After it sits for 4 days (to let all the germs die)I've been pondering on collecting more than first months rent or increase security deposit or prepaid rents till everything is calmed down. 

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But, longer-term, it seems crazy to think that multiple months will pass in a row where landlords are unable to legally enforce rent collections or evict AND have to pay mortgages and that this will be an ongoing reality.

I think that there are a lot of remedies available to help get rent collected in these very challenging times and there are 30 days in the month to get the rent collected.  

You cannot lose with real estate today, you get to sit at these distressed levels and collect dividend checks from the companies. 

Should I collect the same amount as he collects in commission before profits are split?

So I wouldn't have even considered this applicant.Also, keep in mind that while it's possible the applicant is concerned about identity theft, it's just as likely (if not more) that they're not providing you their SSN because they're hiding something (i.e. bad credit, collection accounts, evictions, etc) and they don't want you to find out.  

- What will happen to the courts in regards to collecting back rentWhat other things are people thinking about related to small multi-family ownership in these times? 

I get a property with little to a lot of equity, all numbers make sense, and get it under contract (A contract that's approved by my attorney), go to the title company have them do what they do, I pay the owner some money/ expenses plus pay off the default amount (if there's a default amount) and have them move out, remodel it (if needed), if not then move someone in for a year or two, build more equity and collect the cash flow.