baton rouge rental property

[Matthew Mason]

where is the best location to be looking for a rental property in baton rouge.

[Robert Leonard]

@Matthew Mason I'm sure it's not the answer you're looking for, but @Will Uter 

is on the money - it depends?  I've been scouring the BR market for a long time and I bet it rivals any place with having drastic property value changes from one block to the next.  I've burned lots of gas between Lafayette and Baton Rouge getting to know where I want to buy and where I don't. 

I can tell you that I found the murder statistics from last year and I decided to stay out of the two zip codes with the highest murder rates for last year.  There were 54 murders in BR last year.  22 in 70805 and 11 in 70802, that's 61% of all the murders in those two zip codes out of 15 zip codes.  I'm sure there might be a block or two in there that's not so bad, but I use crime rates to help me reduce the number of properties I take the time to analyze to consider investing.

http://www.redsticknow.com/violent-crime-homicide-baton-rouge/