One other market-wide factor I’d throw in is local government policies.

It's throwing good money after bad.

And once you change to a new market, you throw all that out and have to rebuild it.I love expensive markets.  

When he became the first relief pitcher in MLB to sign a $100k contract and asked what he was going to do with all that money (this was 1968) he said “ 90% I’m going to spend on wild women, Irish whiskey and good times; the other 10% I’m just going to throw away”.  

By the time they research and go down all the rabbit holes of different strategies, never sticking to one in order to gain traction, they get exhausted, throw their hands up and never take any real substantive action.Pick something and go with it, all the way to its conclusion.  

I'll throw in my 2 cents on common differences I've seen in my career:CDFIs - Because of their subsidized financing structure, they have the ability to be a low cost lender (and sometimes provide grants).

Can you throw out names for Missouri resources they have worked with before on investor friendly realtors, tax experts, and investor friendly banks? 

It had dozens of little dents in it like someone was throwing/shooting something at the wall.

But having that initial plan- hell, even a scribbled outline on a napkin; will give you something to pivot from when the market throws a curveball.

Throwing money into a property is easy; throwing money into the right property, then managing it well is the hard part.1.