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14 April 2020 | 0 replies
Some experts project unemployment to reach 20%.
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26 June 2020 | 20 replies
The two main reasons I would not consider taking a withdrawal or loan from a retirement account are: - As others have mentioned, this feature of the CARES ACT allows a withdrawal or loan as long as you acknowledge that you have been financially impacted by the virus.
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17 April 2020 | 28 replies
Here is the idea, rather than renting out the room across the hall to anyone, you could just hire a single friend who is unemployed right now due to the economy to stay in the room for free for the next month or two and their only job would be to annoy and bother this tenant to the full extent possible.
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14 April 2020 | 5 replies
@Aristone Louxz Your tenants should qualify for unemployment.
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16 April 2020 | 3 replies
If just half of them failed to open back up, that would be over 7,000,000 closed businesses, empty commercial buildings, tens of millions unemployed, etc.
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24 April 2020 | 10 replies
In a situation like we have now with COVID-19, it is guaranteed income when some tenants may not be able to pay due to unemployment...
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17 April 2020 | 4 replies
According to the US Labor Department, the running four-week total of displaced American workers filing for unemployment is a whopping 22.03 million.
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17 April 2020 | 19 replies
People are receiving money directly into their accounts through the stimulus checks and an additional $600/week on top of their base unemployment payouts.
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27 December 2020 | 32 replies
If you are eligible for a Solo 401k plan, the extra features may come in handy relative to a self-directed IRA.
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26 April 2020 | 19 replies
I think most of this kind of people( not all) already got used to live like that, cheating on banks, car dealers , changing jobs, claiming unemployment, i dont think they ll ever change.