I've owned property in New Orleans and did rather well, but recently sold out to re-locate here for family reasons.

Indianapolis, INClevelandDetroit, MIMemphis, TNNew Orleans, LAAtlanta, GAJob Quantity and QualityRental properties are no better than the jobs around them.

There are incredible restaurants that rival nearby New Orleans and the casinos are clean and safe and top notch. 

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Stay out of big cities like Atlanta or New Orleans, and go for Shreveport, or Huntsville, Cities of 80,000 200,000 .

This is Celine from New Orleans.

If you were in San fran youd make 25% less with 2.5 times the housing prices.DCs housing stock trades at only 4.5x income, which is incredibly low compared to Boston at 6.5x, NYC 10x, San Fran 11x, LA 9x. 4.5x income puts DC into company with cities like New Orleans.

Add weather related events and lower elevation areas (Gulf Coast states) where frequent flooding is an issue, and there is simply no way I'd ever invest in areas like Florida or New Orleans.

Aside from the inordinate amount of time I spent getting my engineering degree at LSU, I've always lived in the New Orleans metro area. 

Beautiful area.And I've been to Seattle, Portland, New Orleans for Mardi Gras, Chicago, Philadelphia, D.C., and all over Western Europe since I bought property (including Munich for Oktoberfest!)