[astroAPhi]

Just as a heads up, you don't move to California. You buy in.

What is it about California that makes you want to go there? You need to ask yourself that. If it's just far away, well, there's lots of places that are far away. If there's job opportunities there that you can't get elsewhere, then go for it.

But my boyfriend's townhouse that he grew up in is going for a half-million dollars. Be prepared for the ridiculous real estate prices.