[JuanSoler]

You might need to stretch your budget just a little but before doing that I would do some research on the rental market to make sure you can justify it. Other options would be to look at just buying some land for now with the idea to build slowly as your budget allows or just look somewhere else. There are some great buys out there of you stay away from the higher traffic areas. That may actually be an even better option for you in retirement.