@Dan M.Wholesaling is what is like to get into, but I’ve been told it’s not something you can get into easily during a recess.

There have been recessions where housing prices went unscathed.

My homes have definitely been investments, in fact they have spring-boarded my career in real estate investing.My first home was purchased in an up-and coming area at the right time during the great recession. 

Best public schools in the country, lowest insurance rates (because Maryland has low risk for blizzards/hurricanes/earthquakes/tornadoes)) and lots of military bases and permanent federal installations like NASA, NIH, FDA, Census, SS Administration, etc. that make it recession resistant. 

The only chance you could be wrong is if there is appreciation, which has happened in past recessions.

While I agree that recessions/depressions/etc. are the best time to invest, and that media misses the mark on that, I also feel like this time around- there were some early predictions about this being a V curve (rather than a U curve) that seemed irresponsible to me given that we've never had a situation like this.

Is the property value decrease a big concern as the threat of a recession looms?

A new mortgage of $106k helped me survive the great recession as my credit lines collapsed all around me. 

NOBODY knows what is the peak , what is the low - Its very tempting for some one to look back and say , my friends bought a great deal during recession .

Economy crashes and rents and occupancy can go down, but expenses don't go up due to a recession (they typically go down).