My husband and I are having a disagreement on whether or not to buy a home once we PCS next month. We’ve lived overseas for over 4 years, in basically an apartment style home, and are expecting our second child in a few months. Needless to say, I’m ready for a house with a yard for our boys to play in and have SPACE for our growing family.

My husband wants to rent a place for a year, save, and buy a home later. However, I don’t like the houses on base, been told multiple times to avoid living near this base, and renting a house that we actually like would cost more than way more than the BAH. He hasn’t officially said anything, but I think he wants to stay on base just because it’s more convenient.

I wanted to move to a bigger place while we we stationed here, and my husband was very content on staying and didn’t want to deal with the hassle of moving, so I don’t want to be stuck in another place I don’t like purely for convenience. I honestly don’t trust that he’ll follow through buying a house in a year…

We’ve never bought a house before, and I can’t lie, I don’t know much about the house marketing or even getting a VA loan. So I’m hoping anyone would have some helpful information or feedback. I just want to have a place I feel good calling home and feel safe raising my babies.