Down payment, credit score, and pre-payment penalty (on DSCR loans)  effect the interest rate and the cost of the loan a great deal.

Once you do address that, I agree you'l be able to achieve your goal.

If done this way, the investor could use this as a powerful tax strategy to spread the taxable event over years, lowering the effective tax rate faced from the taxable events.I have heard professionals compare it to an installment agreement, but with more control.

It's a risk you run on the anonymity side, however, if someone looks up the address now, do they not see your name?

Are there less expensive ways to get access that are still effective? 

The trust would likely go into effect after your death and then would require filing of its own tax return and things of that nature.

Per our attorneys, when we transfer SDs we require:1) Explicit written directions from owner on where to transfer, including name, mailing address and/or ACH payment info.2) Owner MUST sign a Hold Harmless Agreement, so we will be relieved of all legalities regarding SD after transfer.If an owner refuses to cooperate with our requirements, we will refund the SDs to tenants and send owner proof.Otherwise, we can send to owner of their new PMC.NOTE: we also are concerned about your new PMC allowing you to hold SDs!

Would you be comfortable with sharing the address?

There are usually, plenty of issues with new homes, I would strongly recommend still having a home inspection before closing (if you haven't had a formal home inspector come out) and making the builder address any AND all issues, it's a new home, it should be near perfect.

I recognize that I don't know enough to be truly effective in my REI.