@Mad Dendukuri easy solution - tell the tenant you can't afford to do flooring AND put them up somewhere, so deal is off.Either they will be reasonable or show themselves to be greedy and someone you should get rid of.

Sherman is more affordable but faces rising prices.

I think my skills in mental health counseling and healthcare management are going to be surprisingly relevant to real estate investing (at least I hope so). 

Vetted the investors so that it was reasonable to belief that each investor understood the risks and could afford to lose their investment3.

For the most part its just health and safety items, which are items we should have remedied anyways.As someone else mentioned, biggest thing to avoid is having the house tagged as vacant which the city will do if it sits empty for too long (handful of months, grass not cut, etc).

-New, affordable duplexes that have 2 bedrooms in each unit?

Wow I came her to see what people had to say about NOLA ... as it seemed affordable. 

This piece will also help you determine what you can afford and cash flow. 

Ohio, across the board, is affordable, has good rental scale per price, and favors landlords.

do no if they can get those back tax's waived if they do some sort of affordable housing ?