Real estate has always been in the back of my mind as a way to increase our wealth and provide for our family.

Most real estate agents actually do not have the need to go into an office to close transactions and meet clients at either a natural location or at the properties they are showing or listing. 

Gave the other tenants a smaller 250 increase and fixed up attic space to rent as storage.

"Getting in" is easy; making money, managing the business, with the increased financial risk of commercial properties is a whole different game. 

If land values are increasing significantly, you can back-end load the seller financing for a percentage of the profit when you sell.To add to prior comment, how many septic tanks do you have?

In the City of Austin, we saw a 6.5% increase to $575,000*Total sales increased 2.5% in the metro.

You can also expect increasing HOA fees, and there may be some problems renting a property inside a difficult.You don't have any experience, prices are at an all-time high, and rates are also high. 

Typically its done for open space or use for community property (ie. fire station location or other county use) and typicaly would assist in increasing tax base.  

This may be an opportunity to remove the tenant, refresh the rental, and increase rent significantly with a new tenant you've selected and trained.4.

Obviously it's good from a nature preservation point of view but it's a very different from an investment point of view.