Or to start with wholesaling as I believe getting that experience on my portfolio is almost crucial to appeal to other investors as well as customers.What am I doing to reach my goals?

That depends--does the land have appeal in and of itself? 

Specialization is om, but branding in terms of names and logos should have broad appeal, not narrow appeal.

I would base my offer on what I think a similar home in similarly distressed condition will go for.With a lender a clean deal might have some appeal.

Its just hard to get renters to live in Gentilly, and the cost of housing is too cheap for rentals to appeal to great tenants (you can buy a house there for about what it costs to rent).I think the area your talking about "New Marginy" and the 7th ward/St.

Sitting on a semi rural 4.5 acres, its very safe, quiet & it has a unique appeal to renters.

We were/are trying to make our offer as appealing as possible to stand against that. 

@Andrewsyrios I believe the "Flip and Hold" strategy sounds appealing in what I'm trying to accomplish.

The fact that this was an all brick house with new windows and roof made it appealing.

A good first step is just looking at the property and the neighborhood on Google Earth and seeing how the property looks, is the house unkempt, how appealing is the neighborhood, etc.