Usually, we deal with more mishaps on the rental side because you don't necessarily have an advocate working for you like an agent. I mean, they're trying they have an incentive to get the house rented or sold. Usually you see what someone who is advertising their home wants you to see. So we have heard so many crazy stories usually has to do with the home being misrepresented, right? Or just not getting the whole picture. I don't know before you sign a lease, but often, that's a luxury that we just don't have available to us, especially this past year with travel restrictions and the pandemic. So you know, oftentimes you want to go like recon your new duty station, check out the neighborhoods, you know, actually look at the house.
So, you know, obviously, it's ideal to like, we call it recon, we're gonna wait, we're gonna gobble up all the jargon, y'all because it's just fun. But yeah, often it's just the inability to go to the actual location ahead of time. And we hear this a lot from folks that kind of stumble upon us out of a need. So it does not take a rocket scientist to see why dealing with your new duty station from your old one is not the best, right? But I'm sure you've seen some pretty dramatic examples of times this has been a huge problem. That's right, who needs clothes? It's fine. Great, right? Wardrobe, a toaster and my Margarita glasses probably. Well, first that we didn't even know the words "household goods." Like what we own could not be called household goods, those days. Oh, the days when all of our household goods. It was like take eight trips and get it done. Like filling up your laundry basket kind of move like not like, not you hauls in big moving trucks and stuff. Okay, but were you at the same college or. So um, yeah, I moved a couple of times when I was a kid and then like almost every eight months in college. But I counted back with my non-military moves. Okay, so you threw me off on this question because I usually say seven, which is our number of official PCSes and we did most of those in, like, three years, a three year time span, which is kind of crazy. Start by telling us how many times you have personally moved with the military or otherwise. Today, Kellie is going to give us her best intel on setting up your new home from afar. Kellie Artis is an Army spouse and part of the brains behind Millie, a wealth of information and help for duty stations nationwide, and a real life army of military spouses from all branches whose only job is to be your eyes and ears on the ground at your upcoming duty station home. How would you really know what you want if you've never spent significant or often any time there? Today's PCS with guest is a top expert on dealing with your new duty station while still at your old one. On the other hand, putting together your new life from a distance is basically a trust fall. On the one hand, nothing is better than the feeling of knowing you've got housing all locked and loaded before you even watch the movers pack the van. But of course, you're also doing this from afar. Where should you live? What schools should your kids attend? Where is the nearest Target? And is it or is it not a Super Target? In short, only the important stuff. If you're anything like me, the second those military move orders, or even the rumor of military move orders hits your radar, you're researching the heck out of your next duty station. The following is an edited transcript of this episode of PCS with. This episode is brought to you by Navy Federal Credit Union.3 Ways to Prepare for Your New Duty Station Before Leaving Your Old One.ITunes | Google Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn Artis is the chief operations officer of Millie, a company that helps military members move by connecting them with resources and local insight on their upcoming location.įollow and Subscribe to the PCS with Podcast In this episode, Army spouse Kellie Artis shares her best tips and tricks for understanding your future home and dealing with all of the things you need to know about it without actually being there. The Pentagon doesn’t pay for house-hunting trips or new duty station fact-finding missions. One of the challenges with any military Permanent Change of Station (PCS) move is that you likely won’t ever see your new home until you actually arrive with your stuff already packed away.
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