I'm in the Hvac/Ref. business, our customers are primarily restaurants and bars. We are going to be much slower now, right when we usually start to pick up after the colder weather. The business was already in a rough spot since our office was hit by a tornado back in Oct and haven't gotten much straightened out from any of that yet. The office/warehouse is still waiting for repairs and all of our parts/inventory/files are scattered amongst different storage buildings/pods and in different cities. Also, since we are considered "essential" we are still working, which is great, except if this virus IS actually as bad as THEY say it is, then the employees are all potentially putting themselves and some of their family members at risk. I've also been making plans to purchase the business from the current owners but last year has ended so chaotic (plus a huge net loss) now this situation, I'm not sure what to do now. I recently purchased a house back in Dec and it's a "handyman's special" so although I got a great deal, it needs hella work and I've been tied up with that outsidebof work. Honestly, it's probably not even worth putting any money into the house itself, but the property has value, even if the house standing doesn't. Due to the situation, I'm now considering waiting a few months before making any other big financial decisions. It's funny I used to think the "economy collapsing" was right around the corner starting in about 2010-12ish. Believed it until about 2016-2017 then totally quit caring and preparing by 2018. What timing lol.
Stay strong, take care, we'll get through it.