Chris Merrill is in for Chip, joined by Jeff Tucker, Zillow economist.

Amid record unemployment, 12.4% of U.S. renters missed payments in the first two weeks of July, up from 9.9% last year. Missed payments are expected to increase after additional unemployment benefits expired on July 31. 

A surge in missed payments has the potential to start a ripple effect felt by rental industry workers and others who rely on the rental industry. The average profit margin for a rental unit is 6.4% -- less than half what it was five years ago.

An estimated 53.8% of rental income is typically spent just on fixed costs of property ownership that landlords are responsible for (mortgage payments, property taxes, maintenance, insurance and capital improvements).

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Chris Merrill is in for Chip this week. Guest is San Mateo County Supervisor David J. Canepa. 

We all know we should be wearing our masks and we all know of people that don’t.  But, throwing coffee on a mask-hole is only going to make trouble.  Don’t make trouble. 

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Chris Merrill filling in for Chip. Chris talks about President Trump's mispronunciation of Yosemite and takes your calls about why the news industry has a slant.  

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Chris Merrill filling in for Chip. Chris talks about President Trump's disasterous interview with Jonathan Swan from Axios where he botched easy question after easy question.

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Chris Merrill filling in for Chip. Chris talks to Congressman Ro Khana about what the legislative chamber is doing to tackle the pandemic, stimulate the economy, whether big tech needs regulations, and who Biden's VP pick might be.

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The Trump Administration is looking at shutting down the Census early Chris talks with Stephanie Kim, Senior Director with Census 2020 and the United Way Bay Area about the importance of the census.

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Chris Merrill filling in for Chip Franklin. Chris talks about some of the issues with opening schools during a pandemic.

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Chris Merrill filling in for Chip Franklin. Chris discusses some of San Francisco school names are being tagged for removal because of the checkered pasts they represent. Some of the names may surprise you. He takes your calls.

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Chris Merrill filling in for Chip. Chris talks to Washington Post Sports Reporter Emily Giambalvo on whether the upcoming Pac-12 is done for due to Covid-19 and social justice issues. He takes your calls on the issue.

 

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Chris chats with Westwood One correspondent Clayton Nevill about NASA and Space X's successful mission that ended with a splash in the Gulf of Mexico.

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