Glad you are getting all this help and exposure, and that we can learn from it too. 

So I can either get into politics (which I am not going to do), or I can mitigate my exposure.

True, they can get less exposure time in the lobby or hotel restaurant in a crowded hotel. 

In general, if something is on the MLS the exposure will make it far more likely to be bid up to market value whereas with off-market properties you don't have that.

Without a doubt, this is going to be painful for everyone.Most eviction courts are shutting down to reduce exposure. 

Due to the fact that we started social distancing and limiting peoples' exposure we saves millions of lives, is that not worth a few months of economic damage? 

Unemployment is certainly a risk, the exposure of residential real estate to commercial real estate decline due to the large number of AirBNBs is a risk.

Irregardless, I definitely agree with you, and with many of the other folks that've posted, that the time is now - better to gain the experience and exposure to the market rather than delay.

I would assume due to, or lack of early regular positive exposure.

However, unless you are using REITs, which are positively correlated, there probably isn’t the data to calculate an accurate exposure to real estate as part of an optimized portfolio mix.