In efforts to get more experience with IOS, we are seeking a financial partner that potentially has experience with this asset class. 

Investing out of state in the KCMO area sounds like a smart move; it’s such an interesting market with plenty of potential.

Since you’re already networking and have some good realtor contacts, focus on narrowing down your investment strategy (like buy-and-hold or house hacking) and target markets with solid cash flow potential.

Single-family homes offer higher cash flow, lower maintenance, and potential equity growth, but may have less privacy and slower unit growth.Good luck!

Does anyone know of any folks in the Austin, TX area available to show properties to potential tenants?

Your VA loan will be crucial to your real estate investing growth, especially since it affords you the potential opportunity to own more than one property, depending on your overall allotment.For active military personnel, that conundrum of where to invest and where you will end up is always part of the issue that sometimes causes analysis paralysis so it's great you have one in VA Beach already.

My advice would be to specifically retain a potential eviction attorney from the start, in order to be prepared for how this *may* go. 

I’d dig into this a bit more.Another assumption that stood out to me as potentially problematic is the 6% income growth and only 3% expense growth.

We’re looking for Excel models to compare these options and calculate potential net worth in both scenarios.

I currently have a rental property and am looking at getting my real estate license and building a property management and property maintenance company to serve my investments and potentially others.