I've recently moved to the DMV area while working as a technical consultant for the federal government within real estate for GSA (General Services Administration).

The tax code is a slowly changing beast, but that may all change if Covid continues for many more months.From a long term perspective, such corrective action by the fed (monetary policy) and the government (fiscal policy) has several long term implications. 1.

We sent out information to our tenants on how to prevent COVID, how to apply for the government check and how to more quickly file for unemployment. 

If you really do the math, you may find that freeing those funds to invest without government handcuffs is totally worth the tax and penalty.

Local government has no power to mandate this, though we have asked the state to do so (also some deep legal questions), and I support the federal government doing this (after all, our tax dollars, we should have some say about how they are spent).

I am wondering how people are handling the inability to obtain a housing occupancy permit with municipal government shut down?

Thanks to several policies led by title companies, financial institutions, and local governments, as well as real estate services’ designation as an essential business, real estate closings have continued without interruption.Updates to Closing ProceduresAlthough some title insurance offices have been forced to temporarily close some locations, changes to the traditional closing services have been implemented by many title insurance companies.

I'm also not sure if it makes sense to work with local government on property taxes delays as well as insurance companies on premiums.

Only cities can or other government agencies.

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