BUT....With the rates dropping ( and they will)  Buyer interest will increase and the markets will immediately start to level first , then increase( prices) as both buyers and sellers see the market stability and value.

Still renting and value keep increasing Lessons learned?

After these meetings, the GC often asks the subs to increase their bid.

increase equity How did you find this deal and how did you negotiate it?

I'd start by looking at where the money is going and how to increase your income and lower your spending. 

If an asset is throwing off a certain yield that is not commiserate with it's risk, then investors will then begin paying more for that asset, thus decreasing it's yield....or start paying less for the asset which would increase it's yield, until it was at the proper risk/return rate to produce the yield that is truly reflective of it's risk.The problem is novice real estate investors get the risk/reward correlation backwards.

There are some locations to stay away from but almost every single sub market of KC has value and increasing rents.

You will likely need to sit on the unit for a long time or reduce initial rent below the market for that unit to rent during the Winter. account for this by either offering a Winter special that will increase to market in the Spring or doing a short lease that ends in the Summer.

If JC is a must, that's fine you'll do well with appreciation and rent increasing depending on the market with in city.

Most service or trades people us included increase the rates for customers we don’t want.