I own a unit that is in the middle of college student apartments and condos, so it's fine there.

The upstairs tenant gets very mad about this, and I can understand that, as he works first shift, 12-hour days, and is being woken up in the middle of the night by the noise.

The land in the middle of the city is being built on now, so when the empty lots run out, you will have good appreciation. 

I picked a property that the team was still in the middle of doing renovations on. 

i know a lot of old school PMs just have never done things in the way that many do now, with software like appfolio and such. if i know and trust them, and they're amazing otherwise, and there aren't any concerning numbers on my properties, and i know other investors who use them and have great experiences, i wouldn't worry but would ask that we meet in the middle with expectations on this. but if that is NOT the case, i'd probably worry. i don't think it's unusual for repairs to be 30% of the gross rents one year, especially if it's your first year owning it and the previous owner didn't really take good care of it, but if that's the avg over multiple years of ownership it doesn't really sound normal. however, is that 30% inclusive of ALL operating costs?

But I'm a middle aged father of three.

Purchase price: $125,000 Sale price: $279,000 Family time completing this fix and flip in Middle Tennessee.

Due to the time of year in MN Im wondering what people have done in the past to not kick someone out during the middle of winter, but also still stick to their plan of vacating the property for the purpose of rehabbing and raising rents.

They shouldn't take 24 hours to provide the answers you need to make this deal smoothly as possible, even if their personal things get in the middle, you/we are the customers and at least a courtesy call/text to let you know that he will be taking longer to get the answers you are looking for.  

Some super simple math: -- Buy a $550k 4br/2ba home in a middle suburb like Westminster (just northwest of Denver)-- With 10% down, your monthly is maybe $3500.-- You live in one bedroom, rent the other three at $800/mo.