(Houston, Austin, Fort Worth, New Orleans, Oklahoma City) and learned some "sure fire" ways to garner good, reliable, conservative, numbers for me to base my "comps", no matter where I found myself.Find someone local, who knows the area and works it well.

My properties are all in New Orleans.  

I had this issue with a bond for deed property here in New Orleans. 

Those cities include: - Chicago- San Diego- Palm Springs- Los Angeles- Santa Monica- San Francisco- New York- New Orleans@Pedro Adorno  @Lucas Carl , great points here.

I’m in town visiting family for the weekend and wanted to meet with some local guys and gals to learn more about the New Orleans market.

Went to college for architecture and have worked in my professional life as a building inspector, insurance underwriter, and actuary, and I lived in a 2-fam and had two more 2-fams in my hometown of Buffalo, NY, and sold those when I got a job offer and moved to New Orleans, LA. 

As an investor, you virtually have to chase the suburbs as they move further from the city center.Indianapolis, INDetroit, MIMemphis, TNNew Orleans, LAAtlanta, GA• Las Vegas property prices are still well below peak 2008 prices.

My favorite place has been New Orleans!

-N.J.4.120.5766Bakersfield, Calif.1.003.6167Urban Honolulu, Hawaii1.433.1168Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa3.201.1969Greensboro-High Point, N.C.1.342.9770Springfield, Mass.1.243.0071New Orleans-Metairie, La.2.002.2472Cincinnati, Ohio-Ky.

My wife and I are vagabonds (currently living in New Orleans) and have saved up around $50K (and rising) to being investing in real estate with the focus on finding a 2-4 family in an up and coming market to house hack, we would like to buy a few more over the coming years and we are also interested in doing flips to help finance more purchases as we go to build lasting passive income and wealth.