This is a global, world-wide event.

Just today, Fed-Ex slashed earnings and gave a bleak outlook for the coming 12 months, and predicting a "worldwide recession."  

If someone comes to me, I'll send them your way.If you need help in your search or want to verify something don't hesitate to ask.For example: I have clients worldwide and things are just as easy as I e-mail them, talking on the phone.

@Jay Hinrichs  no,  I pursue a cheaper housing sector than you deal with, however the appreciation figures are about the same in my markets as Yamhill.  

If your goal to hold apartments, but you still need to wholesale or flip, then you could consider trading small Multifamily. this way you start in the sector you want to be in long term and learn along the way.

Instead, what should happen is make lotteries legal, but totally in the private sector, and the government can then tax the activity and put the money towards useful activities for the citizenry. 

Ultimately the most important things to look for in an area you're targeting are population growth, job growth, strong rental rates & trending upward, strong economic sectors, tax implications or favorability and regulations, and obviously property values. 

There will be unintended consequences any time the government starts controlling the private sector.

Bakersfield was mostly an oil and ag community and both sectors were hit pretty hard which obviously took the area down pretty far, but in the past few years there have been massive changes and adaptations away from the solely ag and oil community. 

In fact, worldwide we don’t even have 300,000 cases, worldwide, of the coronavirus.