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ck4829

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16. And if your job is pushing people's stuff out of their homes after eviction or foreclosure, you're probably doing well
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 10:18 AM
16 hrs ago
Oregon Law Center reports record-high evictions in January

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - 2,788 people were evicted in court in January, according to the Oregon Law Center (OLC). This is the highest number of evictions ever recorded in Oregon since the OLC started tracking this data five years ago.

https://www.kptv.com/2026/02/13/oregon-law-center-reports-record-high-evictions-january/


Atlanta-area eviction filings surge to 'abnormal' highs, data shows

“Atlanta has the most (eviction])filings of any site, city or state that we track right now," a research specialist at The Eviction Lab told the Chronicle.

https://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2026/02/13/atlanta-eviction-filings-surge-abnormal-highs.html




And, bonus, if you work in vehicle repossession, you are also in a business that hasn't seen a boom like this in well over a decade!

The car repo business is booming as Americans fall behind on increasingly expensive car payments.

Cars are being repossessed at the highest rate since the Great Recession of 2008 and 2009. The repo tactics have drawn the attention of Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who launched a probe into the auto lending industry on Wednesday, a Senate Banking Committee spokesperson told CNN.

The investigation is focused on illegal and mistaken repossessions, when cars are seized even if borrowers are current on their bills or have reached agreements with lenders.

Warren, a Democrat, sent letters to a dozen major industry players including Chase Auto, GM Financial, Toyota Financial Services and Ally Financial on Wednesday as part of the probe. She sought information on repo activity, error rates and practices.

https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/05/business/car-prices-repossession-elizabeth-warren


And I'm sure debt collectors are also doing well right now too. Golden Age!

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Name something that's going well right now [View all] bucolic_frolic 17 hrs ago OP
What are you seeing Greg_In_SF 17 hrs ago #1
US markets had a pretty rough week. bucolic_frolic 17 hrs ago #4
All three Greg_In_SF 17 hrs ago #9
And yet I'm living paycheck to paycheck ck4829 16 hrs ago #14
Year to date Greg_In_SF 16 hrs ago #15
And if your job is pushing people's stuff out of their homes after eviction or foreclosure, you're probably doing well ck4829 16 hrs ago #16
What does Greg_In_SF 16 hrs ago #17
This is a thread titled "Name something that's going well right now". Things are going well for them, yes? ck4829 16 hrs ago #20
Yes Greg_In_SF 16 hrs ago #24
Numbers that are big right now ck4829 16 hrs ago #26
We all saw Greg_In_SF 13 hrs ago #38
I'm curious.... Happy Hoosier 16 hrs ago #21
Right? And how about shrinkflation, where we're paying the same or more (because of inflation) but getting less? ck4829 16 hrs ago #23
There's a whole book canetoad 12 hrs ago #41
Are you saying Greg_In_SF 16 hrs ago #25
So CNBC is giving us true numbers and our eyes and bank accounts are giving us fake numbers? ck4829 15 hrs ago #30
You Greg_In_SF 15 hrs ago #33
Come on now. Remember: if the govt and media are saying one thing, and your gut, senses, intuition are saying another ck4829 7 hrs ago #42
The rich are richer! That's apparently the only measure that really matters. ck4829 13 hrs ago #39
Trump family offshore bank accounts? C_U_L8R 17 hrs ago #2
There are more billionaires than ever before. sop 17 hrs ago #3
TSF's disapproval rate is climbing. murielm99 17 hrs ago #5
My retirement IRA is doing well. nt doc03 17 hrs ago #6
Yep Greg_In_SF 17 hrs ago #10
Is it really universally great the Dow is up though? I do try to buy stock even though I struggle more now ck4829 4 hrs ago #45
That's a Yin and Yang issue for me DFW 15 hrs ago #31
Were you expecting something different? We have a Republican trifecta, so yes, things are gonna become absolute garbage ck4829 17 hrs ago #7
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it has to be so hard for filthy rich narcissists Skittles 7 hrs ago #44
If your job is pushing stuff out of homes after evictions or if you repo cars, you're probably doing well right now ck4829 16 hrs ago #19
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