Best of luck to you. Since you have family in CO already you could ask them to start looking around for places to live. I think that's going to be the toughest nut to crack, finding a place that is affordable and still decent. Lots of jobs in the metro area but as others have said, the CoL is crazy high here. Unless you're determined to live in the Denver/FOCO front range area I'd consider CO Springs for somewhere slightly more affordable.