I am traveling to Louisiana tomorrow to look for properties in Baton Rouge, Ruston and New Orleans.

3) Having been a renter in this market for a while I am confident I could get the bedrooms filled.

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The traveling nurse industry is strong here and looks to be underserved from my perspective.I hope this helps!

There's oddly a lot of seasonal investors that travel between Hawaii and the Oregon Coast. 

I’m confident I could rent it out for 3k.

Remember that although you’re paying them $36/hour, they have travel time to and from your place, and gas and upkeep on their cars in there too.

Save your money, put in 3 to 4 hours per day of study (YouTube, BP, other sites) until you are confident this is what you want to do.

Once you start to get confident in the lingo and strategies, come to the forums and throw in your two cents.  

I am confident they are smoking in the apartment unit (quadplex), but do not have "evidence" of this.