In process to buy my first rental before this virus caused major impact.

The hard money rates can eat up a tremendous amount of the profits if this causes a 2-3 month delay in closings.

So from a supply demand perspective this could potentially cause prices to even rise. 

They do pay those that not paying (1) would anger consumers (voters) and cause politicians to be angry with the industry and (2) are small relative to the profitability of the insurance marketing niche.

I'm considering lowering my rents for the next 2-3 months only because of the strain that COVID-19 is causing.

There may be delays caused by filing unemployment but they should get the additional $2,400 a month on top of their regular unemployment and they get $1,200 per adult and $500 per kid.

This crisis may cause some belt tightening, but I don't think it makes sense to not pay taxes.

I'll still hire you for other tasks, but if you tell me you're able to do something and it comes out like trash or causes larger problem I'm never going to call you again. 5.)

I applied for the EIDL, 5/3 received the email:Dear Applicant,We understand the challenges your business is facing due to the massive disruption caused by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic....What happens after this?

There are A LOT OF TRAPS along the way that can/will make the deal fall through (and cause you to lose your earnest money).