5 at 5: Your Daily Digest for Real Estate Investing, 1/14/21

The Labor Department reported today that another 965,000 Americans filed for first-time unemployment benefits last week, the most in several months as the pandemic worsens. Why it matters: With the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden less than a week away, CNN says Thursday's report again hammers home that the new administration's first priority has got to be more stimulus. Indeed, real estate investment of all kinds, perhaps the whole economy, depends on the results.