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The accessibility and affordability of drivable vacation rental markets is very difficult for more expensive fly-to markets to compete with in any sort of economic downturn. 

Anyone out there have access to a PLOC and have any tips?

I'm concerned that if i do the loan now, in a few days the markets could creep up slightly giving me access to more 401k.

In order to have checkbook control, the IRA account will need to be at a trust company that will allow the IRA to invest in an LLC (where you will be the manager and your IRA will be member - an as manager you will have checkbook access to the LLC bank account).

You can't hold his personal belongings hostage until you get there to let him have access.

We have access to the VA home loan which is a bonus and both of our credit scores are 725+.

I'm no economist, overall allowing more people access to a higher amount of money isn't a bad thing especially if that is being pumped back into the market.

From a logistical standpoint, our location gives us a huge advantage.You can access almost 60% of the US population within 1 days drive.Along with that, many large automakers (Ford, Toyota etc.) have committed a significant amount of resources to Kentucky.They wouldn't have done so if they didn't believe in the future of the economy.I think the biggest hurdle we'll have to overcome is our state & local tax laws.I know Elon has been eyeing Tenessee for that reason (i.e. no state income tax). 

While bigger deals are definitely better, there are more smaller ones, and they are more accessible and trade more often.