What would the Financial Samurai say?

Fighter Pilots use this its called your future picture.

I think the standard boxing referee's instructions to fighters that they protect themselves at all times makes a lot of sense in your situation.

I give security deposit discounts to police, fire fighters, military, healthcare workers, and teachers.  

Ask a fire fighter or fire marshal what they recommend.

I pointed out that the ones who are contesting can also be identified simply by looking at the year in which the lawsuit was filed; those more than a year or two old have been contested somewhat, and the older the case the more it is likely to have been contested; therefore more likely to be occupants difficult to remove.Cash for keys is almost always the smartest approach; the duration for the ejectment lawsuit will be a minimum of several months, and could be years with the occupants who are fighters.

This particular lender has been known to close in 2 weeks, which pardon my language is essentially full afterburner in a fighter jet for a VA loan. 

Perhaps buy one house with 100K down, put another 100K into index funds, then pool the other 100K in cash for buying opportunities that may arise, such as a stock market dip or real estate dip.I read on a blog from financial samurai the other day NOT to make a decision for the first month.

Bruce Lee was a fighter - the rules didn’t change from fight to fight.

He is a fire fighter and HE is a successful investor.Just do your thing and go get it!