You want this to be your backup plan if things take longer than anticipated, you do not want to dip into personal credit cards so i would use a heloc to help with down payment but try to keep a nice available balance on a heloc as your insurance policy. 

We don't get paid unless the loan closes.I would be careful with a lender that charges anything but third-party fees. 

You’re building a thoughtful plan that’s set up for success.

I have had a couple of long term tenants who struggled to pay rent on time but always paid and took good care of the property so I worked with them. 

Reach out to my survey and engineering company that is doing our plans for our land.

@Dustin Horner 10 units probably won't even cover PT.Unless you plan to scale to 50+ units, you're probably better off hiring a PMC.

Sounds like a plan!!

I would like to work out a payment plan whereby they pay me while I have control of the rights to the mortgage then in 10 years I pay off the principal.

I plan to own a real estate business and start flipping homes.

If you are a buy and hold investor and have no plan to force equity that is a different story.