The more closer to the peak, it is better to pay off the properties, so you have a better position to ride out the next recession.

The looming fear of an upcoming recession has caused the market to shift from a seller's market to a buyer's market, which has further complicated matters.In the past two years, most deals were done with a 3-year short-term bridge loan with a variable rate.

ITS RECESSION PROOF (more prospective tenants in times like that, so bigger pool to find good tenants) the GOVERNMENT sends me a direct deposit into my bank account!

With respect to the domestic real estate market, who in your opinion do you think would be the best candidate to help bring us out of the market meltdown and prevent a possible recession?

My personal experience has been in multifamily but I like this, recession proof, asset class too!

The Great Recession, about 1/3 of my life ago, the United States of America copied this model with our quantitative easing programs led by Ben Bernanke of the Federal Reserve. 

I keep it simple and wire to a receptacle opposite to any switch...then daisy chain around and from the last recep to the light switch...that goes up to power the light and daisy chains to any additional fixtures (like recessed lights).

However; having been in this business for 30 years, and through many recessions, etc.

If you can time cycle, then sell high or near high, wait, and buy again on low cycle. then you can have twice as many units, if markets lose 50% on recession. 

Alex was a multi-millionaire with several rental properties and basically lost it all during the recession.