Rather than clear cut the trees around us, we put 48 panels on one of our barns that’s about 300 feet to the south.  

Then the numbers become irrelevant except when you are sipping ice tea in Scottsdale at a world famous resort pool during the winter months and you are comparing the two income streams.

Landscape stones would work, if you were in my neck of the woods I might suggest a nice decorative barrel cactus, but I don't think that would work in WV, even a small tree may be a significant enough deterrent.

It might be partly tillable, but there’s a draw of trees that runs through the middle of it.

Has anyone had experience with Oak Tree Properties out of Little Rock?

Etc....... there are about 10 duplex’s before mine and they are all alike (townhouse kind of styled)....MY duplex starts the next set and there are about 10 of ours as well (side by side styled) across the street and the rest of the neighborhood are alllllllll single family homes that are pretty nice and well maintained.So I recently cut down a pine tree from my front yard that I felt like was just a hassle due to the pines that it dropped leaving a constant mess...I bought a Japanese maple tree to put in place of where the pine was and some small shrubs to fill the middle of the duplex and the sides.....The duplexes I mentioned that were BEFORE me all have small trees alike and all are maintained by some landscaping company and from mines down all pretty much have PINE trees.

Feel free to reach out and grab coffee/tea when you visit.  

Combination of tree roots and old cooking fat kept closing up the pipe. 

Even potential to trim some medium sized trees for a valley view in the back!

That’s my cup of tea. :)But... there are a lot of people here who do very well for themselves in cheaper neighborhoods.... not me.