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Military & PCS

PCSing to Pensacola? Find your home before you arrive.

Orders to NAS Pensacola, Corry Station, Whiting Field, Eglin or Hurlburt? You do not have to wait until you land to start. Tell us where you are reporting and when, and we will help you work out which areas fit, what your price range reaches, and how to do it from wherever you are now.

A licensed local agent, straight answers, and no obligation.

By installation

Where to live near each base

Which areas make sense depends mostly on which gate you are driving to. Here is the short version for each, with a full guide to every community.

NAS Pensacola

The main gate sits on the south side of Pensacola, so the closest options are the older in-town neighborhoods and the waterfront communities east of the bay.

Pensacola Gulf Breeze Perdido Key Pensacola Beach

Corry Station

Corry sits inside Pensacola itself, which puts the in-town neighborhoods and the areas just north and west within an easy drive.

Pensacola Perdido Key Gulf Breeze

NAS Whiting Field (Milton)

Whiting Field is north of Milton in Santa Rosa County, so the practical choices are Milton itself and the newer subdivisions in Pace.

Milton Pace Cantonment

Eglin AFB

Eglin is east of our core area. Navarre is the closest community we cover, and Gulf Breeze works for people who want to be on the water and do not mind a longer drive east.

Navarre Gulf Breeze

Hurlburt Field

Hurlburt is also east of us along the coast. Navarre is the nearest community we know well, with Gulf Breeze an option further west.

Navarre Gulf Breeze

Financing

Buying with a VA loan

The VA loan is the reason a lot of service members can buy here rather than rent. Eligible borrowers can often purchase with no down payment, and the loan does not require private mortgage insurance the way a low-down-payment conventional loan does.

The process starts with a Certificate of Eligibility, which your lender can usually pull for you and which confirms the VA considers you eligible. From there it works much like any other purchase, with one difference worth knowing: the home has to pass a VA appraisal, which looks at value and also at whether the property meets the VA's minimum property requirements. Homes needing significant repair can run into trouble there, and it is worth knowing that before you fall for a fixer-upper.

We are not a lender and we do not determine eligibility. Confirm your entitlement, your price range and the current terms with a VA-approved lender before you rely on any of it.

From anywhere

Buying from out of state

Most of the military buyers we work with start their search from somewhere else. Here is how that generally works.

Video walk-throughs

An agent walks the house on a live video call so you can ask about the things photos never show: the noise, the yard, the condition of the roofline, what the street is actually like.

Showings built around your schedule

If you get a house-hunting trip, we group showings into the days you are here. If you do not, we keep working remotely rather than waiting for you to land.

Electronic signing

Offers, counters and disclosures are signed electronically, so being in another time zone does not slow a contract down.

Coordinated around your report date

Inspection, appraisal and closing are scheduled against the date you have to report, and we tell you early if a timeline looks tight rather than at the last minute.

PCS and VA loan questions

Tell us where you're reporting

Give us your installation and your report month and we will start narrowing areas with you. No obligation, and a real agent either way.

Or reach us directly: 850-417-3247 · felix@pelicanofficial.com

Pelican Realty & Co. serves home buyers and sellers across the Florida Gulf Coast, with a focus on the communities that make the Pensacola Bay area one of the most desirable places to live in the Southeast. From the historic streets and bayfront neighborhoods of Pensacola to the sugar-white shores of Pensacola Beach and Perdido Key, our agents help clients find the right home in the right setting — whether that’s a Gulf-front condo, a waterfront estate in Gulf Breeze, or a single-family home on a larger lot in Pace or Milton.

Our service area spans the Emerald Coast’s most sought-after communities, including Pensacola, Gulf Breeze, Navarre, Pace, Pensacola Beach, Milton, Perdido Key, Ferry Pass, Cantonment, and Bellview. Within each, we know the neighborhoods that define the local market — from East Hill and Cordova Park in Pensacola to Tiger Point and Oriole Beach in Gulf Breeze, the canopied streets of Bagdad in Milton, and the Gulf-front towers of Portofino on Pensacola Beach.

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