Dave Lockard, Senior Vice President of CBRE, out of Cincinnati, gives us a market update for multifamily for the first half of 2020.

Also, National REIA officials give us a look at covid-19 resources and information affecting real estate investors.

Watch the 53-minute video update on National REIA's YouTube channel.

Money is still available in the Payroll Protection Program and you have until June 30 to apply, advised Kevin Coughlin of Lexington Companies during the June 5 National REIA covid-19 Update. If you've already applied and are now looking into how you can get as much loan forgiveness as possible, rules and requirements have changed recently in favor of business borrowers.

Charles Tassell advises caution as eviction courts reopen so that you don't run afoul of rules that apply to rentals that benefit from some sort of subsidy: Re-examine your loans to make sure you're following rules on when evictions can be filed and late fees charged.

Tyler Johnston of IDI demoed his company's skip-tracing service and gave REIA members a special URL to use for a 50% discount on their service.

NREIA Executive Director Rebecca McLean offered a national market update discussing trends.

 Did you miss National REIA's May 22 video call? Catch the replay for updates on covid-19 relief packages and a look at tech tools for virtual leasing and showings. There's also a Home Depot tutorial.

Remember that NREIA is holding these video calls every other week instead of weekly. The next call is scheduled for June 5.

One upside to the shutdowns related to the coronavirus is that the full-enchilada Jefferson County PVA search is now free for the time being. It normally costs $35 for 30 days of access or $10 for a day pass.

Got properties you want to look up? Want to see data you usually have to pay for? Check out the neighborhood sales lists, multiple photos of the property (including of the back of the house), plat maps, sales histories and more.

Check out all the PVA goodies at jeffersonpva.ky.gov

Did you miss National REIA's May 8 video call? Catch the replay for updates on covid-19 relief packages and a demo of the idiCORE skip-tracing system. There's also a short presentation from Georgia investor Tony Youngs on how he finds investment properties on the "hidden market" -- houses "even the owners didn't know were for sale."

During the presentation NREIA officials announced they're going to start holding these video calls every other week instead of weekly. The next call is scheduled for May 22.

Did you catch Episode 380 of the BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast, which aired on April 30? If so, you probably heard a familiar voice. KREIA Past President Mike Butler was one of the guests on the world's largest real estate podcast.

Hosts Brandon Turner and David Greene picked Mike's brain on how to manage rentals through the covid-19 crisis. Chris Clothier of REI Nation (formerly Memphis Invest) and Dave Poeppelmeier, who manages student housing in Toledo, also contributed their ideas.

You can listen to this episode at the BiggerPockets Podcast page, through any of your podcasting apps, or watch it on BiggerPockets' YouTube channel.

A few weeks ago, KREIA Past President Frank Miller hosted a Zoom call and invited longtime local investors Dick Vreeland and Mark Hass to join him and give their opinions on investing during covid-19. Frank has posted that call on YouTube. So if you missed it then, be sure to watch it now.

KREIA's Rob Bergeron invites commercial real estate agent Raphael Collazo, with the Grisanti Group, to talk about the hit Louisville commercial real estate has taken in the wake of covid-19, and a projected outlook.

Catch up with all the "See You at Noon" videos over on our YouTube Channel.

Did you miss attending KREIA's first-ever virtual meeting? Watch the raw livestream replay of our "State of Kentuckiana Real Estate" meeting, which is housed over on our public Facebook page. Thanks to Immediate Past President Eric George for making the livestream happen.

During this meeting the seven presenters -- Michelle Rawn, Rob Bergeron, Erik Hitzelberger, Jordan Pohn, Hampton Scurlock, Frank Miller and Luke Neubauer -- delivered a ton of great information pertaining to just about every facet of local real estate investing during the time of covid-19. If you're a landlord or rehabber wondering how to proceed during the pandemic, these presentations may offer insight. 

Watch the meeting livestream replay now. An edited YouTube version will be coming later, and we'll get you that link when it's ready.

Has the covid-19 pandemic affected your real estate investing in the Kentuckiana market -- or not? Please take our survey and help us understand the impact of the pandemic on our members.

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