Overall, Austin’s economy and housing market look to be resilient during this uncertain time.

IE on the west coast escrow officers went home to workand title plants are off shore .. the Phillipines.. so your title searchs are done there with the title officer reviewing and they can work at home all our title plants are electronic and have been for decades.One thing we dont do much of here is checking on UTLS.. thats an east coast thing.  

On the other hand I don't want to plant the idea in their mind or inform them that there is a ban on evictions for 30 days due to missed rent.https://www.youtube.com/watch?

yes I can see attorney closing states to be far more affected than states with huge title and escrow companies  that are now working from home and their title plants are in the Philippines and recordings are done electronically. to me you have a few contingencies1. valuation  ( appraisal)2. financing   ( how long will it take lender to get docs once your fully underwritten)3.

@Wesley Van Steenbergen As the saying goes...The best time to plant a tree is 50 years ago.

I have planted some fast growing trees (Green Giant) that will block out the view and reduce a little bit of noise.

We are jumping into this hoping to plant roots in the area in the coming years and I'd like to have a few properties prior to us moving there permanently.  

Met a guy today that is the plant manager for one of the side companies at the refinery. 

Resilience that further builds character.

It really depends on how long this will crisis will run.Personally, if we can get out in the same time period as China, the hit on real estate won't be that big (showing how resilient RE is).