is for that area

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5 hours ago, Frank Drebin said:

I bought a place in Whitefish, Montana a couple years ago.  I love it.  Great weather.  Beautiful mountains and lakes nearby.  Entrance to Glacier NP is about 30 minutes from my house. Good restaurants (not Aspen good, but good and much cheaper).  The summer musical festival is on a nearby ranch if that is your think.  Saw Flatland Calvary and Turnpike last summer. World class hiking in every direction.  Great fly fishing and plenty of nice golf courses.  Mountains all around you.   

Kalispell is 20 minutes away, which is nice if you need to go to Costco, Chic Fil A, Target, Wal Mart, etc.  Kalispell also has a great airport that has daily summer direct flights from DFW and weekly directs from IAH. Kalispell also has a minor league baseball team that is fun to watch.  Small town rodeos in Big Fork and Columbia Falls, which aren't far.  I still like spending a week or so in Aspen.  But Montana is better than Colorado IMO.

I go in the winter for a couple weeks to ski. But summer is magical.  Once my kids are out of the house in a few years, I will spend May to October there.

Was in that area for a week and loved it so lucky you.  I hate winters so would never go hence why it is tough to justify buying a place (and I don’t want t to be an out of state landlord again).   And I’ve never looked so this area might be out of my price range anyways if what I paid for my rental there at like $500/night if I recall.
But do let me know if any buddy of yours ever wants to rent out their place for two months in summer or something, ha.  I’ll start looking at price points in two years most likely when reality of this becoming true is a bit closer.

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I just came back from Africa and the sun was so hot it hurt your skin. That said, I cannot handle Texas summers. 2nd vote for Summit County, there is a nearly infinite amount of things to do there, and good people, although I prefer Steamboat.

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On 9/7/2025 at 12:37 PM, Hornbeliever said:

Dream scenario is some ski area that has reduced rent in summer so condo rentals are cheap (mammoth sorta checks box here).

Take a look at red lodge, Montana.  Great little ski town, on the beartooth highway which is gorgeous, and that highway puts you into Lamar valley of YNP in around 60-90 minutes. 
 

red lodge brewery makes some good suds too. 

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12 hours ago, Hornbeliever said:

Was in that area for a week and loved it so lucky you.  I hate winters so would never go hence why it is tough to justify buying a place (and I don’t want t to be an out of state landlord again).   And I’ve never looked so this area might be out of my price range anyways if what I paid for my rental there at like $500/night if I recall.
But do let me know if any buddy of yours ever wants to rent out their place for two months in summer or something, ha.  I’ll start looking at price points in two years most likely when reality of this becoming true is a bit closer.

My entire family bought homes up there in the last few years.  The real estate is very reasonable, IMO.  Relative to a lot of places.  To me, for the beauty, access to mountains/rivers/lakes, great nearby airport, ski resort, and being just down the street from Glacier NP, it's a steal.

Prices have dropped a bunch after the Covid spike.  My uncle bought a home in the Whitefish Hills neighborhood, which is literally 4 minutes from town.  He got 20 acres with spectacular views, a 6500 sf main house, a massive garage where he can park a 40 foot RV and it has an additional 1200 sf apartment for $3.5 million.  In Aspen, a house like that on land would probably be $100 million.

If you rent by the month, you can probably get something more reasonable.  I would call a realtor that is local.  Here is who we used, she's awesome.

https://revel.realestate/agents/amy-stevens/

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11 hours ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Take a look at red lodge, Montana.  Great little ski town, on the beartooth highway which is gorgeous, and that highway puts you into Lamar valley of YNP in around 60-90 minutes. 
 

red lodge brewery makes some good suds too. 

I guess you would fly into Cody?  That would be a long travel day with connecting flights and a one hour+ drive.  Then you have to figure out something about keeping a vehicle at the airport. I wanted something I could fly into direct in the summer.  I keep a car at my house and just have family pick me up or take a 10 minute uber.

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Just now, Frank Drebin said:

I guess you would fly into Cody?  That would be a long travel day with connecting flights and a one hour+ drive.  Then you have to figure out something about keeping a vehicle at the airport. I wanted something I could fly into direct in the summer.  I keep a car at my house and just have family pick me up or take a 10 minute uber.

You connect in Denver so from Texas not a big delay. Yeah it’s an hour from Cody. He is looking for cheaper options, that’s one of the ways to find them.  Probably not more than 90 minutes from Billings too if that’s an easier flight for some reason. 
 

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Ha, folks mention they want a nice little summer hideaway and then the talk turns to "reasonably" priced digs at $3.5 million.

Never change surly 1%!

 

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5 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

You connect in Denver so from Texas not a big delay. Yeah it’s an hour from Cody. He is looking for cheaper options, that’s one of the ways to find them.  Probably not more than 90 minutes from Billings too if that’s an easier flight for some reason. 
 

I really hate connecting flights into small airports.  If for some reason a connection is screwed up in Denver, you may not get another flight to Cody for the day.

I cannot tell you how many times I have missed connections in Denver -- more than any other airport.  In the winter when I go to Whitefish, I take a direct flight to Missoula instead.  It is a two hour drive.  But no connection in Denver.  Because if you miss the Denver connection to Kalispell, you're f'ed.

More and more Texans are moving to the Flathead Valley.  Before long, they will have direct flights in the winter.  From Dallas at least.

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American flies direct from DFW to BIL already, I know that.  
 

and during the summer months, delta flies to cody (and kalispell as you likely know) from SLC if the smaller airport would be better for connecting. 
 

I guess one issue with red lodge though is that because of their proximity to YNP, they do have a summer season as well so prices might not be surprised. 

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2 minutes ago, utee94 said:

Ha, folks mention they want a nice little summer hideaway and then the talk turns to "reasonably" priced digs at $3.5 million.

Never change surly 1%!

 

That's for a massive house on 20 acres in an expensive gated neighborhood.  A shithole in Aspen costs $10 million.

Plenty of listings for a million or under in Whitefish.  You can find stuff nearby for even cheaper.

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2 hours ago, utee94 said:

Ha, folks mention they want a nice little summer hideaway and then the talk turns to "reasonably" priced digs at $3.5 million.

Never change surly 1%!

 

a thread about *literally anything* and Johnny posts about his ranch, his family ranches, his money, his connections.

quelle surprise

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5 hours ago, utee94 said:

Ha, folks mention they want a nice little summer hideaway and then the talk turns to "reasonably" priced digs at $3.5 million.

Never change surly 1%!

 

I was gonna give him credit for finally having what might be his first ever post that didn't mention his family's place in Aspen but then I noticed he snuck in a subtle reference to it.  It's a not a proper surly post if he can't remind you he was born rich.  

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