Ideally you can line up your next rental property before you even arrive at your next duty station. Before you jump in and lay down a deposit check, follow our steps below to ensure you are making an informed decision.
COMPARE YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD OPTIONS
Whether you are planning on living on the installation, buy a home, or renting a house or apartment the first step is doing a little research. We recommend you start big and compare neighborhoods you are doing side-by-side house comparison.
In order to make the most educated decision you need to research, compare, and then consider hiring a Scout to validate if you cannot be there in person.
MILLIE offers comprehensive Neighborhood Guides across hundreds of bases and posts.
From Base to Post, we’ve got you covered.
Considering renting
SIGHT-UNSEEN?
Use a MILLIE Scout to act as your eyes when you can’t be there.
COMPARE YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD OPTIONS
Map Out Your “Pattern of Life”
Step One: Take a piece of computer paper and draw three circles with times.
Step Two: Put an X in the middle. This will represent the service member’s place of work. Add cardinal directions and label a couple of key areas as they relate to the X.
Step Three: Use the symbols below and your personal research to place the icons in the appropriate place on the “dartboard.”
Step Four: Take a look at your whole picture. Do you see any clusters? Are there any areas you are going to spend a lot of time in? Time that into consideration when comparing neighborhoods.
HIRE A SCOUT
HOUSE REVIEW
Our Scout will tour the home and FaceTime you or take up to 50 photos of the exterior and interior of the home.
NEIGHBORHOOD REVIEW
Our Scout will tour the home and FaceTime you or take up to 50 photos of the exterior and interior of the home.
PROPERTY WALK THROUGH
Our Scout will tour the home and FaceTime you or take up to 50 photos of the exterior and interior of the home.
PROPERTY PHOTO SHOOT
You want updated photographs of your rental property to upload to online advertisements. Our Scouts can provide up to 50 digital photographs and email them to you.
HELPING HANDS
Our Scouts can help with a myriad of tasks that need someone physically there when you can’t be. Maybe you need someone to let contractors into an empty house or verify work on your property was completed to your expectations. Each Helping Hand contract is different. The Scout will work within the scope of work beforehand.
ACCESS & SECURE
Your rental property is vacant and you need work to be completed between tenants but you are across the country. You need someone to unlock the house for the house cleaner, plumber or maintenance company and then go back and lock up the house once they have completed their job.
** MILLIE Scout is not a license real estate agent, but is a qualifed contractor ready to handle non-licensed tasks. License tasks include writing contracts or exchanging money. Scouts are military spouses who understand what assistance you need. **