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Military Bases are a Great Source of Clients

By Randy L. Prothero

Real Estate Agent with eXp Realty 2021016812

November 13, 2006 12:37 PM

If you are near a military base there are many opportunities for selling homes and picking up buyers.

Active duty military not only a base pay, but a housing allowance. In expensive places such as Hawaii they also receive a cost of living allowance.

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VA Loans have been an extremely effective tool in my business. Most of my buyers have been either active duty military or retirees.

One great resource for posting your listings if your are near a base is the DOD referral website: http://www.dodreferral.com/index_mil.php I post all listings in the area there. It is free and the response rate has been tremendous.

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Rich Jacobson

Fathom Realty West Sound - Poulsbo, WA

Your Kitsap County WA Real Estate Broker

Randy, Ditto BIG TIME! I have posted a number of blogs about our Navy community here. I didn't know about the dod site though, Thanks for sharing!

P.S. Maybe we should hook-up and talk possible future referrals? I get alot of clients coming and going to Pearl!

Nov 13, 2006 03:19 PM

1SG (Ret.) David Kucic

Hawaii Military Realty, Inc. - Ewa Beach, HI

President and Owner

Randy, That dod referrals site is great. I always refer career renters to the site and I always include my listings on it. You can also check the amount of hits your property gets when you enter it on the site. Best of all, its free!

Nov 13, 2006 04:40 PM

Randy L. Prothero

eXp Realty - Hollister, MO

Missouri REALTOR, (808) 384-5645

Aloha Rich, I sent you an e-mail.

The DOD site has proven to be one of the best values for marketing properties near a military base. Free is a good!

Nov 13, 2006 08:41 PM

Bill Sauneuf

John L. Scott Real Estate / Yelm - Mount Vernon, WA

I love working with Military clients.... If you hear of anyone PCSing to NAS Whidbey Island in Washington State, please send them to http://www.NASWI.info or contact me first and I'll be happy to set-up a referral.

Nov 13, 2006 08:44 PM

Aloha Rich & Bill,

Always glad to make contacts with agents who specialize in working with the military.

I service the entire island of Oahu (Honolulu County). I would be honored to service any referrals from you. Feel free to contact me anytime to set up a referral. Your clients will always be treated as VIPs.

Nov 14, 2006 05:13 PM

Anonymous

Thank you for the tip!

Nov 30, 2006 03:03 PM

Floyd Beck

Assist-2-Sell, Your Choice Realty - Mountain Home, ID

Broker/Owner

Hello from Mountain Home Idaho, home of Mtn Home AFB. Just logged into the DOD page, thanks for the tip. I was in the AF for 10 yrs, owned/operated a coffee shop for 7 yrs, then RE. We're a small town, when something happens in the world we pay attention, events often hit close to home. The military are our town.

Nov 30, 2006 04:11 PM

You are welcome

Floyd - No problem, If you have any clients transferring to Hawaii, I gladly give referrals.

Nov 30, 2006 07:06 PM

I am a new real estate professional in the Norfolk, VA area an area that has the largest concentration of military in the US especially navy, and I attempted to join the DOD referal network, and what I found out is that they would only allow agents who are part of military teams that specialize in military moves, so it's great if you can get in but not everyone does, and the ironic thing is that I retired from the navy after serving 20 years this year

Dec 02, 2006 03:44 PM

The DOD Referral site is open to the public. I have clients who post their rentals on there. I post all of my listings in the area.

You just have to sign in: http://www.dodreferral.com/index_mil.php

Please update your profile, so I know who I am commenting to.

Dec 02, 2006 07:59 PM

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