What about when house hacking a SFH as a self-managing landlord?

We lowered our price slightly and instantly demand increased.

the more cash you put in, the more your cost increases, and the more cost you have to recover. 

https://www.har.com/content/department/mlsHouston Real Estate Highlights in January, 2024:-Single-family home sales rose 9.0 percent year-over-year, the second increase in two years;-Days on Market (DOM) for single-family homes went from 60 to 58 days;-Total property sales rose 6.9 percent with 6,098 units sold;-Total dollar volume was up 11.9 percent to $2.3 billion;-The single-family median price rose 2.1 percent to $320,500;-The single-family average price rose 2.7 percent to $391,080, the first time that figure has been below $400,000 since last February; -Single-family home months of inventory registered a 3.3-months supply, up from 2.6 months a year earlier;-Townhome/condominium sales continue the declines that prevailed all through 2023, falling 4.0 percent, with the median price up 14.1 percent to $223,000 and the average price up 7.0 percent to $247,437.

For example, you may be able to identify properties that are under performing and need to have rent increased or be sold.

Increasing demand in a market will raise rents and equity.  

Neighborhood is 1 year old and homes have already increased in value over $100k.

.- Increase the down payment.

A $1million home will have $276,000 in value increase after 5 years (using that same 5% appreciation per year).

I've been looking at the value of the timber as a way to cover the purchase price in an effort to increase convert it's use or to hold for a long period of time.