It seems fairly robust from what I've seen so far.

"I fairly, and in good faith offered to pay 2 months rent (over 50K) to a landlord for a place I was never going to step foot in due to a global pandemic that took a severe toll upon the residents of NYC, gave timely notice to attempt to try and re-rent, while getting TJ and now living in Florida for rehab, and the landlord tries to extort me for 250K while leaking this story to the media, and I'm the bad guy?

The multifamily makes is still pretty robust and is likely to remain so for some time.

Despite how robust our economy in DFW may seem, the data shows that we aren't completely in the clear.

While it is expensive to do, you probably will be digging down to the footing anyways to increase ceiling height and running a new underground sewer while you're at it. 

$60-$80 per square foot is a good estimate.

We have very robust MLS use for rentals in San Antonio.

Shooting yourself in the foot because you want to avoid them is foolhardy, though.

This is the path I took, but I think this advice is relevant to your question; get a job in the industry, RE agent, property manager, work for a wholesaler, work for a house flipper, anything to get your foot in the door and gain real life experience.

The lawn is now a foot high.