If this is smaller than that, I dont know that there is a ton of room to increase the rent.

I suppose this is routine for East Coast lenders.

This will let you build some relationships and know who is who.

Since there are technically 2 cities called Kansas City and they are located in different states (with different laws and building codes), it's very important to distinguish between the two, local referred to as KCMO and KCK.So, a long way to ask, are you interested in real estate in KCMO or KCK to start?

to be clear - lots of other issues, lots of other challenges, and BRRRR is difficult right now with interest rates so high. 

If you are interested in teaching please reach out.

This is a great place to learn and to connect with people so take advantage of all the great resources.

Cash flow is definitely the biggest challenge; both in terms of finding properties to buy that cash flow with a loan on them and just company wide given interest rates and labor/material is up and, at least where I'm at in Jackson County, MO, taxes are way up too. 

My former experience has been with LTR and I'm currently focused on STR in E TN but interested in learning other useful strategies and expanding markets in later deals. 

The only way to truly do comps in any market is via MLS access.