Trying to find trend data on studio / 1bd rents and new developments in downtown KC area.Don't know if this will be helpful to you or not but since you're looking for KC market info I figured I'd drop you a link to The Ultimate Guide to Grading Kansas City Missouri Neighborhoods.  

While it is certainly valuable to gather info from the experience of others, it's probably best to determine your own criteria of what makes a "grade" (whether income levels, population increasing/decreasing, crime rates, etc) rather than just take someone's opinion or marketing materials as the end all be all.  

You can get A+ grade new construction homes in the OKC area in the 200k range (higher end fixtures, quartz counter tops, designer finishes, etc).

They're builder grade compared to Lennox or Trane.If you want to save some money use another brand that Lennox owns like armstrong air or ducane. lennox is owned by allied air and allied air owns a bunch of other brands that in a nut shell are a lennox unit with a different paint job. 

You don't know me, but if you were my best friend since first grade, I would tell you to keep looking.

In areas where you may only need builder grade or basic materials (ARVs around $150k or less), you should be able to add for as low as $90/sqft.

Cleveland is the one I am most familar with and it's also very popular with investors across the USA so I figured you'd get some value out of reading The Ultimate Guide to Grading Cleveland Neighborhoods.

Grading and drainage plans to show post development conditions. 5.

I am looking to build a healthy network of commercial grade unrepresented investors that would like to receive exclusive off market properties on a larger scale ($1mil+).

Give The Ultimate Guide to Grading Cleveland Neighborhoods for a better understanding of what's what around town.