Converting the entire property to a rental later allows full deductions but eliminates primary residence tax benefits, potentially increasing capital gains taxes on sale.

You'll also have access to the MLS, be able to do a lot of the work yourself, and save quite a bit on your first purchase. 

As much as I hate annuities, you might speak with an annuity agent about the employer awarding a bonus in the form of a single premium deferred annuity invested in index funds and that you do not have the right to access until a date certain and then a full payout over time.

For example, needing a driveway/access point off a State owned highway is something to be discussed immediately.

We do not do Syndications; we have access to all the funding we will ever need, and I don't like sharing the profits. 

I'm biased and can provide reasons and data to show that using an agent will protect you, get you more money, less stress and so on.The reality is you can do it yourself, but tenants generally don't cooperate with showings and that causes lots of problems for buyer to access the unit to show, inspections, appraisals etc.

So the benefit to investing in a note fund is that with no additional exposure, investors get access to a consistent return with less liability.Best,Dave

The property has about a quarter mile of street access, and no trees or anything to block it, so I wanted to put something there to give a little privacy anyway, and then these trees obviously have to go, so I was hoping to re-use them.

If you're able to get tenants paying over market rents, you can also gain a lot of interest because of the heavy cash-flow. 

Once you gain that experience, it may become more efficient to delegate the task rather than managing it on your own.