You might consider renting a liveaboard vessel. That allows you to move-in quickly and to have a low-risk "out" if you decide it's not the right lifestyle for

You might consider renting a liveaboard vessel. That allows you to move-in quickly and to have a low-risk "out" if you decide it's not the right lifestyle for you. Your criteria for what boat to buy, should it come to that, will be much better informed after you've lived afloat for a while.