You can do everything with a nice little Kubota or JD. But skip the backhoe and rent. For the $5000 or more a backhoe adds to the price, you can rent a big one many many times, and dig.
The compact tractor market is huge, you should be able to buy most of your attachments used in good shape. My neighbor maintains his 27 acres with a JD 2110 with a nice little loader, its plenty. Make sure you get 4wd.
I rented dozers and backhoe for 10 years before I could finally justify the price and usage. On 5 acres I just cant see you using a hoe that much that goes on a compact. Any thing big you would still want a lot more digging power.
I had a LT245DT Kubota, one of the handiest machines ever, I have 40+ acres, but my needs grew bigger.
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