With the PCS season quickly approaching, your home’s AHRN.com listing needs to make a powerful first impression on military families searching for the next place to call home. Boost your rental’s first impression power with these 10 easy ways to improve your curb appeal. 1. A Good Cleaning: Take a day to power wash driveways, […]
5 Tips For Self-Managing Your Rental
Orders have arrived, you’ve weighed whether to rent or sell, and are now deciding if you can self-manage a rental property. AHRN.com has invited military spouse, home owner and property manager Elizabeth Colegrove to outline her 5 tips for self-managing your rental! When I talk to accidental landlords (people who became landlords due to the […]
How to Decide to Rent or Sell Your Home
Through out the military community, spring brings warmer weather and the beginning of PCS season. Orders are trickling down presenting service members and their families with big decision: to rent or sell their home! When military homeowners receive Permanent Change of Station (PCS) orders, their first concern is to decide what to do with their […]
Your Duty Station Dream List
Every military family has their own unique combination of needs and preferences that shape that mythical creature- the Dream List of assignments. Each of these ten installations has built a culture and community that make them among the most requested! 10. NAS Key West (Florida) It isn’t hard to understand why someone would want to […]
How To Hire A Property Manager in Military Communities
We all know that moving is stressful. One of the biggest stresses is deciding what to do with your home once you’re on to the next adventure. Once you have made the hard decision to rent, picking a manager can be another daunting hurdle. Below are some simple steps to make this task easier. The […]
So You’re Moving To Italy? Prepare for Your Military Move!
The very first thing I did after we found out our orders were cut for Aviano, Italy—you know, after I stopped dancing around the living room like a fool, and picked my jaw off the ground—was start the house hunt. It was still about five months before we’d actually be out there, but everyone on […]
8 Things to Remember While Apartment Hunting in Korea
Introduction My little family and I moved to Seoul, South Korea, for my husband’s new assignment in December 2013. We were really excited for this opportunity but honestly had no idea what to expect. Not too long after we arrived in our new country, we had to start finding that perfect place to call home […]
4 Apps To Use During Your Military Move (PCS)
The weeks leading up to a PCS are full of decisions, paperwork, and long to-do lists. It is all too easy for things to be lost or forgotten. With our ever-present phones and tablets, we have the opportunity to give ourselves a powerful tool in PCS organization! Here are four apps to help your next […]