Typhoon, you are a brave, energetic man and handy guy.
We just moved from Michigan to Virginia and we are building a house.
Why:
I knew no matter what we bought, renovation and repair would be constant. I did too much of that in our 1956 Michigan house. No more.
It was way too hard to find a house from 600 miles away.
Too many houses have silly HOA fees and that cost over 20 years made no economical sense.
It will be fun to follow your progress !!!