In the cities the government got involved in housing and low income housing was built for poor people.

Depending on the lender and program your biggest hurdles might be credit score and income and time in job. 

@Brandon VanTuinen  FYI the appreciation rate in City of GR is around 6% right now, so you're making around $24,000 a year just living there.

-As far as trying to sell land with no access, sometimes I've sold those to neighbors who want to increase their acreage, or utility companies, cities or other public entities who could use the piece for whatever reason.

FYI - When I appled for a City STR permit, the inspector that showed up was interested in only 2 things: Fire extinguishers on each floor with large signs, and working Smoke/CO2 detectors.I expected them to get upset over the old stairs (1940s) which were very narrow (29").

I've flipped about a dozen properties here in Chicago, and quite honestly, it felt like something different went wrong on each one of them.My biggest piece of advice is to KEEP IT SIMPLE starting out. 

I would be delighted to connect with you if you ever think about out-of-state investing and want to learn more about the Kansas City market.

If you don't do that and the neighbors complain like it happened to me, the city will knock on the door to see what's going on and give you like a $100 per day fine which I paid.

There are also facebook groups for various cities/states/communities where you can place and promote your listing.Happy to help answer any other specific questions!

We dug a little deeper and found out the city had a timeline to expand water and sewer services within 18 months.