Too, consider that if the stock market starts plunging again, that money will flee...somewhere. 

It prioritized our schedule while maintaining quality.

Your projects will be affected no matter what, but if they can make even a little money in bad times, you'll be better off than having your money sit in the bank or stock market. 

It turned out the Yale's endowment was run by around 20 people who only made asset allocation decision: this percent to stocks, that percent to bonds ect.

There are ~45 million total rented residences (out of 125M units of total housing stock) and most of those are single family homes (18M+ and growing) and duplexes, triplexes, quadplexes, and smaller multifamily properties.Another way of putting that is to say that most renters in the US live in single family homes or in 2-10-unit complexes.

I am fully within my rights to do that and sell direct FSBO since they didn't get the job done, but I guess I'll hand them a 3% check to maintain etiquette.  

My long term goal is not to manage a rental property empire, but to own a few properties to diversify my investment portfolio away from only stocks, bonds, etc.Are there any glaring mistakes in the below?

The Belt Line is paved, there are artworks and great landscaping along it, and the parks are being maintained. 

Important factors are:The situation causing the sale arose during the time you owned and used your property as your residence.You sold your home not long after the situation arose.You couldn’t have reasonably anticipated the situation when you bought the home.You began to experience significant financial difficulty maintaining the home.The home became significantly less suitable as a main home for you and your family for a specific reason.So, for all the reasons I mentioned in bold above, would it be possible to get out of paying capital gains if I sold? 

Businesses have been working to implement scenario plans that are specific to this crisis and that will maintain the continuity of work.