Definitely not a landlord, so forgive the unfamiliarity:
Are you not able to claim rental property losses if you simply have a tenant who is unable to pay?
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My model for dealing with a pandemic-induced economic slow-down is that if you can just jump forward til the end, most things will revert to normal (for airline companies but also tenants who can't pay rent)
It's not clear to me that evicting someone and then needing to cut rates to find a new tenant who can afford to rent is a better deal than keeping someone who has fallen on hard times for very straightforward reasons
Are you not able to claim rental property losses if you simply have a tenant who is unable to pay?
---
My model for dealing with a pandemic-induced economic slow-down is that if you can just jump forward til the end, most things will revert to normal (for airline companies but also tenants who can't pay rent)
It's not clear to me that evicting someone and then needing to cut rates to find a new tenant who can afford to rent is a better deal than keeping someone who has fallen on hard times for very straightforward reasons