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Military Relocations & Buying Real Estate in Honolulu County Hawaii
PART 1 (MILITARY)                                                 Click here for Non-Military
 
Celeste: Century 21 Liberty Homes. This is "Sally", may I help you?
Client (Potential): Hi, my name is ______ and we recently relocated to Hawaii. I am stationed at Schofield Barracks (or Hickam AFB, or Pearl Harbor Navy Base or Kaneohe Marine Base) and  we are looking for a rental or possibly buying while I'm stationed here.                                     
Unlike anywhere in the United States you will find that Hawaii is unlike anywhere else in the world.    (This is including their real estate transactions!)
The following tips will help you in your first steps with the home buying process. 
1) You know that being in the military you have your BAH *housing allowance) which you can apply towards your monthly mortgage payment.  With buying you have tax benefits at the end of the year whereas with renting you are just paying someone else's mortgage payment and get to claim nothing at the end of the year (concerning rent vs. buying)   Click on the following link for Honolulu County BAH chart:  Honolulu County BAH 2007
2) Have you talked with a local lender to see what you are qualified for?  (I mean, anyone with outstanding credit can qualify for a half a million dollar home...but you need to let the lender ... more

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