Repeated rounds of layoffs have occurred at most firms.

The thing that is concerning me is what is going on with the trade war and  whether or not it will domino its way down into real estate specifically with lay offs that would reduce prices of homes because of people losing their homes.

Well I did get a new job as a Project Manager for an Electrical Contractor in the Twin Cities on January, 7 2019, and that layoff was a wake up call. 

In our area, the largest employer Apple did not even have layoffs.

It seems that the oil market locally (Houston) is continuing to improve versus the past 3 1/2 - 4 years of layoffs and corporate acquisitions (cannibalization).

I've been building up my brokerage account with Robinhood for the 3 years I've been in the workforce along with funding retirement and savings accounts.

You need to research for layoffs etc. 

, unfortunately that is not the case, I see many of you on this site looking for deals in big cities and other properties that just aren't going to preform as well when the next crash happens (Biiiiiig Speculation), but in all honesty if your not investing in areas where the majority of the population collects a paycheck every month for the next 4-6 years without fear of a stock price or layoffs then your request on the forums seems a little pointless.

Sure there were layoffs and unemployment went up, but as long as they had enough cash flow from their properties they were able to weather the storm and put other tenants in their properties.

Around FB, Apple, Google campuses with zero layoffs homes are not selling well.