In the worst case, if the loss of income persists for a long time, the family could be
in real trouble financially, or be unable to put much money away for retirement.
To compound this problem, mall owners are now starting to mail
in the keys to
financially troubled malls: More mall landlords are choosing to walk away from struggling properties, leaving creditors
in the lurch and posing a threat to the values of nearby
real estate... [as] some of the largest U.S. landlords are calculating it is more advantageous to hand over ownership to lenders than to attempt to restructure debts on properties with darkening outlooks (LINK).