VET USMC · VA Loan Specialist · Bayfield Home Loans

Feel confident helping your first military buyer — even if you've never worked with one.

Your first military buyer doesn't have to be your hardest deal. Here's the free kit that walks you through it, step by step.

Licensed FL · TX · WA · NC · VA  ·  Host of Virginia is for Realtors  ·  Free. No catch.

Your first military buyer should not be a gamble

You finally get a VA or PCS lead — and then the questions hit. What is a COE? Will the appraisal kill the deal? What do I tell the listing agent? How fast does this have to close? Agents who guess lose the file, or worse, burn the referral. Agents who have a playbook and a VA-savvy lender win the closing and the next call.

The First Military Buyer Kit (estimated value)

Everything you need to take a military or VA buyer from first conversation to closing — without becoming a VA encyclopedia overnight. One kit. One CTA. Yours free.

90-Day Realtor Roadmap

Week-by-week plan: CRM and sphere, open houses and pipeline, video and referrals. The same structure Tanner hands agents he works with.

Estimated value: $497 Yours free.

VA Buyer Playbook

COE, PCS timing, BAH basics, VA appraisal and MPRs, earnest money, seller concessions basics, and how to keep listing agents calm on a VA offer.

Estimated value: $297 Yours free.

PCS Cheat Sheet

From orders received to report date: house-hunting trips, remote buyers, and the checkpoints that decide whether you close on time.

Estimated value: $97 Yours free.

How to Have a Great Open House

How to land an open house every week, set it up, work the room, and follow up so visitors turn into clients.

Estimated value: $197 Yours free.

7 Things for Your First 90 Days

The short listicle every new agent should run before they overcomplicate the business. Read the list →

Estimated value: $47 Yours free.

Free 15-Minute VA Deal Review Call with Tanner

Bring your first (or next) VA / military file. Tanner walks the offer, timeline, and lender-side landmines with you — live.

Estimated value: $250 Yours free.
Total estimated value: $1,385 You pay: $0
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Dollar figures are estimated educational values for the materials and call time — not loan pricing, and not a quote on any mortgage product.

Here's the deal

Bring me your first VA buyer and I'll walk you through the file step by step. You keep the client relationship. I handle the lender side and coach you through the VA pieces so you do not look lost in front of the listing agent or your buyer. No rate promises. No approval promises. Just a clear path through the file.

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Why listen to Tanner

Tanner Mulvihill is a Marine Corps veteran (VET USMC) and VA loan specialist at Bayfield Home Loans. He knows the PCS calendar, the COE process, BAH conversations, VA appraisals and MPRs, and how listing agents think about VA offers — because he works those files with realtors every week.

VET USMC Bayfield Home Loans Licensed FL · TX · WA · NC · VA NMLS# 276814
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Got a VA buyer?

Call or text Tanner. Questions about an offer, a PCS timeline, a COE, or a VA appraisal? Call early rather than wait.

📞 540-850-6267

✉️ Tanner@bayfieldhomeloans.com

🏢 Bayfield Home Loans · Licensed in FL, TX, WA, NC & VA

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What you will actually know how to handle

PCS timelines

Orders to report date, house-hunting trips, remote closings.

BAH

Enough to ask the right budget questions and loop the lender in early.

The COE

Pull it before you write; no mid-contract entitlement surprises.

VA appraisal & MPRs

How they differ from a home inspection, and how to set listing-agent expectations.

Funding fee exemptions (general)

Some Veterans and service members qualify for a funding-fee exemption (for example, when they receive VA disability compensation, or meet other published VA criteria). Tanner helps your buyer confirm status with the lender.

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Straight answers

I've never worked with military buyers. Will this still work for me?

That is exactly who this is for. The kit assumes zero VA experience. You get the playbook, the open house guide, and a 15-minute call with Tanner on your first file — so you are not guessing in front of the buyer.

I'm not military. Does that matter?

No. The site is for realtors with a military connection and realtors without one. Your buyer is military or VA. That is enough. Tanner bridges the gap.

Does this cost anything?

No. The First Military Buyer Kit — roadmap, playbook, PCS cheat sheet, How to Have a Great Open House, 7 Things guide, and the 15-minute VA deal review call — is free.

Will you steal my buyer?

No. You own the client relationship. Tanner is the lender partner on the file. Bring him in so the VA side gets done right — not so someone else takes your buyer.

What if my buyer is still out of state / on a PCS clock?

That is normal. The PCS cheat sheet and the call cover remote buyers, house-hunting trips, and how to keep the timeline honest with the listing agent.

Do I have to become a VA expert?

No. You need enough to write a clean offer and set expectations. Tanner takes the lender deep-dives so your reputation stays intact.

Is this only for brand-new agents?

New agents get the 90-day plan. Experienced agents who have never closed a VA or military buyer get the playbook and the call. Same kit. Same outcome: first military buyer closed on time.

What about the podcast?

Listen to Virginia is for Realtors while you drive to showings. Real agents, what actually worked.

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Every week a military family is moving on orders. The agents who already have the playbook win those files. Grab the kit before your first VA lead shows up — not after you are already in contract and stuck.

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Listen while you drive to showings

On Virginia is for Realtors, Tanner sits down with agents who built real businesses and asks what actually worked — sphere, farming, open houses, video, referrals. Free coaching for the commute.

Why agents bring Tanner the file

Marine Corps veteran. VA loan specialist at Bayfield Home Loans. Lives the PCS calendar and the VA paperwork so you do not have to fake it. Whether you grew up around the military or this is your first PCS buyer, the job is the same: get that first military or VA purchase to closing on time — and leave you sharper for the next one.

📞 540-850-6267 · ✉️ Tanner@bayfieldhomeloans.com

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