Also the feeling of security with no mortgage can be tough to let go of for some people. 

Will - my recommendation is to do this right, and shower glass is tough unless you're a pro.

It’s been tough as I left 11 years ago.

Tough area to try and buy and get a decent ROI for sure, value add or a wholesale deal may be your only shot!

In NOLA you have flood insurance (mandatory), a lot of capex expenditures in the beginning (most multi’s are either very old or reno’d and there were some shortcuts made), and can get expensive depending on the area.It’s a tough market overall here with limited housing inventory as is.

Hats off to you for pushing through even on both sounds like some tough slog.

I live in South Florida where Single Family 3/2 homes are tough to find less than $250K.

Their "contact us" address is a mobile home in rural Iowa, their website was registered late in 2019 and hosted in Germany, the employee names sound like the psuedo-english names african scammers come up with, AND its phone number is listed on a website for exposing Nigerian fraud: https://www.stop419scams.com/viewtopic.php?

Living from a town close by, I know there are good Sections and VERY tough sections.

Self-directed IRAIf you are self-employed with no w-2 employees, you can set up a Solo 401k & rollover funds from a non-Roth IRA as a tax-free direct rollover and then invest in real estate.A Solo 401k has several advantages as compared to a Self-Directed IRA including the following which specifically apply to your situation:Unlike a Self-directed IRA, you can have the account for the Solo 401k at a bank or brokerage that does not charge maintenance fees and where you will have checkbook control.Unlike a Self-directed IRA, if you use leverage (which must be non-recourse financing in either case) to acquire real estate with your Solo 401k the income will not be subject to Unrelated Debt Finance Income taxGeneral Considerations Re Investing Retirement Funds in Real Estate:1.