If you believe it will continue to appreciate (like most of San Antonio), I would hold on to it even if there's a bit of negative cashflow for the first year or two. 

So I would rephrase the question as: what are the pros and cons of Kansas City for buy and hold small multifamily when my goal is cash flow or what are the pros and cons of Kansas City if my goal is fix and flip SFH with large margins on each project.

I like your idea of instantly pinging a human and holding on a AI response when keywords “stars” or “review” are written.

Could they hold liability, sure, but so do you.... 

We hold a license and face criminal penalties . 

While I understand appreciation isn’t something I should necessarily bank on, but I am looking to hold for the long term and eventually relocate to the FL.

The Title Holding Trust or Land Trust will keep your name of the public record, but it can also complicate the property ownership and management. 

He said that you can still sell the home, and this would not hold you back in doing so. 

Long term buy and hold RE in good locations is probably one of the lowest risk investment vehicles IMO, similar to blue chip aristocrat stocks except even less risky because even long-established companies can go out of business but real estate very, very rarely ever goes to zero. 

I just read an article recently that noted "Avg Profits For Flipped Homes" of $80,000, however when you dig into the article and their sources, "Profit" is simply Sale Price - Purchase Price...so it doesn't consider renovation costs, holding costs, financing costs, etc.