For several years I've been telling my husband I would not retire and move back to the mainland (California specifically) until his boat was sold. It's a good sized sailboat that has been in dry dock storage for several years, so more termite fodder than something to enjoy. Anyway, today was the day that it has been sold and now I need to live up to my end of the deal. Aside from selling our home, I need to decide about my business. Attrition over the last few years has reduced my clientele, I'm thinking that I can continue some of it on a remote basis. Any suggestions on how that has worked for others would be appreciated. Another alternative would be to sell it, but I'm not sure if I could sell it, and if so, how. A third alternative would be to offer referrals to clients on others here in town where they could go, an issue there is I don't really know a lot of the local tax preparers. I know a couple who I would caution people to use, but that's probably not particularly ethical.
By making this move, we will be close to our son and his family and the sale of this house should provide funds to be able to purchase a smaller property and have it paid for. All of this has been something we have talked about a lot, but now it looks like moving forward is fairly imminent so I need to actually put a plan in place. BTW, complete retirement scares the bejazus out of me. I can't really reconcile comfortably to having no visible means of support except my retirement funds.
Whew, it's scary to grow up!