I do want to point out a very important benefit of the area here: It is one of the few beach areas that are within driving distance for many visitors from the Southern and Midwestern states.

The developers say that the retail theme park will attract 40 million visitors per year( they are going to have to sleep somewhere - can you say short term rentals bonanza!)

The state has experienced substantial population growth and that has led to many new visitors and property owners in our beach communities.

Retirement parks spell out the residents must be age 55+ except for visitors staying less than two weeks.

RetargetingRun a retargeting campaigns for your current website’s visitors.

I haven't got an easy way to filter the data currently, but using our Google Analytics, I can tell you that California is easily our largest user base, followed by Texas, Florida, New York and Illinois -- within Cali, our visitors are mostly from the LA area, followed by SF and San Diego.In terms of Metro areas, NYC is tops, followed by LA, DC, Chicago, SF, Dallas-Ft.

I would recommend that you go as a visitor once, even pay the $100 to join the REIA (I feel it would be $100 well spent for the networking possibilities, chalk it up to marketing expense) so you can continue going to the monthly meetings.  

@James Matuschka Not sure where in Louisiana you're from, but I like CO much more in terms of long-term appreciation and general attraction for visitors and tourists.

@Ayodeji Kuponiyi, i am glad finding a brother from same root going by your name...thanks for the advice, i am new in the states  as a PR and thiinking of what to do with my entrepreneural mindset and as a business owner as always in Nigeria,i have always visit as a business visitor since 2013, though i have travelled all round the globe as an international education and  business development consultant.Thanks as i expect some more advice on this.ThanksBJ

The site gets about 2400 visitors / month and I’m getting between 15-30 emails / month from people interested in buying land, relocating, renting apts, getting help with residency visas etc.