It's a new house and a new deal Randy Cable couldn't help but nail down.

Especially not with his retirement in jeopardy.

Four years ago, he quit working at the age of 60, confident he and his wife would have plenty of money to get by in their golden years.

Then the financial crisis came, along with everything else.

Cable says, "Health insurance premiums for me have more than doubled in the last four years since I retired, the deductibles have increased substantially, gas prices going up, food prices going up, and all of a sudden that retirement income in shrinking and shrinking and shrinking."

So, Randy's downsizing, having just bought this new home, roughly half the size of his old one.

There's no question countless boomers have gone bust.

But so has Florida's housing market, and all things being equal, buying that Florida dream home may not be that far out of reach.