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

They tell you to request to market, but there is a max allowable increase which is a joke.

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.

Wood has a huge variability in strength--between pine varieties, the stress which can cause them to fail varies by more than 2x and you can see 20%+ increase in strength as it ages.Then I have stress concentrations which will yield and then redistribute the load in practice, but not according to the calculations I'm allowed to do. 

This time, I would consider increasing your risk a bit now that you have the first one out of the way.

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

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

As a result, you might end up increasing your taxes by delaying income and accelerating deductions.Did I miss something?

I moved from the SF Bay Area to live and invest in Reno, NV because of it being much more landlord friendly, low property taxes, close to Northern CA and Lake Tahoe, strong appreciation, and I understood the market after speaking to a bunch of people and feeling confident about the future here.  

What would push the needle for you as a broker to confidently move forward with a buyer in the process of acquiring a building?