Can’t help you on the real estate — I’m strictly PA where family abounds — but I applaud your decision!
Once you get settled, add a donkey to your farm. Small, hardy creatures they are, and very protective. A donk will keep away predators, or make them sorry they trespassed. Unless they are tiny, then you may want to invest in a cat.
A donkey is the best protection for livestock against coyotes. I drive past a small operation livestock farm every day. Faithful old donkey(s) out there grazing right along with the cattle.
NOT a cat-—a Great Pyraneese dog-—THEY are very protective.