Why not try to work for the company you are consulting with, but negotiate a raise in your hourly rate? You've basically already served a probationary period, and if you've shown how good you are it should be a no brainer for them. $70 to $100 an hour or $140k to $200k a year would be reasonable given your experience level, of course depending on the cost of living justification.
Yeah, I think I'm easily worth $85/hour, maybe even $115/hour. But I don't want to try to negotiate until I have another $10k of savings and I have a couple of leads elsewhere so that I have a bit more bargaining power.
