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I'm thinking of moving back to Sioux Falls SD when I retire (within a year and a half or so) from where I live now in the San Francisco Bay Area. Crazy? Well, I'd move to Sioux falls which has a metro area of 200,000 and I also have family there as well as college and high school friends.
There's no state income tax in South Dakota and since I rent in CA, I'd rent there, too, and can probably rent the same type of apartment or condo that I rent in the SF Bay Area for about 60% of what I currently pay.
True, it gets cold in the winter and I'm thinking I can use my savings from no state income tax, cheaper rent , and cheaper costs in general to fund a couple of months in a warmer climate...maybe even back in California in Sacramento or somewhere cheaper than I am now...
Does anyone have any good ideas of how to go about renting a furnished studio or perhaps a room with cooking capabilities, wifi, good cable TV, etc for a couple of months in the winter? Thanks for any ideas.
I second the motion for vrbo.com. I've used it successfully several times, both in the US and internationally. Just be sure to establish an email conversation with the owner of a property you're thinking of renting, ask lots of questions, use a credit card to pay for your rental.
I'm thinking of moving back to Sioux Falls SD when I retire
I'm thinking I can... fund a couple of months in a warmer climate...
Renting furnished studio for two months when I snowbird...
I hope so. People do that sort of thing all the time. Do it.
pickiness: That's still in the "vacationing" arena.
Snowbirding requires having a nest of your own.
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Does anyone have any good ideas of how to go about renting a furnished studio
or perhaps a room with... for a couple of months in the winter?
Location: We_tside PNW (Columbia Gorge) / CO / SA TX / Thailand
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The author of this thread picked up a nice inexpensive Mobile Home a few blocks from the beach in Santa Cruz. If you could buy similar and sublet it 10 -12 months / yr, it might be a money maker and pay for your furnished apartment in Tahiti or Barcelona. http://www.city-data.com/forum/retir...-new-city.html
Better to hold that type of property in an income tax free state. (FL or TX would work for 'tax-deductible' a winter retreat)
I hold rental properties in various climates that include a spare apartment for me, when I get the urge to escape winter in PNW.
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