 it sounds like there's some transition that's going on maybe it wouldn't be a bad thing so what i'd love for you to do is to tell us what it would cost you to rent a home in your market that you would like and then also follow up and tell us what would it cost to buy the home that you'd be interested in living in for the next five years and then we can do the math with you and look at a va loan and see if that makes sense but it kind of sounds like maybe a rental could be pretty good for you