They are only postponing evictions based on non payment of rent.if they don't leave, you just have to account for the holding costs. 

Court date has been postponed 2 times already and is now set for 4/7/21.

On top of this, NY is refusing too act on any of these tenants, and have postponed court opening for over 1 year (the but the movie theatre's are reopening) (priorities).On a side note, I was thinking about the process of being able to transfer what is owned in NY to a small portfolio in FL.

If the concept is you roll the profits from one property into another to postpone your tax bill, why the need for all these extra costly time consuming silly steps. it’s why I’ve never done a 1031.

I have a good amount for a down-payment, but do not know if I should postpone buying my first property or pull the trigger?

Luckily, I did not rent to them and simply postponed the closing date.

It's a couple of months now since I got approved by the Tallahassee variants committee for a septic permit, but no actual paper arriving by mail, which postponing my construction.

Do you see possibility of another postponement since it's has been postponed several times? 

The magistrate did not hear a single case, she found cause to postpone every hearing.   

I'd run your plan by an accountant or a financial planner or at least a financially smart buddy.There're ways to postpone your tax, but it will lock up your cash that you plan to use for the mortgage payoff, so it may not work for you.