I'm an active investor in Indiana; I'm in several of the markets you mentioned. 

You have come to the right place to begin your investing journey.

Quote from @Greg Jeanfreau: @Vante Jay As with juat about everywhere else in the country The New Orleans market has many many active investors.

I started my MTR journey with a multifamily property as a LTR and slowly converted it one unit at a time and was really happy with that approach.

Best of luck on your journey Someone mentioned but a good resource are the podcasts. 

I never investigated further.I always questioned his recommendations because at the price/rent point he was advocating, the maintenance/cap ex would consume too much of the rent unless actively self managed.  

In fact many properties being shopped around by wholesalers are actually just expired MLS listings (properties that failed to sell on the MLS) or active MLS listings under contract by a wholesaler. 

Great tools that get updated regularly.I am on the lending side of things and would be happy to hop on a call with you anytime to discuss financial strategies and help answer any questions you may have about nearly any loan product available to help you on your journey, even if they are not products my capital partners offer.We are all here to help you learn and grow.

Lots of activity here. 

We're now dancing around the 6000 total single family homes available which swings up as the weekends approach and new homes hit the market and retract below 6000 homes after the weekend and homes go under contract.There was a 3.2% increase in active listings from August to September, slightly lower than the June to July increase.