Ultimately, my goal is to build up a portfolio of buy and holds to generate enough cash flow to live on but as long as I’m working, I don’t need any cash flow right now.

Ultimately, it's your life and you have to make a decision on what's best for you. 

Ultimately I want to become financially independent so that I can live a comfortable life with myself and my family.

The estate will have to sale and divide this amount among the surviving children.

Be sure and check out the“Learn tab above” and download a free copy of “The Ultimate Beginners Guide to Real Estate Investing”.

We want to continue purchasing many more homes together with the ultimate goal of scaling to large multifamily.

I have an infant and a toddler...i literally have like 2 hours a day or less to myself) I am very interested in buy and hold and that will be my ultimate goal.

Glad to have you on here.Advice for this site...1) Set up keywords for your area and interests so that you're notified when they're used and then start interacting.2) Read through  The Ultimate Beginner's Guide3) Go through applicable blogs and podcasts as there are a lot of great resourcesAdvice for REI...1) Study up on what you need to know/do for the 1st step and then do it, then repeat for all following steps until you have completed your first investment then repeat the process and keep learning.

Land trusts are only good if you buy directly and place the asset into a land trust for ultimate anonymity.  

Since  you are new I suggest you check out the Ultimate Free Beginners Guide under the education tab above.