Day: April 27, 2020💾

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NPR

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3.4 Million Skip Mortgage Payments. But Many Say Congress Needs To Act : NPR

More than 3.4 million homeowners are temporarily skipping their mortgage payments because they've lost income during the pandemic. Under the CARES Act rescue package passed by Congress, affected homeowners can skip or delay payments for up to a year.

Jasmine's husband Frank Gullo works for the Long Island Rail Road, which cut back his hours. Even with Jasmine's unemployment money, the couple says they're still making thousands of dollars less a month. So they called up their lender, Freedom Mortgage.

"They told me, yes, you can skip three months' payments," Frank says. "But then they told me there was a balloon payment at the end of it." He was told after three months, they'd have to come up with all the money for those skipped payments. So they'd suddenly owe four months of mortgage payments all at once — $14,000.

Screen Houses!

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Screen Houses! 🎪

That’s the proper term for the picnic table what I’m looking to get before Memorial Day Weekend. I just want a place I can sit during black fly season and read, listen to a podcast, hang out or cook a meal without getting eaten alive by black flies.

I’ve seen a lot of people with them and I’ve wanted to get one for some time but I haven’t done so yet. But I’m researching this further and it looks like I can have a quality screen house for much more comfort during Memorial Day Weekend and rainy days during my summer camping trip. It looks like I get a quality model for under $200 and I’ve been saving my Christmas and birthday money from my parents for this purpose.

I just hate those days when I’m cooped up in the truck cap when the black flies are intense or it’s drizzling and a screen house might be a lot more protective than a tarp hung off the trees. I could hang a string of Christmas lights inside for a relaxing evening especially if it’s buggy.

This is the week I should decide, to ensure it arrives by Memorial Day Weekend in three weeks.