Buying With a Military-Focused Realtor
Military buyers often have considerations that go beyond bedrooms, bathrooms, and price. Your duty station, commute, report date, deployment schedule, VA financing, and the possibility of buying before you arrive can all affect your home search.
Military Veterans Realty understands those realities. We'll talk about your timeline, financing, housing needs, and priorities so your search is focused on homes that make sense for you and your situation.
Using Your VA Home Loan Benefit
For eligible military members and veterans, a VA loan can be a valuable option for purchasing a home. While your lender will determine your eligibility, loan terms, and financing requirements, your Realtor also plays an important role in helping you navigate a purchase involving VA financing.
We'll help you evaluate homes with the VA purchase process in mind, communicate with your lender and the other parties involved in the transaction, and help keep your purchase moving toward closing.
Your lender handles the loan. Military Veterans Realty helps you navigate the real estate side of your VA home purchase.
Start With Your Pre-Approval
Before we begin touring homes, the first step is obtaining a current pre-approval letter from a lender. Your pre-approval helps establish your purchasing power and gives us the price range we need to build a realistic home search.
If you're planning a move several months from now, we'll also talk about timing so you aren't completing the pre-approval process unnecessarily early.
Once you're pre-approved, we can focus your search on homes that fit both your needs and your approved price range.
Your Military Home-Buying Plan
1. Get Pre-Approved
Start with a current lender pre-approval so we know your purchasing power and can focus on the appropriate homes.
3. Search & Evaluate Homes
We'll focus on properties that match your criteria and help you evaluate each home as you narrow down your options.
2. Define Your Priorities
We'll discuss your duty station, desired commute, timeline, budget, bedrooms, bathrooms, and the other features that matter to your household.
4. Contract to Closing
Once you find the right home, we'll guide you through the offer, inspections, negotiations, appraisal, and the steps leading to closing.
Buying Before You Arrive
Military orders don't always allow you to be in Hampton Roads for every part of your home search. If you're preparing to PCS to the area, we can begin discussing your needs and narrowing your search before you arrive.
When appropriate, technology can also help you evaluate properties from a distance. We'll communicate throughout the process and help you understand what you're seeing so you can make informed decisions even when you aren't standing in the home yourself.
Your Duty Station, Commute & Home Search
In Hampton Roads, the city name alone doesn't tell you what your commute will be. Large cities, multiple military installations, bridges, tunnels, and the specific location of a property can all affect how practical a home may be for your assignment.
We'll look at individual properties in relation to your duty station and desired commute rather than assuming that one particular city is automatically the right choice.
The right search starts with the individual home, your duty station, and the priorities that matter to you.
First-Time VA Home Buyers
If this is your first time buying a home, it's completely normal to have questions about what happens next. You don't need to know every step before you begin.
We'll explain the real estate process as we go, help you understand what decisions need to be made, and make sure you know what to expect from your home search through closing.
Your lender will explain the financing details of your VA loan, while Military Veterans Realty will guide you through the real estate side of purchasing your home.
Helpful Resources for Your Move & Home Search
Whether you're researching Hampton Roads from another duty station or already living in the area, having reliable information can make the process easier.
Visit our Tools page for links to local utilities, property and community information, school research resources, flood information, Virginia DMV, USPS address changes, and other helpful Hampton Roads resources.