You'll lose the benefit on the next sale so deferring the tax for just a few months doesn't seem worth the effort. 

I’ve heard that people lose everything when they’re overleveraged.

I agree with losing another month and going with a good tenant vs the 2nd choiceThanks!

If a conforming loan is paid offer before six payments are made, the company originating the loan is penalized by losing their income/profit they made selling it to the secondary makrket, ie Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac.

It may not even be fixable where you lose everything.

It is currently in forbearance and in about 6 weeks he will lose his property according to him. 

If you lose, see if the others are left.

Maybe you pay them a bit more for the time it takes to execute, but in the bigger picture, this wont impact your margin all that much.Consider how much $$ you'll lose by de-listing from Airbnb.

Now we just have to find the fool-proof investment property so we don't lose our retirement savings!

Sometimes we get entrenched in one idea, not considering he will lose 40% (or however much) to taxes when the dust settles.