If your career is going well – a second or third promotion under the belt – and your bank balance is looking healthy, you may be considering buying a second home. You would be joining a great many people who have decided on the same thing – it is a fun and exciting way to spend your hard-earned money, and of course there is a lot to be said for investing money that would otherwise be sitting unspent and uninvested in property. But of course, it is worth considering the financial implications of buying property in the long term.