We offered to the seller, they took it later on, and we tried to assign the contract (like we've each done over a dozen times with other buyers), only to find out their legal team would shut it down.

Proper capitalization and reserves is the corner stone of real estate investing.the refi till you die while a good strategy to scale needs to be tempered with fiscal realities if you do hit a bump in the road or like Russ is talking about a brick wall at 100 mph.. this is not about those that will get the Virus this is about those that work in industries  that are being shut down.. some will get paid regardless others will get help from various sources but others will have no choice but to either buy food and medicine or pay rent. 

She brought up about tenants being able to collect unemployment or not if their job shuts down due to corona.

And guess, what, I've been telling people for MONTHS the shut down is government IDIOCY.

Republican or Democrat wants to be known as the person that shut down an affordable housing program on their watch.Something to think about.

When I asked hee for her rent the other day(via text) her response was that she isn't getting paid because the world is shut down and that she has nothing.

It's bad, but we can't shut down the world for it.  

Here's my story as to why I don't offer financial advice much to those who don't askIn early 2019 the government shut down, and at that point did not pay the US Coast Guard which is my employer.

Covid Shut down was an eye opener for these big companies to be able to see how technology can  play a big part in there business and not actually having to have employees be physically in a commercial building setting can still drive there future business ideas.  

I shut that $$$% down right away.