Orders Out: The No-Fluff Guide to Selling (or Keeping) Your San Diego Home

You got orders out. Now what happens to the house?Every year thousands of military families PCS out of San Diego owning a home here, and get one of two useless answers. Never sell in California. Never be a landlord from 3,000 miles away. Nobody looks at their actual numbers.Sarah Newcomb is a San Diego real estate agent married to a Navy veteran. This is the conversation she has with her own clients when the orders come: what you actually net if you sell, what the house actually clears every month if you keep it, and the third option almost nobody knows about.Inside, no fluff: - Sell, rent, or let a buyer take over your loan, and how to pick- Your VA entitlement: how to get it back, and how sellers lose it for twenty years without knowing- What your low interest rate is worth to a buyer, and how an assumption actually works- What to fix before you list, and what is throwing money away- Rental math that is honest, including what nobody budgets for- California landlord rules that catch out-of-state owners- Closing from the next duty station: power of attorney, remote signing, and the wire fraud rule- The withholding that comes out of your proceeds at the closing tableShort, direct, and written for people who have a report date.