I was concerned with the safety of the neighborhood, not with what my potential neighbors looked like.

The safety of our guests at BPCON is our first priority; we'll be bringing in additional security if necessary and honoring ticket refunds for anyone who doesn't feel safe traveling to Orlando.

Hazard insurance is difficult to bind in many states.  

Make sure you know the safety and quality of the neighborhood and even block in New Orleans to ensure the rents will be what you expect. 

@Dennis Gallof In addition to the safety concerns ....Good luck trying to evict a non paying tenant in an illegal apartment. 

Everywhere I have traveled this year, New York, Paris etc Hotels are much cheaper than VRBO/AIRBnB and the experience and safety, location, quality of beds, bathroom fixtures are better at Hotels, but 5-10 years ago it was the opposite.

My property is currently my primary residence. 4) Can I even register the property as a rental property when it has some serious code violation issues that might affect the safety of residential use: such as electrical issues, roof restoration, etc.? 

Drafted a plan, gathered estimates, created a budget, put together DTI sheets, even got an "as-built" appraisal, and also have it in a permit status at the Local Building and safety office.Then I started to look into the construction loan and the permanent financing....to do it myself, and not through a builder.I soon realized that there are sooo many companies out there that want to try to help...but cant  (some of them were even on this network of people):  don't have builds on record, won't allow for owner-built homes, my credit is less than 680, while carrying the construction loan, there may be a point at the end where because i have my rental house while building that it become hard to pay, and  I can't pull out a private loan to help start process because my credit cards balances are horrible...and my "business" has no show of income.So, now we are here in the present time....   

Yearly net cashflow after absolutely all costs and a margin of safety should be between $15,000 - $20,000.Lessons learned?

Of course that behavior has disrupted my Tenants leaving them scared for their safety as well as my safety.