Selling before a PCS
The big-picture decision: sell vs. rent, how PCS timelines drive the sale, and how to avoid carrying two housing payments after you move.
Read the guide →A PCS sale is different from a normal one: you have a hard deadline, you may be selling from across the country, and every week of carrying cost comes straight out of your move. This guide walks Hampton Roads military sellers through the whole sequence — deciding whether to sell, timing it to your orders, prepping and pricing the home, the VA loan-assumption angle, and getting a real valuation to plan around.
The big-picture decision: sell vs. rent, how PCS timelines drive the sale, and how to avoid carrying two housing payments after you move.
Read the guide →Week-by-week: when to list relative to your report date, how long Hampton Roads homes take to sell, and how to line up closing with your move.
Read the guide →How to price for a clean, on-time sale in a deadline-driven PCS window — pricing to the comps, not to hope, so you are not chasing the market down.
Read the guide →The highest-ROI prep before photos: repairs that matter, what buyers in this market expect, and what to skip when you are short on time.
Read the guide →How a buyer assuming your VA loan can be a real edge in a high-rate market — and how to protect your VA entitlement when you do it.
Read the guide →Start with a real, comp-based valuation of your Hampton Roads home — not an automated estimate — so you can plan the sale around accurate numbers.
Read the guide →Tom & Dariya have walked military families through PCS sales across Hampton Roads. Start with a free, comp-based valuation and a timeline built around your report date.