I've read through some of the beginner guides, some articles and heard some of the podcasts and now believe that RE estate can be stable source of passive income if planned out properly.

A depression is just people on the internet fear mongering or without a lack of an understanding of history.Every decade or so we have some sort of crisis.

The way some of the news media is writing about it though is quite confusing (as evidenced by the article you linked to which refers to it as "suspending all foreclosures and evictions"). 

You asked this question a week too late.https://www.housingwire.com/articles/did-non-qm-just-disappear-from-the-market/

I read all the books and articles i can, listen to all the bigger pockets podcasts and webinars, and have been analyzing deals on the MLS for practice. 

While researching this topic for them, I read this insightful article where the author Ms.

I tested out a random property on the internet, and was able to find where the tax bills were being sent. 

I have been poring through online articles but haven't found much on the subject.For some background I do not own a home at the moment, but am looking at SFR and Duplex rental properties in the area I live in right now.

Recessionhttps://www.ocregister.com/2020/03/16/coronavirus-pushes-u-s-into-recession-california-to-be-hit-hardest-ucla-economists-say/Oilhttps://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/coronavirus-harm-real-estate-market-oil-price-warCovid-19https://www.kcra.com/article/newsom-more-than-half-of-california-projected-to-contract-covid-19/31791343#We are in a systematic designed destruction of the world economy, the FED [and all central banks in the world, follow same gameplan] is going to become the buyer and seller of last resort.

I’ve recently come across the article in which stocks and property markets are compared (there is the link if you are interested https://realtybundles.com/blog/real-estate-vs-stocks-investments-what-to-choose).