As others have stated, there are Income discrimination laws in Kansas City so if you are an investor with rental properties in this city, make sure you understand the regulations. 

there are multiple cities across the Midsouth that make for solid investments and you are still able to even see some cashflow even in today's environment without buying just straight up high risk properties. 

Personally due to the rate environment, I am sitting at 65% LTV on my properties, but I also stopped buying and started private lending (in the US at least, I just bought a house in Portugal).You're in a really good position here, it'll just take some math, homework with banks, and diligence in renter underwriting to end up with a fantastic income property and portfolio. 

My absolute best advice with ANY STR prospecting is to contact the municipality in charge of regulating that area of region.

Seacoast NH, for example, has some great potential with short-term rental markets (Airbnb, VRBO), especially in towns like Portsmouth or Hampton, but the regulations can be a bit tricky.

I joined RaiseMasters with this mindset and have been totally blown away with the information I have been able to receive, not only from Hunter, Adam and Cam, but the support and openness from the team has been stellar.They truly have created an environment that emphasizes collaboration.

We're limited in what we can post in the BP forums and on our website because of regulations and NDA agreements.Continued success!

Affordable housing in not built by driving rents down, that probably will result in a slum like environment.

There's a lot more compliance, regulations, and other protections that many brokers do not feel comfortable hiring just anyone. 

If the title company won't respond, contact whoever licenses/regulates them in your state.