I am an avid bowhunter and fly fisher who lives on the NJ Shore a 1/2 hr. ferry ride to NYC. Our kids are adults now and starting to move out. We are fed up with the liberal state politics and then we have a neighbor from hell that is making life miserable. My wife and I can live almost anywhere just needing to live a reasonable distance to a populated area for business purposes because I am a financial advisor.
I have wanted to live in the western mountains since I was a little kid. Last summer we visited friends that live in S Lake Tahoe Ca. and were completely floored to find out how inexpensive real estate was there at least in relative terms to NJ with significantly lower property taxes but talking with my friends they are thinking of moving to the Nevada side of the lake to get away at least somewhat from the liberal politics. Then the fact they got about 20 feet of snow the winter before last is too much for my wife. Last fall my son and I did our first elk bowhunt in the Steamboat area and loved the area and I started looking at real estate outside Denver and was floored at how expensive the housing market was there for junk in comparison of what I could get here.
My wife today sent me two links to homes that were for sale in Billings Montana and they were gorgeous as well as both larger and less expensive than what we could sell our home for in NJ. They were both on the westend section according to the listings. I assume based upon what I saw it is a more upscale section and probably on the outer edge of the city because they looked like similar neighborhoods as what we have in NJ but much bigger pieces of property.
Looking for advice of where to look where I can make a living as a financial advisor, not too rural for my wife so she can feel comfortable driving any time of year for shopping and recreation and then for me the capability to bowhunt and fly fish.
Thanks in advance!
I have wanted to live in the western mountains since I was a little kid. Last summer we visited friends that live in S Lake Tahoe Ca. and were completely floored to find out how inexpensive real estate was there at least in relative terms to NJ with significantly lower property taxes but talking with my friends they are thinking of moving to the Nevada side of the lake to get away at least somewhat from the liberal politics. Then the fact they got about 20 feet of snow the winter before last is too much for my wife. Last fall my son and I did our first elk bowhunt in the Steamboat area and loved the area and I started looking at real estate outside Denver and was floored at how expensive the housing market was there for junk in comparison of what I could get here.
My wife today sent me two links to homes that were for sale in Billings Montana and they were gorgeous as well as both larger and less expensive than what we could sell our home for in NJ. They were both on the westend section according to the listings. I assume based upon what I saw it is a more upscale section and probably on the outer edge of the city because they looked like similar neighborhoods as what we have in NJ but much bigger pieces of property.
Looking for advice of where to look where I can make a living as a financial advisor, not too rural for my wife so she can feel comfortable driving any time of year for shopping and recreation and then for me the capability to bowhunt and fly fish.
Thanks in advance!
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