@Alan Ford - the only difficult thing is your reluctance to understand that what you got was already going on PRIOR to the Stimulus being signed.

“If performance of the asset was acceptable prior to the event, they probably will extend the maturity date,” he said.

But you seem to take a position that taxes paid for a rental property, and specifically taxes paid prior to it placed in service, are deductible on Schedule A. 

Not only were there no plans made to replace the dryer by the owner, they failed to mention the issue prior to closing and tried to pass it off as having happened yesterday after escrow closed.

There are also ways to retire and take penalty free withdrawals, from IRAS and 401Ks, prior to turning 59.5 years old.

I had to remind him that he was late prior to his job shutting down(if it really shut down) and prior to the corona virus being a major issue.

This basically allows removal of a tenant that holds over after the end of a lease, unless the landlord accepts rent payments during the holdover period.We are trying very hard to work with each tenant whose income has been affected by the COVID-19 emergency; however, there are a few tenants that were already behind before the EO was published and we were considering evicting them prior to the EO.One concern is that tenants will view this order as government permission to not pay rent. 

What are the tools and the resources needed to start considering having no prior experience.

Prior to the breakout of Covid-19 there were many private investors/lenders happy with a 8%+- return.

However, the tenant vacated on his own weeks prior.