There are areas such as Wixom and Redford that are growing now like crazy, but you have to know that there is a "strong" competition and anything that comes out in the market, the next day it has multiple offers from local investors and you will be lucky if you put your hands on one. 

But also, my wife and I floated the idea to let our children slowly buy their way in as they grow into teens and young adults.The IRS says I can only gift my children so much money, and I don't really want to gift them anything.

One thing to remember,  what you would make on leasing this out for ag use is pennies compared to return on other real estate investments.

Go where the job market is strong and will continue to grow.

(This is great because you are still growing the amt with the 5% interest).

You focus energy on growing your first flow of income.

The industrial and healthcare industries in Temple are constantly growing and the city is expanding like crazy. 

Your primary website or lead source can be like a circular snowball that grows over time.

Being new at this, I thought you would only use one agent, but I just read today from Mindy Jensen, "Remember, you can have more than one agent bringing you deals," in her article, 7 Actions to take while searching for your next property.So, it sounds like it's true, and it makes sense to me.

As a landlord you can't act as a charity, you have your own financial obligations to your lender, your investors, your reserve funds, your other tenants, your family, your goals for growing the business, your own health issues, etc.