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Paul Keddell - eXp Realty Veteran | Military Realtor | eXp Realty Omaha

Helping military families PCS to Offutt AFB & Omaha homeowners buy & sell with clarity & confidence. VA loans. F3.

Weekly market updates. A process that makes sense. Girl Dad.

📞 531-225-5999 Retired military veteran now serving families with buying, selling, and investing in and around Omaha with confidence. My mission is simple: to provide the same level of service, integrity, and commitment that guided my years in uniform while helping clients achieve their real estate goals. Focused on service, relationships, and results. If you’re thinking about making a move, I’d be honored to serve you next.

When Liz and I bought our home in Omaha, we were one of eight offers. After some negotiation we got the house under cont...
01/06/2026

When Liz and I bought our home in Omaha, we were one of eight offers. After some negotiation we got the house under contract using a VA loan and some flexibility on renting the home back while we were still in Europe.

Two days after they accepted our offer, the listing agent and seller got spooked because a VA loan was unfamiliar to them. They had us sign extra documentation that was already in the contract to give them more confidence we would close.

We closed without a problem. But I never forgot how that felt.

If you are buying in Omaha with your VA benefit, I broke down what you need to know this week. Link in the comments.

25/04/2026

We started looking at houses. Bigger square footage, extra bedroom, maybe a bigger yard.
Standard move up stuff.

Then something changed. We kept pulling up listings and nothing felt right. Too close to the neighbors. Not enough space for the kids to actually run. Another subdivision that looked exactly like the one we were already in.

So we started looking at acreages. Did not plan for that conversation to happen.

Now that is all we can think about.

What made you realize what you actually needed was different from what you started looking for.

24/04/2026

Same street. Similar size. Similar updates. You know that house. You have been inside it.

You made a good decision. You ran the numbers, you trusted the process, you took the offer and you moved on.

And then Friday happened.

Now it is listed for more than you sold for and it went under contract in a day and you are lying awake doing math on a decision you cannot unmake.

Closing day felt like the finish line. Then the comp listed Friday morning.

How long did it take you to stop running the numbers.

24/04/2026

8 things homeowners get wrong when they try to time buying and selling at the same time.
1. Assuming they have to sell first when bridge financing and contingency offers exist.
2. Waiting for the perfect rate when equity in the current home matters more than the rate on the next.
3. Believing their current house is worth more than the market will actually pay.
4. Starting the home search before knowing what they can qualify for after the sale.
5. Letting the fear of carrying two payments stop them from running the actual numbers.
6. Not asking their agent whether a sale-leaseback after closing is negotiable.
7. Underestimating how fast they’ll need to move once an offer comes in on their current home.
8. Making the decision based on what the market might do instead of what their family actually needs.

Most move-up buyers think the hard part is the timing. It’s not. The hard part is deciding you actually want to go through with it.

Comment PLAN and I’ll send you the framework for thinking through buy-first or sell-first without the anxiety.

23/04/2026

Every night before dinner someone has to move the laptop, the charger, the stack of papers that has been there since October.

Then after dinner it all goes back.

You told yourself this was temporary when you set it up. Just until things settled. Just until you figured out the next move. That was two years ago and nothing has settled and the stack is still there.

What workaround has become permanent in your house.

22/04/2026

Your father in law tilted his head at dinner and said you know you probably could have gotten more for it.

You smiled and said maybe. You have been thinking about it ever since.

You walked through the comps with your agent and it all made sense. The pricing felt right, the offer seemed great. But did we settle too soon.

You know he is probably wrong. Probably.

22/04/2026

You slip into Hotel Indigo on Dodge and find thirty seats that feel like they belong to you the second you sit down.

Dark wood. Low light. A bartender who’s not serving drinks, he’s making them. Craft cocktails. Craft mocktails. Same attention, same respect, no hierarchy.

This is what a veteran-owned speakeasy looks like. Not the aesthetic. The ex*****on. The refusal to cut corners. The understanding that if you’re going to do something, you do it right or you don’t do it at all.

You can feel it the moment you walk in. This place was built by someone who knows what matters and prioritizes delivering just that. An intimate experience with fantastic drinks.

1802 Dodge St, Omaha.

Decided Miles needed a shot of adrenaline in the form of a haircut. Now I’ve got a mini linebacker with a Mohawk running...
22/04/2026

Decided Miles needed a shot of adrenaline in the form of a haircut.

Now I’ve got a mini linebacker with a Mohawk running around the house

Keep it next time or switch it up

I need honest opinions here ⬇️

21/04/2026

It is 7:12 and someone is crying in the hallway because the door is locked and the bus comes at 7:35.

This is not a one-time thing. This is Tuesday. This was also Monday. This was last Thursday and the Thursday before that.

The house was the right size when you moved in. That was before the second kid, before the homework at the kitchen table, before mornings like this became just how mornings are.

The house stopped fitting a while ago. And every morning you get another reminder.

What does your reminder look like.

21/04/2026

The fear makes sense. You worked hard to prepare that house. You trusted the process, you took the offer, and it moved faster than you expected.

Now the question won’t leave you alone.

Here is what the data actually says. When list price and sold price are essentially the same number, the market is not leaving room to negotiate.

It is moving too fast for that. Sellers who leave money on the table are not the ones who sold in three days. They are the ones who listed above market, watched the showings dry up, and cut the price thirty days later.

Fast is not a mistake. Fast is what accurate looks like in this market.

Comment SELL and I will send you the seller guide.

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