I am hoping to retire in Chapin, South Carolina. We bought a house on a golf course, adjacent to Lake Murray, a 41 mile long lake. It was an investment that we thought our daughter would use after college since she had originally planned on staying in the area, boyfreind and job caused her to move back to Long Island. It is rented out now, but taxes for in state residents is 1,300 per year. (SC taxes on other things like cars, boats etc.) My only issue is now that our daughter is thinking about marriage, the wife is full on " I want to be around grandchildren" mode and that may mean we have to keep something here on the Island. I was hoping to do a 6 months in SC, 6 in WNY, but now the wife is pushing for the 6 in Long Island and she will probably try for 10 if she can get away with it. It's all moot until we retire, but I am trying to get a plan in place.