With the exception of building a trailer on the property (these are hard to finance), this sounds like a good plan AND if you are using it for your business AND your business pays more than 50% of the rent (if you have more than 1 tenant), then this is a more financeable property in the eyes of banks and credit unions as it would be consider a commercial "owner-occupied" property. 

As a medium-term rental, you'd be in better position to be connected with Insurance Company that way.  

The more the better.  

I would encourage anybody with an SDIRA to consider switching over to a Checkbook IRA for some of the following reasons:1.

For example using and LLC to take revenues from properties Etc.

Congrats on taking action to get this first property under your belt. 

Use Real Estate By the Numbers as your guide, make sure it tracks the loan pay down and depreciation and have all of those numbers pour into a Schedule E.

What tools or methods do you use to verify income beyond traditional documents?

Those are a great way to get started, along with podcasts and books.

Understandably, it probably appears that I am jumping the gun with only 16 units (maybe I am).