I’m currently looking to invest in Kansas City, starting with a few fix-and-flips and eventually getting into residential development. 

Affordable property prices combined with urban development projects make it a hotspot for flips.3.

The whole thing is smoke and mirrors.

or build to rent development as a strategy?

I’m Mike Rutherford, CFO of a real estate company focused on development, general contracting, and property management.

I am working on a small development where I will sell a handful of residential lots, but I am also allowed to build 6 or so cabins for rentals as part of my farm and agritourism.

In Columbus, you can still find the 1% rule and there's amazing appreciation potential due to how much population growth, job growth, and companies moving/developing there (recently Anduril just announced another 4,000 jobs coming to Columbus Ohio on top of Intel, Google, Amazon, FB, Nationwide, Ohio State University, etc.).

Quote from @Kelly Kitchens: I am a developer, investor, commercial Realtor and I build multi-family projects.Hi @Kelly Kitchens, welcome to the BP Forum!

Out of these areas, Franklinton and Linden are seeing some of the most developments.

I think the right investor would do 2 units long term one unit short term. this strategy allows you the greatest flexibility. we are also developing an extended stay hotel that's 58 rooms. the size of the average room in that is 216 square feet and rents for a target $80 per night. our development cost per room is 100k per room with hard construction. the smaller you go the more money you make. if I was to suggest anything it would be to focus on the smaller part of the market and on multiple unit dwellings and finding and identifying markets that meet similar numbers. that will probably be midwest markets.