Today, Spouse and the realtor trudge out into the wylds with another list of properties to peruse. We have reduced our requirements to a place to live which will be tolerable, including tolerable privacy, and a tolerable mortgage payment. Thus we hope to avoid renting and having to make a more immediate double move. In fact, we have tagged a few potential properties as simply "better than renting". Since we cannot find the house we want on the land we want, it appears we'll have to settle for just a place to keep ourselves and our stuff, then later buy some land and build. I shall be informed by cell phone as to the outcome of today's foray into the house hunt.