I'm 12 years retired in Fiji and agree with the earlier replies suggesting that Eric rent for a year or more before buying. During that year one learns about about the advantages and disadvantages of each area, the costs, and confirmation that it's the right place to live.
My first year was...
Jane Bryant Quinn's book "Making the Most of Your Money" was a major influence on me around 1991. I half-way bought into broad-market index fund investing then but Jack Bogle's book "Common Sense on Mutual Funds" (1999?) had me fully converted. Continued to look for validation and contrary...
I share your reluctance to spend money during retirement. It took years for my partner and I to grasp that we can spend more.
It helped that we gave ourselves each a monthly allowance that we could spend or save as each of us wished. We transfer $2,000 per month from Vanguard into each...