There are ways to subsidize it, such as getting a seller credit, or taking a slightly higher interest rate in exchange for a lender credit to pay that and/or other costs and prepaids. 

1) Real Estate2) Stocks 3) Gold4) Cash

All that being said, most people recommend only investing money into the stock market that you aren't touching for 5 years.

my non educated guess is we will see some panic.. some investors decide to just hold their cards tight right now.I think landlords may experience some tenants that cant work becasue their jobs are affected not necessarily they are infected .. but they lose hours at vocations that are at risk/  Like cruise industry, airlines  Hotels  convention services those types of things.. and i guess really restaurants.. as the stock market retreats I think that will create some amount of flight to real estate for more stable investments even if its just parking money for low returns. 

With the stock market prices going down right now what are you buying or keeping your eye on?

My own perspective is that rental property should return a premium over the stock market in order to account for the increased risk, lower liquidity, and higher personal involvement. 

days like today when stock markets down more than 7% makes me glad i've transitions a lot of my capital from stocks to RE ^^

If you own a stock, there is nothing you can do to change the value.

We have thought about approaching them and letting them build a building to suit in exchange for rent for a set number of years since we do not have the capital to do it on our own.

This reminds me of the Stock Market idiots saying "Buy on the Dips" only to get slaughtered as they did today.