Nothing but tax preperation and undertakers are recession proof.
When the US economy headed south (thanks to Bush) Las Vegas was quick to puff out their chest and claim THEY were recession proof. Time has proven that bravado completely wrong and the Las Vegas Real Estate market imploded.
Things WILL improve dramatically though in the very near future with a new and sane administration in place in the US. Our industry will be one of the first to snap back and actually post increases. Just hang in there.