A PCS family that bought near Fort Leavenworth, built equity, and now has orders somewhere else often asks the same question: will I owe tax on the profit? For most military families the answer is no, and for some the rules are better than the general public gets. The details are worth knowing before you
Families PCSing in from the coast or the Southeast often have never heard the word radon in a real estate conversation. Here it comes up on almost every inspection, because Leavenworth County sits in the EPA’s highest radon risk category. It is a very fixable issue, and a very ordinary one, but it is far
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Zero down payment is the headline every VA loan conversation starts with, and it is real. What gets left out of that first conversation is the funding fee, a one-time charge that replaces the mortgage insurance a conventional zero-down loan would otherwise carry. It is not a surprise fee buried in fine print, but it
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Most buyers coming from city water and sewer have never thought about where their water comes from or where it goes. Once you start looking at acreage or older properties on the outer edges of Basehor, Tonganoxie, or rural Leavenworth County, that changes fast. A well and a septic system are not red flags on
Kansas runs low on HOA fees compared to the rest of the country, and that fact leads some buyers to assume a homeowners association near Fort Leavenworth is a non-issue. In an established neighborhood, that is often true. In a newer community still being built out in Basehor or Tonganoxie, it is worth a closer
Buyers ask us the same question early in almost every conversation: what credit score do I need? It is a fair question, and the honest answer is that the VA itself does not set one. What actually decides most files is a combination of three things working together, and residual income, the one buyers ask
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New construction communities near Fort Leavenworth are leaning hard on rate buydowns right now, often advertised as a $15,000 to $25,000 ‘gift’ from the builder. It is a real incentive, not a gimmick, but it is also the most-marketed piece of builder paperwork for a reason: it looks larger on a sign than it is
Not every family who gets PCS orders wants to sell. If you bought near Fort Leavenworth, built equity, and are being reassigned somewhere you would rather not put down roots permanently, renting the house out can make more financial sense than selling it into whatever the market happens to be doing the week you leave.
If the last VA purchase you made was a few years ago, the appraisal process has shifted in ways worth knowing before you write an offer. Effective May 1, 2026, the VA removed several Minimum Property Requirements from the Lender’s Handbook, which changes what an appraiser flags and, in some cases, what a seller has
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A river view is one of the first things that gets a PCS buyer excited about a listing, and it is also one of the fastest ways to end up with a mortgage payment that costs more than expected. Homes near the Missouri River, and along several creeks that run through Leavenworth County, sit inside
