Originally Posted by full of luv

Well the VA loan limit in King, Pierce and Snohomish counties is $517,500 with 0 down, so if you have some equity to put down, you'll do fine, otherwise with 20% down on a $700k loan you'd be out of pocket $140K so your better off getting it to the VA limit.

The most surprising thing that a military retiree will discover in their first year at Delta will be TAXES! The tax advantages of military pay system (with all of it's (allowances), coupled with favorable state tax residency, and an occasional stroll thru a war zone really does produce 20 years of tax bliss that quickly evaporates with that first retiree "annuity payment".