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

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!

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

What plan did the tenant offer for paying?

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

I'm not planning to expand to Ohio at this time but my friends at Premier Host Management https://premierhostmgmt.com/ may be able to help you

I have taken courses on buying tax defaulted deeds at auction so my plans are to buy 40, 50 60 cents on the dollar.

Whatever works for you.If 10 people want to get together and pay me $5k each, I will give them a weekend teaching with free  meals each day with steak in the evenings.

Focus on finding a real estate tax strategist who specializes real estate taxation, cost segregations, tax planning and financial planning. 

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.