It will be a single-story ranch with a full semi-finished basement. 9' walls.

I encounter this semi often as I broker to buyers and also own a PM company so often have to do the same or similar transition as you are looking for, for my clients. 

I am 68 yrs old (semi-retired).  

If I buy OOS it will be in Nevada, looking at the numbers and possibly renting out the house and moving into it later when I semi-retire.

We used our own cash we had no private investors.The other critical part was that we negotiated a 3 year wind down if our bank did not renew this was critical in 09 it allowed for a semi organized wind down that most of us in the HML space were doing in 09 to 2011 with all of our defaulted loans..

So I had a windfall and can sort of "semi retire" with a part time low stress job. 

However; in Georgia if the semi-annual inspection finds something wrong, you have to get it done in 24hrs.

My income is variable because I move companies semi-frequently and I have only been in it a few months.

The ones that truly understand it often don't want to be bothered, so, slightly back to one, are assuming that any outreach is bad news, otherwise, let it go.Everyone's preferences are different, but I found sending out a semi-generic email with a link to schedule time with me was the best way to reach the most people, and people that wanted to talk without making them assume something bad was happening.  

I think Collin is being a little tongue in cheek with the Boone's Farm comment.I work with a local, large wine store, wait for their semi-annual sales when they compound discounts and buy 2 cases of each (white & red) for the largest discount.Basically I'm setting out wine that retails for $11-12-13 that I have paid $7-8 a bottle.