Look Before Leaping
Before jumping into the deep end of full-time water residence, consider renting or leasing a boat home for a trial period.
Boatsetter is the equivalent of Airbnb for boats. The largest peer-to-peer boat rental company in the world, it offers more than 5,000 cruisers, yachts, houseboats, and sailboats in 2,300 locations around the United States for full- or half-day rentals.
Link: https://www.boatsetter.com/
Thanks for the link! Renting a boat for a period and testing the water, so to speak, has been common advice in the thread, and one I hope my friends take seriously. :)