Ken, I wish you the best of luck in what ever you do. My dad recently moved to the Northern Neck of VA when he retired from the Feds a couple years ago. If you aren't right on the water land is cheap as are the taxes. Not too much sprawl either. Way too far from any major city. The county my dad lives in only has 22,000 full time residents. We know a couple real estate agents in the Northern Neck area if you do decide to look around that area. I do agree Loudoun, Frederick and Clark Counties are all quite pricey... Sorry you're having to go through this at this time in your life.
