And yes, my reasoning is most of the existing duplex properties are in areas I would never live in being a single mom.

For this reason, I teach people to set policies for renting to unrelated individuals.

Affordable relative to the rest of the US so great place to work remote or just enjoy a reasonable life without being hugely cost burdened Cons: A lot of older than 1980s construction (you 100% can be successful with these properties just have more to check during due diligence) Need to be mindful of market rents in the area and not overspend on renovations where there is not ROI to do so, you can’t usually exceed $2 sf on rental rates and average price per sf is 1.25-1.5 sf (neighborhood, unit type, and finish level specific).KC is not a boom and bust market, you don’t get the high highs or the low lows.

So as a newer person in an area if you want a lot of bids before you close you'll normally end up with the more expensive guys or the ones that don't have work at the moment (usually for a reason).

This is one of the reasons I use a CPA for everything.

Interested as well for the same reasons.  

One question that you may not want to post here for legal reasons, is how much are you paying your PMC?

Even though I can think of a few reasons why you would say that I'm curious to hear what your reasons are - please share.  

The data plans are reasonable ($50/month) and the service seems like it would be more reliable through storms and outages. 

I don’t have any issues with it, he’s only an email or phone call away, at any given time and they’re very reasonably priced for the service and advice that I get.