We hired a contractor that patched our recessed light box in order to have a flush ceiling a few weeks ago. 

You can deep dive into average employment questions, recession proofness and so many other factors.

These are recession resistant commercial properties.

The cash flow situation typically improves every year (great Recession excluded).Get a property no more than 15 minutes drive from SDSU. 

In the 2008 recession in the USA, when people lost their homes and foreclosures were through the roof, rents increased and the vacancy rate decreased.

Because of this treatment in the CARES act, the multifamily industry weathered the worst of the pandemic.History tells us that during recessions, multifamily housing production contracts moderately, rent declines are short lived, and vacancies only increase briefly and by modest amounts.

A lot of changes were made post Great Recession and one of those is that a 3rd party service is used to connect the appraiser with the lender. 

Then, open home depot site  and find out how much materials will cost.it will be a good practice.Last part will be collecting separate bids, and before you do that decide what needs to be done in specifics, like how many recess lights you will need...If you spend some time, it will be very helpful.

If you have recessed lights, they will need to be adjusted down a tad to allow for the thickness of the new skim coat if you elect that method.Inglewood is a bit out of my coverage area otherwise I could help you with it as I am a licensed contractor here in N Los Angeles (San Fernando Valley and surrounding areas).

And I know that this will be a controversial subject I've been in the business for 36 plus years I've seen the market cycles fall I've been in the greatest recession lost tens of millions of dollars I know what I'm talking about staying away from buying and hold investing right now it's a bad idea.