I worked for a large corporate firm, then a wild startup, and now for a small developer acting as a Project Manager/Construction Super.Currently, I am looking to purchase my first property upstate New York near Albany.

Quote from @Trevor Knorpp: You say your Aunt is TRYING to kick you out to use //your home// to load up her purse with rents.So exactly what is this lady doing to kick you out?

Most urban areas will vary wildly even from street to street and Lowell is no different.

Purchased with a 10% down loan and rented out as an STR. 2021 Gross income was $97k where I was able to Net about $35k from March 2021- December 2021. 2022 did not go as well with overall market was down, as well as my cabin had a few events that led me to re-funding large bookings (snow storms causing power outage and guest unable to access cabin, wild fire evacuations, and an issue with Bat's...).

This lady is going through a divorce and in a year or so I would like for her to be able to get her own financing. 

A few of the barn managers were shady (one lady owed them money and ended up stealing all the wheelbarrows, tools and even the light bulbs) and the guy prior to her let the place get run down. 

The "bad" appraisal apparently had such wildly large single line item adjustments that the lender said its the most ridiculous appraisal hes ever seen and is really pissed off about it.

@Henri MeliCommercial lending is the last bastion of lending that's like the wild wild west.  

Between the smoke and fearing what the crazy lady might do.

Commercial lending is kind of the Wild West when compared to residential mortgages.