I'm very new to this and am trying to avoid analysis paralysis and just going for it (but that obviously leads to many questions)! 

Once a new tenant moves in, the old tenant and their lease are a void contract. 

I'm learning so I can avoid making the same mistakes again.

Hotels closed, operated at limited capacity or became undesirable due to people wanting to avoid close contact.

Conventional Loan with an Oregon Bond DPA loan to get me to 20% down and avoid PMI.

I can connect you with the right PMs, Roofer, Plumber, Electrician, General Contractor, Title company etc. and helped you avoid the mistakes that I did when I just started out in this part of the country.  

We are trying to avoid any Hard money loan due to the high interest rates.Thank you!

Some lenders might have issues with it, but they're probably the kind of lenders to avoid anyway.That said, there could be rare situations where you may NOT want to increase your carryforward losses.

My question is since my intent was to rehab and sell this house and not hold as a rental or investment property does that mean that I cannot do a 1031 exchange to avoid the taxes on that income?

Structure in any organization is important, but make sure you can adapt it to any disruptor changes or trends to avoid losing pace or even closing your business in the most fatal scenario.