You will also want to keep in mind and prepare for them to not pay one months rent when they leave or at some point before they leave, It's clear they don't have any money saved and when they leave their new landlord will want rent and a deposit and that money has to come from somewhere, usually it's the current landlord. 

So, you want to be a commercial landlord? 

Any Landlords or fix and flippers that are looking for properties in new orleans area

The benefit to Pittsburgh as a whole is that so many landlord leave their units and buildings pretty dated.

I was hoping to land a decent house that only needed a few thousand dollars worth of work so I could get my feet wet and start being a landlord.

We are huge fans of solar and put it on our primary residence, the numbers make sense for our purpose but I would have a hard time justifying putting it on a rental unless it was a MFH where I, the landlord, payed the electric bill.

Anyone from that area  thats willing to share hows the market as far as buying  rentals  goes ( high turnovers, weak market, the state is anti landlord?)

The landlord decided to take $1400 of the deposit without any explaination.

Is it the landlord's responsibility to call/hire pest control or are the tenants responsible?

Be thankful your rental is in a landlord-friendly state where the process is fairly quick.