Welcome to Military Mutual!Military Mutual is an exclusive organization for DoD, military, veterans, and their families. Our real estate services network has created a way for the military home buyer and current military homeowner to search the housing industry like a real estate agent while having access to the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) with criteria options that provide instant and daily alerts for homes that meet such criteria. This service provides the military affiliate with the opportunity to see where the market is at any given time as it relates to homes that fit their, location, size, features and price! The military homeowner can search the market to see what their home is potentially worth, how long homes are staying on the market, and how those homes compare to their property. Ultimately, allowing both the military home buyer and military homeowner with the knowledge to make informed real estate and investment decisions alongside a Military Realtor who is military-affiliated and/or a Military Relocation Professional!
Are you thinking of buying a home?
Finding the right home can be a difficult process, but no matter what you are looking for, Military Mutual will provide you with a military-affiliated and experienced Realtor who can provide you with the information and resources you need to make an informed home-buying decision, from neighborhood information, to tools to estimate your mortgage payments, and buyer resources and articles that will help you through the home buying process.
Thinking about selling real estate?
No matter which market you're in, you can use the marketing programs and experience of a qualified real estate agent with Military Mutual to help sell your home quickly and at the right price. Learn more about our service, see information about recent home sales in your area, or contact us to get started today!
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This is a one-stop real estate website for all your home buying and selling needs in your area. We have the best professional real estate agents available who will help make your search for a new home an enjoyable experience.
We encourage you to check out our website for local neighborhood and school details, mortgage information, interactive maps,listings of properties of homes for sale, plus many more features.
ABOUT US
Our Mission.
Military Mutual is founded on the sole principle of giving back, in which, ensuring the benefits of military service is facilitated with discounts, resources, programs and services intended to empower its members to make informed real estate decisions alongside associate professionals who maintain a personal ownership interest in the relationship, mission, vision and company.
Career with Us.
If you are one of our members and are interested in a future as a real estate agent with Military Mutual, you may be qualify for your real estate licensee class to be paid for by us. Enjoy a fulfilling career with an organization intended to help our military family, while being provided with the professional development as an independent contractor or full time employee with Military Mutual.
GIVING BACK.
Committed to veteran families
Military Mutual is committed to giving back to our Military, Veteran's and their families! To prove our commitment we are giving back a percentage of our 2013 brokerage commissions to programs that will best help our active duty military, veteran's and veterans!
OUR TEAM
Founder
Broker and Founder
Derek Barksdale, LDO-6490, USN (Ret.) is a prominent military and civilian motivational leader with a broad background in workforce education and development. Barksdale embodies three decades of experience in facilitating the success of others while in the military as a naval officer, civil service as a Director of Operations, and private sector as an entrepreneur and founder of Military Mutual®. The passion he brings into any forum is evident by his strong desire to advance the personal and professional achievement of others.
A native of Oakland, CA., Barksdale enlisted as an E-1 in 1989, and nine pay-grades later, retired in 2011, as a naval officer designated as Force Protection Officer (FPO) in the Limited Duty Officer (LDO) community. Over his career Barksdale has served as the FPO and/or Training Officer onboard aircraft carriers, major installations, expeditionary squadrons and staff commands overseeing the law enforcement, physical security, weapons and public safety programs for up to 10,000 personnel at a time, ensuring force protection for well over 100,000 personnel; to include dignitaries, VIPs and High Value Assets critical to maintaining national defense.
Transitioning from his military career, Barksdale served over four years as a senior government service employee, directing the operations for over 350 civilian and military personnel, ensuring their personal and professional success was incorporated into the planning, managing and evaluation of daily routines.
Barksdale attained his Bachelor’s Degree in Workforce Education and Development from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, and served in multiple educational and developmental roles throughout his career. Commonly known as not only "the expert," but "the expert who trains the experts," he is a certified National Association of Realtors Instructor and an active member of nine different local and national non-profit organizations intended to empower others to make informed personal and professional decisions. He is frequently sought after for his sage advice throughout the nation.
As the Founder of Military Mutual® and the Military Mutual Initiative, Barksdale directs a nationwide company and non-profit organization with agents that span from California to Florida, and a network that reaches into nearly every city with a military installation. He founded these organizations based on the sole principle of giving back to our nation’s military, veterans and their families through transitioning resources, programs, services and financial assistance intended to empower its members to make informed decisions alongside associate professionals with similar military affiliation. Today, Military Mutual® is the only known relocation organization for military, veterans and their families…exclusively employing military, veterans and their families!