Does anybody have an ideal on whether or not new Orleans la is a great market for multi-family units.

@Leon Lai: one thing that adds to the cost of window replacement in Michigan, is the state requirement that any working area bigger than 6 square feet, requires a contractor to have a state issued Lead-Based Paint (LBP) certificate, showing they passed a class on how to address LBP while working on houses.While that requirement excludes a lot of handyman, $1000/window is still abnormally high.I would question your PM as to why, "her findings are only a couple of contractors".

Original plan was to house hack and live in the new house and rent out the front until recently when we decided it is time to leave LA and move to Columbus, Ohio where my wife's family lives and where we have more social support and lower cost of living and less congestion - LA is a beautiful and exciting place, but insane to raise a family. 

Rapid appreciation is clearly happening in south LA (I told my dad countless times over the past few years to buy something in Inglewood).

We've all met some shady listing agents - don't walk away from a good deal just because the LA is a moron - only because it doesn't pencil. 

The vacancy rate in LA is low, proximity to the college combined with high rental prices, make me excited for it's rental potential.

If you are a fix and flipper in LA is there meetups that BP Members have frequently?

The reason I'd like to stay in LA is to qualify for an FHA loan/live in the unit while renting out.

Realestate here in LA is pricey and not too sure how much cash flow it would produce.

My current(primary) home in LA is being rented out and has been since the start of the year.In the application I turned in I still wrote it down as a primary residence even though its a rental property with two tenants.