Properties are scattered around the USA so it doesnt seem to be that big a deal.

I fired an owner a couple years ago (for many reasons) that flipped out because the tenant had clothes scattered around the bedroom floor! 

My wife and I have 14 SFHs scattered through Charlotte, Denver, Jacksonville, Birmingham and Hammond, IN.

If the income is scattered to the winds all over the place on your taxes, and none of it is current permanent W2 type income, that would be the other extreme, you're probably stuck for now.

Your post feels a little scattered with good ideas. 

other issue is the stumps.. if your prepping the land for any kind of development you need to pop the stumps and put them in a tub grinder.. there are mills that will take chips and pay for chips.. 7 acres like others said if its just scattered hardwood pretty uneconomical for any commercial type logging operation. out here on the west coast 7 acres of Tight 150 plus foot redwoods could be worth a million bucks at the Mill.. 

(Sorry so wordy, trying to get as many keywords out there to find all our scattered investors!)

@Brian Garlington While I may look scattered, and maybe I am, my goal is to find properties in areas that are close to me or that I travel to/through frequently.

Apologies if this was scatterered, I just realized how hard it was to write a year long recap after I had already committed. haha

Collect all debris so to not get them scattered.