Don't let a bad actor get a free pass. 

I dont care that my RE got me in trouble, but someone across the US coast wants to twist and be malicious due to their agenda?

I studied Chemistry at Oregon State University, then moved to L.A. to become an actor.

None of them went to plan (mainly due to our malicious 3rd partner), and we lost money on most of them. 

Here are some code excerpts:31-17-1 (M) "Primary mortgage loan" means any loan primarily for personal, family or household use that is secured by a mortgage, deed of trust or other equivalent consensual security interest on a dwelling as defined in Section 103(w) of the Truth in Lending Act or residential real estate upon which is constructed or intended to be constructed a dwelling;31-17-8(M)(4)(4) Require the borrower to pay, in addition to any periodic interest, combined fees, compensation or points of any kind to the lender and broker to arrange, originate, evaluate, maintain or service a loan secured by any encumbrance on residential property that exceed, in the aggregate, six percent of the loan amount financed, including any yield spread premium paid by the lender to the broker: Provided, That reasonable closing costs, as defined in section one hundred two, article one, chapter forty-six-a of this code, payable to unrelated third parties may not be included within this limitation: Provided, however, That no yield spread premium is permitted for any loan for which the annual percentage rate exceeds eighteen percent per year on the unpaid balance of the amount financed: Provided further, That if no yield spread premium is charged, the aggregate of fees, compensation or points can be no greater than five percent of the loan amount financed.

The quotes I've been getting have the following:DwellingPersonal PropertyLoss of RentsPremises LiabilityMedical PaymentsVandalism/Malicious MischiefWater Backup of Sewers or DainsThe properties I'm looking at are in the $90k-$130k single family and duplexes in the Columbus area.

Are there any provisions in the CARES act or any legislation related to the pandemic that extend 1031 exchange deadlines in 2020 for investors?

Like with anything, there are people trying to take advantage of the situation maliciously as well as people who were fine before and have their whole lives turned upside down.There is more work to do in the state and federal governments, and I'm sure we haven't heard the last of the changes.

I have had contractors that had underwhelming competence but nothing malicious like this.

Unless you have reason to believe the tenant maliciously or recklessly broke the oven, I'd simply repair or replace it, assuming I intended to keep renting the premises and that renting it generally required having working appliances.