The minute my husband was notified of his first duty station, I began doing my homework. I scoured the Internet, reading apartment reviews and online housing forums, and emailed local buildings with vacancies.

The real estate crisis has turned many military homeowners into reluctant long-distance landlords, but having a tenant cover your monthly mortgage payment can yield long-term dividends.

When you buy a house to call home, you expect to pay for it without any financial difficulties. You never imagine, as you sign on the dotted line of ownership, that you could one day lose that house or even your job because of financial difficulties related to credit use and abuse.

Army Capt. Jaspen Boothe knows firsthand how fast the downward spiral into homelessness can be. An Army National Guard soldier, Boothe was preparing to deploy to Iraq when Hurricane Katrina destroyed her New Orleans home.

If you're like many homeowners, the tumultuous events of the past few years have left you wondering: What's my home worth today?

October is National Fire Safety Month, a good time to remember how smoke alarms can protect you.

Home ownership is dream many of us have, including those still in uniform and transitioning out of it. Whether you are looking to buy the right house for right now or you are contemplating your “forever” home, you’ll need to be worthy…credit worthy, that is.