Every PCS family asks the same question once an offer is accepted: how long until we have the keys? The honest answer is a range, not a date, and the range is wider during the summer moving season. Knowing where the time goes lets you plan around the parts you can control and build a
A home warranty is one of those add-ons that gets offered at almost every closing, usually with a smile and a small price tag. For a PCS family moving into a house they have never lived in, the idea has real appeal. It is also a product with limits, and the families who are happiest
Earnest money is the deposit that tells a seller you are serious, and on a PCS timeline it is also the money most likely to be put at risk by a missed date. The deposit is usually refundable when you cancel for a reason the contract allows, and usually not when a contingency deadline passes
A termite inspection is one of the less glamorous line items on a VA purchase, and one of the more common reasons a closing gets delayed. It is not a deal killer in most cases. It is a report with a clock on it, and buyers who understand the clock rarely get caught off guard.
Zero down does not mean zero cash at the closing table. Closing costs on a VA purchase are real, and the good news is that the VA gives buyers more room than most people expect to have the seller cover them. The catch is that the rules sort costs into different buckets, and a seller
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
