Guides
Read in order · About ten minutes each
Read in order. Each one is about ten minutes.
Written for the move you are actually making: a fixed report date, a house you may never walk through before closing, and a payment that has to make sense after the next set of orders too.
Loans
VA loan basics, in plain language
What the benefit generally does, what people get wrong about it, and the questions to bring to your lender.
By
Maren Holt
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Rent or buy
Renting vs buying on a 3‑year tour
There are three options, not two. The honest math on each, and the question that decides it.
By
Maren Holt
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Before orders
Gate first, then neighborhood
Your commute is not the distance on the map. It is the distance plus the gate line plus the direction traffic moves at five o'clock.
By
Maren Holt
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min read
Moving
Buying a house you have never walked through
Buying from another time zone is normal for a transferring family. Doing it without a checklist is where it goes wrong.
By
Maren Holt
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min read