I´m basically stuck between wanted to delay completion on this deal for as long as possible without losing favourable mortgage conditions by waiting too long. 

The wording itself only calls for forbearance periods, which on their own, sound like a delay. 

How are you managing the requests from your RETAIL tenants when they tell you that cannot pay the rent and need to delay or work out a payment plan. 

In this case with this minimal amount of bowing (at least based on the pictures), most of my investors would just star bolt it but if you are going for a buy and hold, the parging might be a good addition to further insulate your house to make it more energy-efficient.

We should take every precaution when meeting in person with someone, and should do whatever we can to minimize those meetings, but my understanding is that we can travel within Maryland for essential purposes.As far as rent deferral goes, I'm taking that on a case-by-case basis.  

The delay was / is because of the HOA's failure to have federally required insurance.

@Fi Scope I had a serious delay based on this.

But it should be minimal at best. 

“Our estimates of populations at highest risk are likely to be conservative,” Warnock said, “because we didn’t include part-time workers and freelancers.”Miami-Dade County halted construction inspections as of Saturday and any delay on residential construction may also become problematic, Warnock said.

Can I extend the Exchange period of 180 days to give myself more breathing room, due to delaying the construction process?