Becky is right Chally! You will need to remind yourself it is worth it while you go thru the process. I did all the haggling, locating of vendors,title etc, dealing with the VA since Steve couldnt. He said he couldnt have done it and wouldnt have gotten the benefit. Luckily, we had a couple key people that helped...our pva guy that is located in va regional center and our housing rep. He was very patient and explained things to me.
Just remember ìf someone is supposed to get back to you and they dont, call them because nothing moves if you dont help it. Also depending on what you do, you may want to consider staying somewhere else for at least part of the renovations. We had so much dust they set off the alarm system multiple times