A lot of times it is best if the existing pm is the listing agent so they can negate this along with tenant communications. 

And you avoid things like damaged properties (guest insurance from airbnb or prop manager themselves cover that), evictions, collections, etc.   

My strategy is to use HELOC to cover down payment and convention loan to cover the rest of the mortgage.

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.

As part of the project, the only existing drain on my side of the street is being sealed over with concrete and even that will be lost.

If you hired an agent or a broker to work with you, you'd be covered - but regulations & laws vary from place to place.Screening is best done by establishing a set of guidelines to qualify applicant tenants, then sticking to those rules to avoid legal issues (and for your own sanity).

this has caused significant delays with a cash out refi on an existing rental.

Orange County, FL is a covered disaster area listed in the above notice. 

Most mastermind courses don't cover this, and even the "capital raising" specific ones don't do much of real value here.  

Are these loans that I could get pre-qualified for?