That way I can maximize my time to learning instead of just listening to music.

I still get complaints daily from tenants that they can hear the tenants above them talking, walking, music, tv, ect.

It would be a good networking experience and you would get more local knowledge on the condo market musical chairs.

As mentioned, any lender is going to require experience of the folks doing the work, that property is their collateral, so how would they know that a music teacher or IT engineer can hang doors that close, windows that open, cabinets that won't fall off the wall or that a ceiling won't fall in?

Well do you like to choose what style and when you listen to music or someone's party?  

I have a portfolio (all bought with nothing down) that has allowed me to do vastly better financially than any music student I went to college with.  

It is on almost all the time streaming music and sports etc.

Unsolicited mindset tips:Fail soon, fail often, fail forward.Be the small gosh in every big pond you canNo more music, just podcast and books in the car.Add value to everyone you meet with Ask who not howThere’s enough corn in there to get you going. 

Surely you would consider these things more than a "shiny object of distraction":-Extremely rapid population growth-Extremely rapid income growth-Growing tech sector-Concentration of educational institutions-High quality of life (high scores for food, weather, leisure, music, parks, etc)-Relatively low cost of living (compared to other high-income metros)Underwriting with appreciation and rent growth in Austin is not speculative.

Noise from poor acoustics has caused problems mostly for the lower unit tenants (from impact noise such as from tenant upstairs walking and airborne noise such as talking (yelling sometimes), music, tv, etc) and has caused tenants to want to move out due to the noise issue.