Additionally, all of our tenants are provided with a binder which is essentially an instruction manual for their new home.  

I like the idea of using other elements around the stone to elevate and reduce the prominence of stone.

I believe what you're saying is essentially: when it costs you 30k a year to live and you make say 10Million a year then it really doesn't matter if that 10MM was a 4% return or a 400% return.

@Julie Marquez While the process in which you're forcing the tenants to essentially perform in accordance to a 1 year lease to get all of their money back, yet you're officially having them on a month-to-month lease for your own benefit in case you want to raise rents, etc... is a little aggressive on the business tactics but I wouldn't consider you "a Shady Landlady".Personally I would never do it because I would never want to be put in that situation by a landlord if I were the renter.What property class are these assets?

Essentially I am in the process of building my capital for that time, but if I try to wait till then, although unlikely, 5 years could pass me by where I do nothing.

You must know what your state allows and local tenant rights.I've written a book The Essential Handbook for Landlords, (on Amazon) because I've had hundreds of rental properties and managed hundreds for others.Read the rental agreements you received to know what agreements your tenants have now that you must honor.Write those tenants to let them know where and to whom they should now send monthly payments.See when those current agreements expire.

If you're talking FHA 203k, or Fannie Mae HomeReady, or anything that is a re-branded version of either of those (if your rate is below 5% and 30YF, good chance it's just a mortgage product rebrand), then the bid in front if you is NOT in fact the "best" bid, because this contractor is not Reno Financing Friendly, making the bid essentially toilet paper. 

Unfortunately I think that real estate will perform in a very similar way to how the stock market has...many people are still flinching from 2008-2009 and they have missed most or all of the run up...just when they capitulate to the FOMO and go back into the market is when we will start seeing a crest.This is a great reason for everyone to consider the time risk elements to their strategy..i.e. are you buying the right property in the right market but are married to a timeline (flip, wholesale etc) that could take a profitable buy and hold deal and turn it into a money loser if the market flattens or drops?

Not to mention that by doing all the renovation you have done you have essentially taken all of the value add components out of the equation, hence making it less desirable for another investor.

He did still put in the required hours and the filing job looks decent quality despite the ugly design elements.