I would recommend you start by listening to BiggerPockets podcasts, watching BiggerPockets webinars, reading books about real estate, and attending events in your area.

You can find local meetups in your area by going to Network>Events up in the menu bar.

While this is an unprecedented event in modern history, what lessons do we have from 2008 and previous recessions/depressions that are relevant in the next year or so?

I see there is something called "Revenue Procedure 2007-56" where the 45 and 180 day periods can each be extended by 120 days in the event of a natural disaster - curious if this applies to our current state of events?

Economic Injury Disaster Loan Supporting Information. 

In any economic crisis there is never a guarantee of a timeline as to when the economy will recover or ever recover for that matter. 

By that I mean I considered which would be LEAST likely to close down/layoff in the event of a partial shut down due to some of these "shelter in place" orders we're seeing in California, and the applicants I ultimately picked both worked in industries that I felt would be least likely to be affected.  

Housing in stronger economic areas have tenants that probably have some reserves and resources. 

I'm hoping to finish the refinance before any further economic issues, as I'd like to leverage what's leftover from the refinance for opportunities if there's a market downturn.    

Inventory is still hovering around the critically low 1 month mark (balanced market is around 6 months of inventory).Here are basic stats on single-family home sales for January 2019 for the City of Austin and the greater Austin area:Of course, the social and economic landscape locally has changed markedly in the past couple of weeks.