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How is the Sherwood crossing with Choctaw?
Posted on 12/9/18 at 11:24 am
Posted on 12/9/18 at 11:24 am
I am looking at possibly buying a quadplex to house hack around this area. Looks like a C class neighboorhood and the cash flow on paper looks good. But, is the area safe? I am from out of state and moving to Baton Rouge for work. Thank you!
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Posted on 12/9/18 at 11:25 am to waterman7833
You gonna die
Posted on 12/9/18 at 11:29 am to waterman7833
The only thing I can think of at that intersection is the sketchy looking convenience store with meats and shite.
Posted on 12/9/18 at 11:32 am to waterman7833
Owning shitty rental property in that area is one thing but I wouldn't live there. Sherwood north of Florida is pretty dangerous.
This post was edited on 12/9/18 at 11:34 am
Posted on 12/9/18 at 11:34 am to waterman7833
Keep shopping around, much better areas to house hack, and probably going to need to settle for a duplex.
Baton Rouge does not work like wherever you are coming from. BR has 3 absolute no go areas, and in general the further you go north of Florida the less safe it gets.
Plus, that is certainly a D class area.
Good luck in your real estate endeavors.
Baton Rouge does not work like wherever you are coming from. BR has 3 absolute no go areas, and in general the further you go north of Florida the less safe it gets.
Plus, that is certainly a D class area.
Good luck in your real estate endeavors.
Posted on 12/9/18 at 11:35 am to waterman7833
I feel like you are an alter
Posted on 12/9/18 at 11:36 am to waterman7833
RIP St. Louis
Maybe you can get some prime real estate at the Brandywine apartments right there on Darryl
Maybe you can get some prime real estate at the Brandywine apartments right there on Darryl
Posted on 12/9/18 at 11:36 am to waterman7833
quote:
But, is the area safe?
I don't think so.
Check the crime stats if you want to know how the zip code is.
Posted on 12/9/18 at 11:38 am to waterman7833
Heavy bus traffic in the morning and afternoon. Warehouses (18 Wheelers) everywhere, FEMA sets up their trailer distribution center there when disasters happen. In the day time I would venture that it’s okay from a crime perspective, but no one would want to live there, so I’m sure the house are extremely low income.
Posted on 12/9/18 at 11:38 am to waterman7833
I work right there on Darryl Drive which is one block from Sherwood&Choctaw. You do not want to own anything here. Murder this past week only 1/10 of a mike from intersection. Drugs traded every day at car wash.
Posted on 12/9/18 at 11:40 am to cssamerican
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In the day time I would venture that it’s okay from a crime perspective, but no one would want to live there, so I’m sure the house are extremely low income.
It's fine during the daytime. There are a lot of small businesses around Choctaw. Those side streets off of N Sherwood are pretty bad. There are murders and shootings around there quite often.
Posted on 12/9/18 at 11:40 am to waterman7833
quote:This sounds like a Cold War spy talk.
How is the Sherwood crossing with Choctaw?
Posted on 12/9/18 at 11:49 am to waterman7833
are you a minority, and a drug dealer? you'll fit right in, but you'll die.
are you a non-minority and not a drug dealer? you'll stick out like a sore thumb, or a nark, and you'll die.
also, given the current free-fall of values in the area, your personal balance sheet will die with you, or before you.
other than that, Ms. Lincoln, how was the play?
are you a non-minority and not a drug dealer? you'll stick out like a sore thumb, or a nark, and you'll die.
also, given the current free-fall of values in the area, your personal balance sheet will die with you, or before you.
other than that, Ms. Lincoln, how was the play?
Posted on 12/9/18 at 11:50 am to Balloon Huffer
Thank you, I am not familiar with the area just visited once during the day! Thank you. D class is a no go for me.
Posted on 12/9/18 at 11:51 am to waterman7833
You don't want anything north of Florida Blvd. Everything south of Florida isn't great but everything north of Florida is ghetto.
Posted on 12/9/18 at 12:05 pm to waterman7833
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I am from out of state and moving to Baton Rouge for work
Consider finding new employment. BR is awful except for LSU
Posted on 12/9/18 at 12:22 pm to waterman7833
I got involved in the Bradywine debacle on behalf of a client. It was a shitshow. Actually believe I ended up with a percentage ownership in a condo there. Can say I never even went to the place, and the last time I passed, it look like Detroit.
Posted on 12/9/18 at 12:25 pm to waterman7833
What is house hacking?
Posted on 12/9/18 at 12:26 pm to waterman7833
Run.
I had 10 duplexes equals 20 units in this area.
You will lose serious money!!!!!
1991-2005 was good.
Kept up my places, father managed them, could attract good tenants, and crime was there just not bad. I actually kept my units up, had long term tenants kept rent low for these people, I made money paying off these units, and my father enjoyed managing the units.
2005-now
Horriable and idiots who had no knowledge of renting bought units around me. They chose to go section 8 and the units were trashed after the contract was up. It cost them more to fix than they made in rent. Then mammas would rent the units and have their thug kids live there while they lived elsewhere. Their kids were slinging drugs which made it hard to attract decent tenants. Then you have tenants who know they can move in and not pay rent. They know they can live there for free until you take them to court. Now the area is going Latino. You may have 3 families in one unit. They usually burn trash in the back yard or common area as they usually don’t get water hooked up which trash is built in.
The city parish does not care about this area and you will have trash around your property. To get a judge to evict them takes around 3 months as the judges in the city of BR have sympathy for the trash.
Run do not invest in this area and this is from a former property owner from the area.
I had 10 duplexes equals 20 units in this area.
You will lose serious money!!!!!
1991-2005 was good.
Kept up my places, father managed them, could attract good tenants, and crime was there just not bad. I actually kept my units up, had long term tenants kept rent low for these people, I made money paying off these units, and my father enjoyed managing the units.
2005-now
Horriable and idiots who had no knowledge of renting bought units around me. They chose to go section 8 and the units were trashed after the contract was up. It cost them more to fix than they made in rent. Then mammas would rent the units and have their thug kids live there while they lived elsewhere. Their kids were slinging drugs which made it hard to attract decent tenants. Then you have tenants who know they can move in and not pay rent. They know they can live there for free until you take them to court. Now the area is going Latino. You may have 3 families in one unit. They usually burn trash in the back yard or common area as they usually don’t get water hooked up which trash is built in.
The city parish does not care about this area and you will have trash around your property. To get a judge to evict them takes around 3 months as the judges in the city of BR have sympathy for the trash.
Run do not invest in this area and this is from a former property owner from the area.
This post was edited on 12/9/18 at 12:30 pm
Posted on 12/9/18 at 12:28 pm to fallguy_1978
It is not fine during the daytime. My clients in that area have locked doors and large dogs in the buildings. I am speaking of multiple clients not just one business.
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