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I have a skid steer with bucket and 6 way dozer blade and a tractor (not sure what attachments are needed). Have the time to do so looks like this is going to be my best option.

If you have equipment and time, it’s definitely something you can do yourself. It may not be perfect, but you’ll get better at it and the equipment will always be there.

Depending on how bad the overall condition is, ie water drainage, large trees/stumps, large quantity of dirt, it may be worth a rough grade with a dozer. Based on your previous description, it doesn’t like you’re in bad shape.

10 acres is a lot of property to tackle. I’d try to section it off and tackle it pieces. This is what I did for my 4 acres, and it’s taken me a couple years to get it all (weather gets a vote too).

I’m not sure how well the dozer blade works on the skid steer vs the land plane, but I’d imagine you can make it work. If not, a land plane is a great implement for grading relatively level property and getting it to a fine grade. If the hills are undulating, it may require a little more manipulating on the hydraulics.

You’ll need something to bust up the ground to move it around. In order of depth light to deep (and consequently expensive to cheap), it seems a Harley rake (PTO), tiller (PTO), or disk is your best options. Advantage of Harley rake is that it does phenomenal for working in fertilizer or other soil amendments prior to planting.

I’ve played around on my property with a set of disk, box blade, and a land plane and been able to get satisfactory results. When I needed to move large volumes of dirt, I hired out a dozer to come in and help (knocked down and spread 500+ yds in a couple hours). I’ll then come back and disk, grade, and plant grass when I’m ready.