COVID-19
The SBA’s “CARES ACT” promised a lifeline for small businesses affected by COVID-19. Yet for many owners, the loan process proved frustrating, time-consuming, and full of red tape.
Earlier in the week, I looked at how local media coverage has reported on COVID-19 and how it tends to prefer negative and sensational wording (not just in real estate coverage, of course). I ended by pointing to research that shows the media’s ability to push along a self-fulfilling prophecy – if they say it’s…
If you read the Dallas Morning News’ real estate coverage, be sure to start at the end for best results.
On May 15, the Dallas Central Appraisal District will be mailing property tax appraisal notices. Property owners will have the normal 30-day window to protest their valuations. For those newly homesteaded in 2019, you had until April 30 to file your exemption (just like always). Gentlemen and ladies, start your engines. Aside from appraisal date…
April is coming to an end today — and not soon enough for our estimation, as it was probably the longest April in our memories. And starting Friday, we can inch back out, wearing masks and practicing “social distancing.” No more than 25 percent occupancy in malls, theaters, and restaurants, if they are even open.…
