Transitioning from large firm to small firm or SP

Also consider, "are you in the best place for a new CPA Practice" - I too have a Florida CPA license, but fees are so much better and abundant in larger mid-atlantic & northern cities - for me - Florida was a low pay State.

I am a solo, one recent lesson that I learned is to focus on where you ad value, not just what you are capable of doing.

For instance, I am fairly deep in international, but take on domestic clients. I have a much more difficult time keeping domestic clients happy and my unique knowledge in international is useless to them. It's not that I can't do the work, it is just that I am a commodity in the domestic market, nothing special.