Relocation guides
What moving there actually involves.
A guide for each of the nine places relo moves families and founders to. Tax and residency, visas, property, schools, healthcare and banking, in the order a move has to decide them.
Destinations
Nine guides, one for each place we cover.

United States
Moving to Florida
No state income tax. Property, insurance and HOA costs carry the weight instead.
Read the guide · 13 areas

United States
Moving to Austin
No state income tax. Property tax often runs near 2% of appraised value.
Read the guide · 10 areas
United States
Moving to Silicon Valley
California income tax up to 13.3%, with no relief on capital gains.
Read the guide · 10 areas

United States
Moving to New York
State and city income tax in Manhattan and Brooklyn; Connecticut is lower.
Read the guide · 10 areas

United Kingdom
Moving to London
Four-year foreign income and gains regime for new arrivals; SDLT surcharges on purchase.
Read the guide · 10 areas

United Arab Emirates
Moving to Dubai
No personal income or capital gains tax; 4% transfer fee on purchase.
Read the guide · 10 areas

Singapore
Moving to Singapore
Top income tax 24%, no capital gains tax; 60% ABSD for foreign home buyers.
Read the guide · 10 areas

Switzerland
Moving to Zug and Zurich
Set by canton: Zug and Schwyz among Switzerland's lowest, Zurich higher.
Read the guide · 10 areas

Puerto Rico
Moving to San Juan
Act 60 decree: 0% on qualifying gains if filed by 31 December 2026, 4% after.
Read the guide · 10 areas
Every guide covers
The seven decisions every move turns on.
Most moves go wrong in the ordering, not the effort. Each guide takes them in the order they have to be made.
01
Sequencing your move
What has to happen first, and what each step unlocks.
02
Tax and residency
When you become resident, and what the place you leave will still claim.
03
Visas and immigration
The route that fits your situation, and the timeline it sets.
04
Buying or renting
What a buyer can own, what it costs to buy, and when renting first is wiser.
05
Schools
The systems, the strong options, and the admissions calendars that drive dates.
06
Healthcare
How care is paid for, and what to arrange before you arrive.
07
Banking and money
Opening accounts, moving assets, and the paperwork that slows it down.
Tools
Then put it to work.
Area guides
93 areas across nine destinations, ranked for families, founders and principals.
Florida schools directory
Every Florida public school, ranked by its state grade, plus independents.
School fit finder
Narrow Florida schools to the ones that fit your children.
Florida salary calculator
What your salary is worth after a move to Florida.
Relocation jobs
Senior roles at employers hiring people who move.
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The full Florida guide
Moving to Florida? Take the long version with you.
Our complete Florida guide, sourced and dated: eight chapters from sequencing to healthcare. We send it by email so it is to hand when you need it.
Written by the relo team with AI assistance, reviewed by us. General information, not advice.
