I’m planning to live in it, and fix it up over a year or so.

(They both shrink your pool or buyers and combining them really shrinks the pool.)Assuming you don’t plan to do a 1031 exchange you’ll also pay higher taxes if you can’t spread them over two calendar years, but not much. 

Given the estimated value of $1M and your plans for repairs, there are lenders who might be interested in providing a cash-out mortgage for $500K to help you pay off the owner financing.

I have a fourplex that I plan to sell soon.

You can still get a feel for contractors working with on properties you plan to hold. 

From what I’m seeing, people are still traveling and making plans, especially for vacation rentals in desirable areas.

I am an out-of-state investor planning on investing in SFHs in the Syracuse area.

However, if you do plan on getting a HELOC, you might also want to get a line before moving out since rates are lower and CLTV is a lot higher for primary helocs!

While we were in escrow, the title company discovered that the owner didn't disclose a second mortgage on the house to neither her agent nor the title company, her plan was trying to dismiss the foreclosure in court and hope this would go away before anyone would find out about it.

What plan did the tenant offer for paying?