Good/Bad areas to invest in KC MO

[Cassie Tomlinson]

What are some areas to stay away from in Kansas City, MO when looking for properties to flip?

[Milton Chamberlain]

I would pull stats showing the greatest amounts of appreciation YOY and highest average sales price for different regions in the KC metro. Typically speaking, Flip candidates will be in the burbs 10-20 min away from the downtown city center point.

This would include (in order of highest avg price and appreciation (which is around 9-12%); Johnson County KS (Overland Park, Leawood, Shawnee, Merriam, Prairie Village, Mission, Roeland Park,etc) Parkville, Lee's Summits, Blue Springs, Liberty, Northland (Staley and Oak Park HS district in Particular)

That being said, there are many prolific flippers with strong relationships with wholesalers who swoop up anything worth a damn pretty quick.

All of these 'A' markets are often 'fed' by tertiary markets further out in the metro (30-45 min from the city center point) and other desirable markets further out from the metro (OP fed by Spring Hill and Olathe, Liberty fed by Excelsior Springs, Orrick, Richmond, etc, P and then standalone markets of Excelsior Springs, Platte City, Kearney, SMithville, Weston, etc...I am less familiar with standalone cities in the south, but these would include Raymore, Louisburg, Peculiar.

For flips though, its all about purchase price, and most of the wholesale (and a few on MLS) deals that I see that would be good flip candidates due to entry price mostly exist in Independence, Raytown, Gladstone, Grandview.

Areas to avoid are in the city center. The entire City experiences crime, but there are stretches that are desirable. Give me a call if you would like to discuss this more in depth