Harry Dent, for example, believes commodities such as gold and silver get 'killed' in the next recession.  

I met a few older real estate agents who were still in the game, yet surviving off of Social Security.

So you need to have overall strong cash flow, so you can weather a storm, survive on 70% occupancy etc.

Through teaching others and doing all the networking, I found buyers and sellers of real estate and this helped me find listings and sell houses.I Found My First Private LenderMy long term goal was to start investing again so I used my real estate license to generate income I needed to survive and to be in the game.

As long as you use low leverage and cash flow net with a built in cushion to survive a drop in rent of up to 50%, the chance of survival (aka keeping the rentals) is very high.Wish you all the best.

It depends on how convinced you are that your argument will survive scrutiny.

Survived the dot-bomb (made some money).

If you hunt down a deal, it survives market ebbs and flows.

The few that survive usually amount to a middle class living.

@Theresa Harris Thank you for all the help.