Military For Sale by Owner or Military FSBO is the process of selling without the representation of a real estate broker or Realtor near military bases. Military homeowners may employ the services of marketing or online listing companies or market their own property but do not pay a commission and represent themselves with the help of a lawyer throughout the sale. Military Off-Base Housing Process Service members arriving at a new duty station must report to the local housing office for referral assistance before they rent or buy housing off base. The housing office serves as a liaison between the military community and civilian real estate agents and landlords. Defense Department policy calls for the services to look to the local community first to provide required adequate housing and provide aggressive housing referral services in base housing offices. In many cases, installations have information about housing available in the civilian community on their Web sites. Also, base legal offices often are willing to review real estate contracts before members sign them.