So I’m confident in the property but my only resistance is my terms with my private lender. 

Interesting @Justin Russell so looked into this and was suggested Taas Navigator, a laminate water resistant to be the toughest.

You will need to comply with local construction laws including well water if there is no city water, plumbing, electrical, sewer, and wind resistance.

Installed correctly it will resist dents and moister.

I am getting ready to sell a large asset and have decided to either (1) do a 1031 exchange into an underpriced off-market recession-resistant asset (extremely hard to find!)

This is all coming from without really viewing the optics of the deal I must say, this resistance seems to come from the initial contact.The deal is a SFH listed at 135kTarget acquisition is at 110-120kRenovation: 40-45kARV 235-250kHas anyone located in the CT area had luck regarding finding a lender for this.

(probably path of least resistance) 

We need to get Covid a little further in the rearview mirror for the best data, but as it stands the drivable destinations have proven to be more recession resistant than the fly-to destinations.

But I think you will find that the job growth, resistant job sectors, size of the city and low taxes make it attractive. 

It's a heck of a market with low taxes, good returns and a recession resistant economy.