Free sample · Two minutes
Run the six gates. See where your move actually stands tonight.
This is Chapter 6 of the kit, live. Answer six yes / not-yet questions and get the same verdict the full kit produces — plus what turns each open gate green.
- Orders
- Entitlements
- Sell / rent
- Money
- Family
- Questions
Gate 1 of 6 · Orders
Do you have orders — or a written offer — with a report-by window, and do you know which wave you are in?
Answer honestly. “Probably” counts as not yet. Nothing you enter leaves your browser.
Inside the kit
The calculator that answers “rent first or buy now?” with your numbers.
Six inputs, two answers: is the household ahead each month, and how long until unreimbursed move costs come back. Here is what the result card looks like with example inputs.
Inputs
Example- Current housing, all-in
- $2,900 / mo
- Expected Huntsville rent
- $2,100 / mo
- Expected Huntsville purchase, all-in
- $2,600 / mo
- Your take-home change
- −$150 / mo
- Spouse income change
- +$0 / mo
- Unreimbursed one-time costs
- $6,000
Illustrative inputs only. In the kit every field starts blank and you enter your own figures.
Your result
Monthly change if you rent first
+$650/ mo
Recovers one-time costs in about 10 months.
Monthly change if you buy now
+$150/ mo
Recovers one-time costs in about 40 months.
Buying now vs. renting, first 12 months
$6,000 more to buy
Excludes closing costs, equity, and the cost of buying the wrong house. Chapter 4 covers when buying immediately is still right.
Take these with you
Three town-hall questions that get real answers.
From the kit's question bank. Each one names who to ask, because the podium rarely knows.
- 1
“Which wave am I in, and what is the earliest and latest report date for that wave?”
Ask: Your directorate lead or the relocation cell
Phased moves mean 'we are going' is not a date. You cannot back-plan a home sale without a window.
- 2
“Is my move directed or voluntary, and does that change my entitlements?”
Ask: HR / your relocation counselor
The answer decides your leverage and what your orders can authorize. Get it in writing.
- 3
“Am I under the JTR or the FTR, and which agency policy sits on top of it?”
Ask: Relocation counselor
DoD civilians and non-DoD staff (many FBI) follow different rulebooks. The rulebook, not the rumor, decides what is reimbursable.
- 3+ more in the kit, grouped by who to ask — counselor, sponsor, HR, spouse's HR.
The rest of the kit
The gates are free. Turning them green is $67.
Six chapters, the sell-timing planner, the live calculator, and the full question bank.
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