Hey give it a go renting, I moved to Tassie for a year and that turned into 5. Hobart is awesome and before I bought my place 7 minutes from the CBD for 330K, I used to rent a place for 250 a week. And now my mortgage payments are still less than what I was paying for a townhouse in Canberra. Locals think its expensive, but play the long game with Tassie and things are looking good.