PCSing is its own kind of stress, and a home purchase on top of orders, on a clock you do not control, is a lot to carry. You are picking schools, neighborhoods, and a commute to the base sight unseen, often from across the country or across the world. We do this all the time with military families relocating to Naval Air Station Jacksonville. The Jacksonville area is the third largest Navy presence in the country, after Norfolk and San Diego. You do not have to figure this out alone.

What a PCS buyer needs that a civilian buyer does not

• VA loan fluency. Your VA benefit is one of the most powerful tools in real estate, and used right it can mean no money down. We make sure it is used right, and that your offer is structured so a seller takes it seriously.
• The right distance to the base. Some communities are a short, sane commute to NAS Jacksonville and some are not. We will not let you fall in love with a house that puts you in an hour of traffic each way. Julington Creek Plantation, for example, sits close to the Buckman Bridge and is a longtime favorite of military families for exactly this reason.
• BAH that actually works. We help you match your housing allowance to a home and a community that fits it, so the numbers work on day one and not just on paper.
• PCS timing.Orders move. Closings have to move with them. We are used to compressed timelines and remote closings, and we build the plan around your report date, not the other way around.

The part most agents miss

Here is something we have learned from years of doing this. A lot of military families who PCS through Jacksonville end up coming back. After bouncing around to other duty stations, this is the place they want to plant roots. So they do not sell when they leave. They keep the house. That is why our brokerage also runs a property management arm built specifically for military owners, so when the next set of orders comes, your home is handled by people who already know it.

See how we manage homes for deployed and PCSing owners →

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We have agents on our team who focus on military relocation and live this with clients every week. Wherever the base sends you next, we want to be the team that made the Jacksonville chapter the easy one.