If you can add more bedrooms with female&male bathroom and shared kitchen & laundry then its perfectly doable and there is a big market for it.

Easily doable with a 1031 and flexible and affordable. 

I am wondering if rent hacking a 3 bedroom $900 apartment (in third ward area, east of medical centers) would be doable and safe.

Fortunately, the flight to/from CA is just 5 hours and can be affordable so visiting is doable for all of us that get drawn back there from time to time.I’d definitely want to keep in touch so please let me know of the best way(s) to get in touch with you.

Depending on how you invest that money, I think that’s doable.

We both work full time jobs that more than pay for our lifestyles, so that is totally doable.

On the surface it sounds like it should be doable for most portfolio lenders 

As @Tony Castronovo said it's possible and doable if you look for the right deal and make it work.

It does take time and patience to maneuver through the system but it is very doable with a few connections and an open mind.The storm was a tragic event and I too hope we don't have to experience anything quite like that again, but it has also in my opinion allowed a large group of people (power crews, relief volunteers just to name a few) that may not have ever ventured here an opportunity to experience this paradise first hand.

I guess if financing is pretty straight forward like stick built houses then it all sounds doable.