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**Talicoabilk** · 05-07-2012, 09:41 PM

Well, just personal opinion after only living in 29 Palms for 4 months, I would not recommend buying a house there. Like you said, the resale wouldn't be that great because the military pays for everyone to live in military housing or pays their rent. I'm not sure too many families make 29 Palms their permanent home. There are some non-military families out there, but they already have their homes. My suggestion would be to either get military housing or rent a place (you can sometimes pocket some of BAH with this) and if hubby reenlists, use his reenlist money to invest in a place either at his next duty station or to put a down payment on your dream home where you two plan to live long term.

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05-07-2012, 09:41 PM	#5
Talicoabilk Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 440 Senior Member	Well, just personal opinion after only living in 29 Palms for 4 months, I would not recommend buying a house there. Like you said, the resale wouldn't be that great because the military pays for everyone to live in military housing or pays their rent. I'm not sure too many families make 29 Palms their permanent home. There are some non-military families out there, but they already have their homes. My suggestion would be to either get military housing or rent a place (you can sometimes pocket some of BAH with this) and if hubby reenlists, use his reenlist money to invest in a place either at his next duty station or to put a down payment on your dream home where you two plan to live long term. Regards
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