You nailed it and the only thing I would add is that if you're looking at location strictly through a recession-proof lens, the most important thing would be number of jobs in healthcare, federal government, education, IT, insurance, utilities, and other sectors that still do well in a downturn.

I know a large portion of traveling healthcare workers stay in a hotel the first few days to make sure that the contract is as advertised.

The real problem lies in the community: jobs, stores, roads, healthcare services, gas stations - everything has been destroyed.

It also is a huge Healthcare education and care hub.

., 529, spousal IRA, transportation, healthcare FSA, childcare, etc.

Healthcare providers usually identify the possibility of asbestos exposure and related health conditions like lung disease by taking a thorough medical history.

It turns out the heirs had agreed to pay the debt and signed a voluntary lien in their names with the dept. of health care services several years prior.  

I used to do large commercial, educational and healthcare work, but got bit by the REI big a few years ago. 60-70 hour weeks didn’t leave a lot of free time, so I opened up my own office and focus on residential and small commercial now.

Husband is employed full time (W-2) in healthcare and I recently switched from a W-2 to a 1099 independent contractor position as a lawyer (I’m giving these details to point out that our main business/income is not our RE holdings, but we’d love for it to someday be).

Were you able to escape healthcare through real estate?