At one point they got a whole load of donated NEW dryers; these were gas dryers.The good news is that around here lumber prices have decreased significantly from their crazy high over the past year or so. 

A few options you might investigatehome equity line of credit on your personal residence, assuming you have the equity to do socash out refinance one of your other investment properties, again if the equity is therecross collateralizing all properties with the new subject property in one loan to decrease the total LTV (blanket loan)you mention partners.

I'm curious if anyone has experience with renting to H-2B Temporary Non-Agricultural Workers.

Your tenant, by declaring a financial impact from Covid, can temporary prevent any lease termination.  

Our ADU has a long-term tenant, so it sounds like I should be able to show the lease and inquire at the assessor's office about decreasing the tax rate to 4% then (thank you for the tip on that, Troy!).

If your lender is doing hte math correctly, I'm hearing that you for lending qualification purposes your rentals are decreasing your overall income. 

Yes, getting the front unit was huge for us, we have a temporary tenant in there now but once foundation is complete we’ll begin Air B and B’ing it which is huge for us. :)

There is no Seller "leveraging the equity" based on value increase (or decrease). 

My partner and I have had our eye on a property for a while but never pulled the trigger because we were hoping the price of the property would decrease.

If you're living in the property, rent is decreased or non-existent, affecting the property's ability to generate income.RESPA rules are real and have a purpose.