Hi Everyone (Semper fi), I'm a real estate investor in Orlando, FL who proudly served in the United States Marine Corp.  

I have some experience in farmland, since I help manage my wifes family farmland in Idaho. its hard to get started when your new, unless you have contacts. a little story, a local young ex marine came to us a few years ago and wanted to farm the ground and we also held some other leases, so being kindhearted (and from a military family) I gave him a shot, and I even provided him with all the equipment and seed and fertilizer to get him started. well that turned into a nightmare, he thought farming was a m-f job. so it didn't workout. so my suggestion, would be to look for some crp land that hasn't been farmed in years and break in the ground yourself and show what a hard worker you are. most land owners would rather see the land farmed then to sit in crp.

I'd probably keep them for now but use a heavy duty or marine polyurethane.

Preface of my situation:I am a 21 Y/O Marine who has invested in a previously foreclosed home in a great neighborhood 30 minutes outside of D.C. all of which is going well however; I am going to be stationed somewhere else in the future and will be looking for the Same live-in flip style situation only this time, I would like to find a fourplex, hopefully foreclosed also. 

Also, Marines are coming so that may help as far as renting your property when you PCS if you don't sell it.

I am currently in the foreign service and a Marine reservist.

@James Masotti ... hahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa if any type of pest control issue arises, I personally CANNOT make it LOL  I'm not into bugs, rodents or any of the other species of non human. 

Jake: I live in SF/Marin County and can only dream of a market with SLO's "low" housing prices!

I also have seen from your bio, you are currently serving in the Marine Corps.

Directly after high school I enlisted in the Marine Corps with a job in IT.