Thank you for responding. He would use our boat and has a captains license. We would provide his housing in a new nice casita. We would not be living there for 4 months in which time he would be security and upkeep of the property, then we would live there full time. We would not be renting it so he would not have much to do. I am told he is highly skilled and knows the property well it just seems the previous owners paid a lot of money to him as he did do everything for them. We do not want to loose him but feel we cannot pay the same amount as he will not be doing as much work.