Yesterday morning, they were telling us they would have the money by this evening. They also asked if we were paid whether they could reopen; we said "yes".
But, yesterday afternoon, the business owner's son called us from Richmond. He asked us if they could pay $20K now, and the rest after they sell the business.
They don't have the money.
sometimes you just need to take what is there before it turns into zero and a law suit. There was one year that the "write offs" were no longer attractive. Profit was our goal, not sheltering. It is a terrible situation for all of you there