Last year a lady put her sheep and a couple of guard dogs on the land and problems arose, we wanted her property moved off and she had until March to move everything.

That immediately puts the conversation on edge and the seller on guard.

This will guide you into creating investing criteria (your guard rails for making acquisitions). 

You could also join the National Guard or Navy Reserves (or Army if you prefer)...they both offer afffordable health care (Tricare Reseerve for Navy) and the service committments are part-time (one weekend a month) which might still allow you the freedom you are looking for.   

A safe guard of sorts I guess.   

I have used va loan twice, I am guard so I think the funding fee may be higher, but I put around 16% down each time so it reduced fee.

Check with REI Guard.

Depending on how often they come back (and how reliable their schedule is), it may even mean hiring a private security guard for a few weeks.

Some find it awkward to be present, others (maybe two tenants ever) have felt they must be present to guard their stuff. 

Originally posted by Account Closed:My take is that it's mostly a function of the strong market creating a lot of successful investments so the guard gets let down.Also with the stock market and bond yields where they are at, everyone starts taking more risk to chase yield.