Military Husbands

(This is part of an ongoing series on Permanent Change of Station moves. To read the rest of the posts, click here.)

3. Househunting This may seem like a no-brainer, but get the househunting done early!

It's also important to never succumb the allure of leasing a place sight-unseen, no matter how far away your destination. It might mean taking something temporary until you find a more permanent solution. We almost got suckered conned tempted into doing so this time, but we saved a lot of money and got a much nicer place by making the trip to see the place for ourselves.

Just by way of illustration, the couple who will be moving into our house when we leave have been living in a house that "smells like a meth lab" for the past month because they didn't inspect it for themselves before signing the lease. And they even had a realtor look at the place for them!