[quote=spdrun]So your argument mainly has to do with real estate costs. Why not just stay in CA and buy rentals in an area that has a more favorable buy-to-rent ratio, using the income from them to finance a better lifestyle in CA?[/quote]
Probably because he’s struggling to pay rent now. That’s the pay-check to pay-check line and $2000/rental. You can’t get financing for a rental purchase if your debt to expense ratio on living is already too high. They won’t count rental income until it’s established. So buying to back fill his living expenses isn’t likely an option.
So I have a friend that left seven years ago, still happy.
Do your pro-con to moving.
To be honest, since you don’t own a home now, the only con I see to trying the move is the age of your children and potential distance then to family.
Go, decide if you like it and stay, decide you don’t like it, move back. A 1000sf place packs easily into a U-haul.
