When she started having trouble paying, the eviction moratorium was in place and by applying for ERAP it extended the moratorium even longer.

Also is there a way to extend the 1031 discovery period?

If you lived anywhere but CA it would be even more tempting to simply pay the tax and conserve cash for any extended period of unemployment. 

This put us in a position where we had to extend closing 2x.

The big issue we are still negotiating is the extended moratorium in Los Angeles.

20 x 30 is pretty big for many yards, because people often install a hot tub, BBQ area and extended deck around the pool.When the water comes back in Lake Mead they will probably drop that law--and who knows, in a couple of years Lake Mead could start to fill again.

assuming the background check and credit check are part of your written/formal tenant requirements, you were absolutely justified in declining the application particularly given the extended timeframe in which you have provided.

In the motel business it’s called extended stay.  

If we need to extend the contingency when we get to the deadline we ask for that or a price reduction to justify removing the contingencies, if neither gets accepted we cancel and move on to the next property.  

@Kayson Rogers See if the seller is open to extending the inspection period through an addendum for 2 days to go over some of the things that will need to be rehabbed, propose a seller credit or price reduction within the inspection period, try to meet somewhere in the middle, close the deal.