The far-reaching impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic will create challenges for commercial mortgage lenders and their borrowers. Rents, and therefore borrowers’ ability to make debt service payments, will be curtailed as, for example, retail tenants are forced to shutter their… Read More
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On a Lighter Note – 15 Books on Investing & Markets
WealthManagement.com readers recently chose the top books that helped them the most in their investment careers. Give these classics a read during your self-quarantine, if you haven’t already. WealthManagement.com recently asked readers to nominate the investment book that most helped… Read More
COVID-19 Driving Grocery Shoppers to C-Stores
NATIONAL REPORT — Among the many change-of-life impacts of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, convenience stores are seeing an increase in shoppers who typically would go to supermarkets for their grocery needs. Fifteen percent of shoppers said they are more likely… Read More
Business Insurance Coverage During COVID-19
As restaurants have shut down across the United States in response to city and statewide coronavirus-related lockdown mandates, business owners are wondering if this disaster is covered under their business insurance protection plans. And while there is likely no pandemic… Read More
Restaurants & Landlords: Securing Rent Relief
How Restaurants Can Collaborate with Landlords to Secure Rent Relief It’s a critical COVID-19 step as April approaches. OUTSIDE INSIGHTS | MARCH 2020 | RANDALL AIRST Tweet Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Forward via E-mail Photo of three person… Read More
$2T COVID-19 Rescue Package Signed into Law
The $2 trillion stimulus package, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), H.R. 748 which will deliver emergency aid across the U.S., including $1,200 checks to many Americans, was enacted on Friday, March 27th. The relief package… Read More
Visits to QSR Properties Up 11% Since COVID-19 Outbreak
The coronavirus pandemic has wreaked havoc on the nation’s restaurants, and as traffic data from the early stages of this crisis becomes available, we can begin to analyze the situation in more detail. While dine-in traffic has certainly plummeted, thanks… Read More
Supermarkets are Packed! How will REITs Perform Long-Term?
As Americans flock to grocery stores during the coronavirus crisis to stock up on essentials, foot traffic at grocery stores has soared. Placer.ai, a platform that tracks retail activity, found year-over-year traffic spiked by 40 percent at Albertsons stores and… Read More
Rent Abatements & Other Relief for COVID-19 Business Disruptions
Businesses — large and small — are being gutted by the COVID-19 pandemic and government restrictions to stem the tide of infection. Recent directives require that restaurants and bars close (with the exception of certain takeout and delivery services), that… Read More
5 Reasons You Should Invest with Confidence in Today’s Uncertain Times
Nearly overnight, “uncertainty” has become today’s buzzword. As the threat of COVID-19 becomes more widespread by the day, we’re seeing the financial markets react and investors question their strategies. As with any significant event that impacts consumer and investor confidence,… Read More