Given this and what I’m seeing homes around here rent for, there wouldn’t be much monthly cash flow if we were to rent it out today as a LTR, but there is the opportunity to grow equity.

Make those connections first.I know you want to take advantage of a great opportunity in your lending terms but that's only a piece of the pie when it comes to success in real estate.  

Increase income, decrease DTI, and buy a home (i.e., get a higher paying job, work two jobs, go to trade school, get a higher paying degree, live in affordable area, etc...these are things that most of us did).

Would like to hire more daily workers to decrease time.

That's pretty important if rates were to decrease in the next couple of years.2.

We keep making those lists for the biggest rent decreases, highest vacancy, etc.

I have noticed that as companies they grow, their quality and attentiveness tend to decrease. 

Has anyone out there invested in an Opportunity Zone Fund?

While rates may not decrease, the significant double-digit increases should level off.

Focusing on equity growth makes a lot of sense if you're in a position to take advantage of those opportunities.