But there is hope... if you drive through the 4th ward area, you can clearly tell which properties are owned (single family homes with kept lawns and neatly decorated) and which properties are rentals (usually a broken window or two, falling apart porches, messy yards)... the closer to the single family-dense parts in the 4th ward, the better chance you have of getting a rental property that hasn't been laid to waste that you can purchase for a fairly cheap price. 

The insurance agent complained about something, which I fixed.

Recently opened an LLC and would like to run the financials and everything through that.

I would pop into one of the local Chinese banks (specifically the ones who advertise real estate loans) and see if they have a connection!

There are many issues like this, where trust, credibility and fairness come into play.Our company management contract has a list of what rental income will be applied to and in what priority.

Any more info you can provide on MSA, what your rents were before vs after renovations, what kind of renovations you did and the total cost, and your return profiles?

Your best option for a builder is probably not the large builders in the area. 

I am thinking about exchanging into another CA property for now (and avoiding the cap gain taxes of upcoming sale), and then a year or two later I'd sell that property and then deploy that money out of state. 

Hey Tobi, welcome to the forums!

Can you throw some light on the market there when it comes to cash flow and appreciation.