My recommendation is that you go to the City council planning department and ask to speak with the supervisor.

@Braden Smith are you familiar with other areas besides the city of New  Orleans? 

If you are caught, you can be fined and the city will give the tenants an option to move in to the property at the previous rent rate.

I was looking to invest in the city of Long Beach, but houses are around $550k each for multi family duplexes.

You might have city permit issue.

I’ve done a good amount of research for a week straight, wanted to know if anyone can point me in the right direction of how to successfully start this journey. Mentorship/partnership are always up for discussion. Tha...

I've been doing residential real estate in and outside the city of Atlanta for the past 4 years. 

How can I virtual wholesale in the same city (chicago) that I live in? 

I'm looking at various cities in the midwest and southeast where the rent-to-purchase price is better than Austin.

Greg:    First, do not get discouraged by anyone, someone else is doing it so you can, not going to be easy.If not done already I suggest to look into this:Enforce that PM uses a great website for rental screening, ones with a background check and choose the best tenants possible.Review you leases to close any pitfalls and enforce the lease to the T.Keep the units in good shape and keep extra cash reserves ( fixing + trip expenses )Tiger than normal lookup on the PM ( have second PM line up ), vacancies, unit showing costs, repairs, fees, etc,  require a once a week normal operations report and a once a month full operations report.Family, friend on virtual assistant that regularly drive by the property and reports to you, or if cash flow allows and deem beneficial you can install security cameras and remote view activity on the property, nowadays there are lots of options.Check if feasible to get a home warranty plan for the units so some pain issues are self-managed by the tenant via a phone call to the warranting companyIn which city/state is the property?