West Virginia might not be the biggest market in the country and natural appreciation isn't something we rely on, but in times like this with the wrath of COVID-19 affecting so many markets, we're happy that we're still able to move forward without the bottom falling completely out.

My goal is to buy a few rentals to have extra income now and something to fall back on if I lose my job or become disabled. 

to me that's bull Sheet  no market has fallen 52% in 4 weeks  there might be some distressed buys out there but a whole market falling by 50%  no way

I'm not as in touch with the latter, but obviously we're heading for record unemployment and people without jobs won't be buying houses to live in, so I have to think that's going to fall off a cliff too (like so much else).On the other side, I'm also hearing that a lot of homeowners haven't gotten the memo yet and are still asking sky-high prices.

We are all part of the Real Estate Industry as a whole but we all fall into various sub-industries:Agents, Stagers, Investors, Wholesalers, GCs, Short Term Rental experts and so on.

The upside to investors is the larger distributions and protection in any downside because it falls above the common shares in the capital stack. 

I plan to remain positive and not let the sky fall on me when we have no idea what’s going to happen 

The closer we get to 5 things will fall off the cliff.The economy is bad overall right now for some but others h e not missed a beat and houses are selling and some markets are just as strong as before Covid but supply is down due to sellers not wanting people in their homes right now.

And if they're going to take advantage of the fact the courts are closed to help get them out, maybe you use that same fact that the court isn't there to help them back INIf someone falls on hard times and can't pay full rent, I'm happy to work with them.  

They fall under essential.