Pausing distributions is pretty common during times like these and can be done long before a deal is in jeopardy but thankfully it hasn't been necessary in our case. 

Most people are logical enough to want to avoid that.Before assuming that, I'd approach him and explain that, yes, evictions are paused because of Covid. 

Covid-19 paused that movement while people were unsure of what was going to happen, but in the longer term--there will be transitions as the economy shakes it itself out.

Some stopped doing cash out and some pressed pause on everything.

Are lenders hitting the pause button, tightening terms? 

Unfortunately due to coronavirus all those are on pause but keep a look out as they may open back up this year later in the year as the economy reopens.  

It seems like first time home buyers are most at risk, so that is why I have put a pause on buying.

First of all, usually a homeowner has to be over 6 months behind in their payments before the foreclosure process begins, and the recent government 'pause' on evictions and foreclosures will delay the process further. 

They are either straight forward with you on what you will see, or you will see them hesitate, pause, look for excuses and otherwise stumble on their story of what is on their credit report and why their score is so low. 

The minor things caused 90% of the people to pause and not make an offer and the other 10% put in so much "what if cushion"  in their offer or contingencies (inspection/financing) that I got it because the seller's kids just wanted to insure the sale would go through.