This sounds risky, are you being compensated by additional rent and have you checked with your insurance to ensure you are covered. 

•Deal evaluation: Simple, actionable advice or tools to help me confidently analyze and structure deals.I’m also looking to network with wholesale-minded agents, understand local buyers’ preferences (buy boxes), and explore mentorship or partnership opportunities that can help me gain momentum.I’m eager to learn, take action, and build something impactful for my family.

Additionally, I wanted to begin using properties to pull equity to go towards buying more.

Considering that, you are likely going to see appreciation year over year, which essentially will be additional equity you'd capture just by simply living in the home. 

Additionally, agencies can shut down on you in a heartbeat.

These are professionals with additional training and a stricter code of ethics.

I think what @Garrett Brown is getting at is using this in addition to other methods.

Also, are you focusing on opportunities in your local market, or are you exploring other areas as well?

Quote from @Don Miller: The following is not to express any level of happiness or unhappiness with the build:Received change orders totaling $14,970 for 18 additional loads of fill dirt over allotted amount in contract (fill dirt arrived in December 2022), 7 loads of septic sand over allotted amount, and rock excavation at the septic site.I deal with all of those issues on new builds.

If the water bill is $100 a month, increase the price by 20% (or whatever you decide is fair) to compensate you for the time required to split and bill and to cover additional use when tenants squander the utility.