Texas was among the first states to emerge from the 2007-09 Great Recession, surpassing its pre-recession employment peak in late 2011.

Martin   That is a good question.I always believed that when China does hit a recession, it will be in spectacular fashion.

It's one of the terms along with "The Great Recession" that has been coined for the 07/08 market slump.

When the recession hit, the REI world was saying it would be a huge boon to landlords, since all those foreclosed homeowners would now become renters.

All of these times where directly followed by a recession or depression.

Or, to borrow a favorite "guru" analogy about prospecting for gold, if you have a barren claim there's no amount of prospecting tactics that will bring back the gold.A lot of "gurus" made their money during the Great Recession, a once-in-a-lifetime set of economic conditions in especially distressed markets like Phoenix and certain areas of California and Florida.  

Also, when retiring during a recession, some would rather lose half the value in their homes and still collect rent than half the value of 401k.

Apple did not have a layoff during the Great Recession.

A few years ago during the Great Recession, when at last we’d settled down, in metro Detroit, we picked up an almost-new short sale condo in an upscale area that is renting well, and a just-rehabbed foreclosure SFR from a flipper.Exactly one year ago my wife and I closed on our first multifamily property, and I thought I’d use the anniversary to recap and reflect on the ups and downs of owning apartments in a Class B/C neighborhood.

I had planned to work there, but graduated in a recession, so found another large corporation that was actually hiring...