In working on construction loan financing, the lender informed me I'll need to unencumber that portion of the property (makes sense) before closing on the construction loan.I understand there to be two methods generally speaking: refinancing my mortgage and removing that portion of the property in the process OR attaining a partial release from the lender to remove that land.I *strongly* want to avoid refinancing as I have an amazing rate, but partial releases seem complex and also require a survey.

Quote from @Issa Joseph: The cost for the education and the year on mentorship is $8000 if you make 2 payments or $9000 if you pay in 3 payments. they have a guarantee that your units will outperform all other competitors in a set square mile radius of your property.

Is an LTR with a $290k mortgage ($1900 payment).

They typically have multiple origination points (meaning very high closing costs) very high rates (compared to conventional but also compared to 6 month or longer waiting period DSCR products) and almost always have VERY long pre-payment periods up to 5 years.

Other than that, I'm not sure what to recommend except maybe team up with Lynnbrook for payments outside Airbnb.

I have been saving for a down payment on a rental property.

What is your price range (or down payment range) and are you looking for turn-key properties or something along the lines of a "fixer upper"? 

Forget about the late fees and payment plan, you'd be lucky to find any judge who would enforce it when the tenant showed they weren't even living there any more and were still doing their best to pay off the balance. 

Lots of methods and resources.

The price of homes may be lower out of state but the down payment becomes much more plus the cost of having boots on the ground