1) Yes you can take both a CARES Act Loan and Distribution if you qualify.2)  Keep in mind that in order to take a distribution under the CARES Act you must have been impacted by the virus in one of the enumerated ways & your current account provider must allow you to take a CARES Act distribution.

What do I need to look for when buying a house if so? Who do I need to speak with other than a real estate agent? Is there someone who can tell me if my real estate agent is good or not? 

@Blaine Alger I could see this being a good thing in terms of lessening some of the impact on free disbursed camping on National Forest and BLM land.

That's been the challenge as well is understanding the impact of the COVID crisis on the buying/selling.

Will you be expected to pay impact fees?

Are there any issues relating to the property that could impact the purchase, inspection, or marketing?

It did not seem to have future impact in this case but if the seller had owned other properties, I would have hated to have burned that bridge.

Otherwise, your returns will be negatively impacted because of the additional capital that needs to be raised.

According to the National Apartment Association, only $0.09 on every dollar of rent is returned to the property owner after mortgage ($0.39), operating/managing the property ($0.27), taxes ($0.14) and capital expenses ($0.10) are taken into account.https://www.naahq.org/sites/default/files/naa-documents/dollarofrent.pdfWhen it comes to expenses, location can really have an impact on certain expenses.

My prection for the KC market is that it will not impact sales as much as you would expect.