This will depend on what structure you use Joint venture, simple partnership or syndication.

I got scared and used my cash to pay off our cars and refinance our home to save some money.I spent the whole year learning and focusing on what I could control with my career and the economy.I feel like I am back on my feet, and I wanted to come back here to announce, I put my first rental property under contract today!

This is a situation beyond your control. 

B:The contractor will be responsible for the timely completion of work consistent with the time limits set out, subject to any variations due to but not limited to permit acquisition, permitting authority inspections, material availability, weather delays, change orders or other delays beyond the contractors control, where the date for the completion may vary accordingly.  

Im not a big proponent of cloud based services as you simply dont have control of YOUR data (and Rentec is cloud).

I also informed him that because this is an act of god/nature and out of our control that I would be waving late fee's.

If the virus won't get under control for more than 3 months, it might get ugly....But different time has different investment strategies, have cash ready, be prepared for anything.  

We’ve obviously been going the conventional route and hope to pursue some more creative ventures, but it seems to me like it would be a good idea to leave as many doors open as possible when it comes to financing.

"Puts you in legal control of a property for a specified period of time without having to actually own the property.

They also have much better control over their labor costs by having crews that they fully employ and control.