It will Be prudent, from an investing perspective, to see how hard less densely populated areas will be hit by the economic impact of the crisis, if not by the virus itself.The key lessons are to have adequate reserves, use leverage responsibly, look for diversification across areas and types of properties and lastly, have a defensive playbook for when it’s needed. 

There could be good reasons for this, but generally this falls in the realm of "impact investing" that is more environmentally focused and thus attracts a different class of investors. 

Do you want a hands-on or hands-off approach, will it impacts your w-2 income, and other types of details that only you can decide if it's worth your time to do it yourself or pay for the service.Same with doing it full-time, only you can answer that. 

That said, you should understand the risks to your local market as real estate is local and not all areas of the country will be impacted the same way.

We looked at several properties recently (practicing strict social distancing protocols of course, now that showings are once again considered an essential activity here) and the wife has got me thinking because she says farmhouse chic and rustic industrial themes have been done to death recently and are already “so passé, like peaked in 2016”.

Of course your primary mortgage would be forgiven ( if you owe money) and you might get partial relief from your rental property mortgage through a government fund ( I’m sure minimal paperwork).The bill would require full payment forgiveness, with no accumulation of debt for renters or homeowners and no negative impact on their credit rating or rental history.This bill should obviously be a nightmare for anyone owning rental property which is pretty much all BiggerPockets users. https://omar.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-ilhan-omar-introduces-bill-cancel-all-rent-and-mortgage-payments-during

If you can make an offer and take the 3% buyer side off, that essentially makes your deal $10,500 more to seller, without changing anything for you. 

One of the factors that particularly caught my attention was the impact of agriculture across several of the markets. 

You essentially hire AirBnB to market your rental and they start acting like they own it.All because of a virus with a 99.9% survival rate, but that's for another thread.

I would like to hire individual(s) to essentially "drive for dollars" to find and photograph potential properties.