Retire in the Woods or on the Beach?

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Retire in the Woods or on the Beach?"


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The Scenario: Time to choose: retirement in Wisconsin or Florida?


Check out the choices the Reweys had.

Courtesy Reweys 1. Panama City, Florida - Keep Things Simple ($156,000)


Chris loved the beach life and Florida’s low taxes, so he wondered: Why not consider quitting Wisconsin completely and moving to Panama City full-time?


Members only Ackermann Gruber 2. Minocqua, Wisconsin - Let’s Have It All ($460,000)


Selling the house near Madison could finance a log cabin in the area Chris loved as a kid. That would give the Reweys the best of both worlds.

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the Best ($350,000)


The Reweys liked reading lists of best places to retire and pondered moving to North Carolina or eastern Tennessee. They even checked them out.

Ackermann Gruber Their pick: Options 1 &


2! We want it all!


Minocqua, Wisconsin, and Panama City, Florida ($460,000)


The Reweys sold their house outside Madison in the fall of 2021 and bought a cabin on a lake in Wisconsin, while retaining their place on the Florida Panhandle. “We chose to stay connected


to our Wisconsin roots and also enjoy warmer winters in Florida, with a panoramic view of the bay,” Chris explains.


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