Weldon HobbsColorado Springs | REALTOR®- 5-Star Google Rated
- Veteran
- USAFA
- Family
- Believer
- Project Management Professional
- Certified Financial Coach
Buy it for
five years.
Buying at this duty station only makes sense if you are willing to hold the home five years or more — retiring, separating and staying, or keeping it as a rental.
Kristen and I bought and sold our properties through our own time in the military — 1031 exchanges, long-term rentals, short-term rentals. When it comes time to do that for your situation, I will teach you how to self-manage everything.
Life goal first, then the wealth plan, then the real estate strategy that supports both. If renting is the smarter move for your tour, we will tell you.
Answered personally by Weldon — usually the same day.
The Platinum Group, REALTORS® · Fort Carson · Peterson · Schriever · USAFA
- The honest five-year buy-vs-rent math for your orders
- Neighborhoods by commute to your gate — and what they rent for
- VA entitlement mapped so you can buy again at the next station
- A plan to keep it and self-manage it when you PCS out
Tell us your timeline and Weldon replies personally, usually within one business day.
Own it long enough for it to pay you.
A house you sell after two years is an expense. A house you hold — or rent out when orders move you — is the start of a portfolio. That decision gets made before you write an offer, not after.
Buying here only makes sense if you are willing to hold the home five years or more — retiring, separating and staying, or keeping it after you leave. Anything shorter and closing costs on both ends usually eat the equity. We run your numbers before you tour a single house.
Even if you plan to live there the whole time, we underwrite the home against market rent, HOA rules, and the floor plans that actually lease in this town. If orders come early, you have an asset instead of a problem.
Kristen and I bought and sold properties through our own military career — 1031 exchanges, long-term rentals, short-term rentals. When it is time to do that for your situation, I will teach you how to self-manage the whole thing yourself.
Send us your report date and price range and we will run the five-year numbers for your situation — buy, rent, or hold.
Get My PCS Buying PlanZero down, no PMI, and entitlement positioned so you can buy again at the next station while keeping this one.
Screening, leases, rent collection, vendors, and books — keep the 8–10% a property manager would take.
If renting is the better call for your tour length, we say so. We would rather earn the next three moves.
Virtual tours, gate-by-gate commute briefings, and closings timed to orders — even before you arrive.
Weldon Hobbs, Colorado Springs | REALTOR®
Military, relocation, and senior transition specialist with The Platinum Group, REALTORS®. Kristen and I built our own portfolio through the moves — and we teach clients to do the same. More about Weldon.
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