Orders first
Start with the gaining installation, report date, actual work location and the current-home decision.
Bobby Saunders guide · National military relocation · Reviewed October 17, 2026
The National PCS Housing Guide
Start with the housing decision before you start scrolling listings.
Inside the guide
A working decision tool, not a generic checklist.
- Turn orders into a housing decision
- Coordinate the home you are leaving
- Compare buying, renting and temporary housing
- Build the move budget and protect reserves
- Research the destination and get local expertise
- Connect financing, family continuity and PCS logistics
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What you will work through.
Choose the housing path deliberately
Compare buying, renting and temporary housing against assignment horizon, cash, uncertainty and the next move.
Separate CONUS and OCONUS planning
Identify overseas housing, vehicle, pet, documentation and household requirements early instead of forcing a domestic timeline onto the move.
Use local expertise at the destination
Organize the decision centrally, then connect with a professional who actually works in the destination market.
Put the move on one page
Use the 90/60/30-day planning sequence and PCS decision brief to make the next unresolved action obvious.
Put the guide to work
Start the PCS housing plan before the property search.
Tell me where you are moving from, where you are going, your approximate report date, and whether you expect to buy, rent, sell or are still deciding.
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