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Alternate plan: Pick area of country to live. Sell Cal house Relo there.

This was our first plan. I was looking for jobs in the Raleigh and Plano, TX areas. We were going to pick a place and move there. We were looking for homes, schools, churches in those areas. But then I realized that we didn't really know those areas well at all. It would be a big move, buying a house and then going right back to work. We had looked at Boise earlier and I had Monster agents looking for jobs in all those areas. Then we started thinking about first going to visit all the cities we were thinking of moving to. RV or motels. Sure the gas prices are killer but so are airline and motel prices. Also I realized I really needed a sabbatical year, for health reasons. I've worked as a software engineer for more than 25 years now, for start-ups and many "death march" projects and I'm completely burned out. So this has been our thinking up to this point.

my advice - pick a spot (w/o the cold of Boise)...any spot & move.
(Too many Californians couldn't take the Idaho/Montana winters & moved back)

Cal home prices are 30-50% overvalued.
take advantage of that while you can

If you decide to move again..you'll still be $ ahead.