Hopefully, the moves by the federal reserve and the federal government will help.I think we'll see a lot of forebearance agreements, especially for those who were paying just fine before the lockdowns.

The government will stand behind the loans, there is little risk, to me.

Well thank goodness for that..  last thing you need is your sub trades all going home and putting more pressure on those trying to pay rent..

I know its of the items National Association of realtors is asking of the government.   

@Courtney WenzelWell, probably the biggest consideration is whether or not the state's Government considered "real estate" an essential service or not. 

Learn the 6 CA ADU regulations at least enough to know them at a high level. 

Most fair housing laws are from the federal government, and most of them are really basic things like don't be racist.

Would this be considered a stock sale and subject to burdensome regulations?

With frozen mortgages, foreclosures and government subsidies, I'm not sure if housing inventory will increase or if sellers will become desperate to sell.

But there are a few caveats: 1) we technically have no primary residence since we live overseas on US government orders (and our housing is covered), 2) we own 3 investment properties and we were told we could not purchase any more properties (could not exceed 3) while we had the HELOC open (we were using the HELOC to cover improvements), and 3) this was a year ago, when the economy was good.