Guides for your retirement move
Short answer
Six questions come up in almost every retirement move. Each guide starts with the answer, then shows the rule and where it comes from.
Guides
- Should you move at all? The staying-versus-moving math.
- Sell first or buy first? Contingencies, rent-backs and bridge loans.
- Capital gains on your home sale The $250,000 / $500,000 exclusion and how to figure your gain.
- Changing your tax home How to stop owing the state you're leaving.
- Medicare when you move What goes with you and what you have to change.
- TRICARE when you move Prime, Select and TRICARE For Life.
More
- Retirement destinations What your sale leaves you in each neighborhood.
- Retirement and military taxes by state
Last reviewed October 21, 2026.