Increasing credit lines before the recession will always provide better leverage. 

Is an empty unit better than a tenant that can't pay rent at this point in the recession?

@Stipe Ba Are we in or heading for a recession?

We lost a lot of contractors in the 2000, 2008 recessions and more are disappearing now.

Important to add, while concerned about the looming recession I'm not at all intimated about starting my REI journey now.

I don't think the market is going to reflect a recession for awhile so I wouldn't count on a lower price for that purpose, but you can negotiate a price you feel comfortable with. 5.

Also, from the last recession, the first form of vacation to come back was local travel and vacation spots, since driving is less expensive then flying to destinations. 

It also fits nicely into the affordable housing classification. 100% occupancy and 100% of rents collected in April during the Covid-19 crisis, beautifully recession resistant.

@Ron SinghI say look at the last recession in the market and research the people that came out on top during that time, now I am only 16 so take everything I say with a grain of salt, but I feel as long as you can afford to keep the properties long enough to outlast corona, you should still be buying properties and expanding your portfolio.

Recession hit and they closed it with no notice.