Certain areas may be rezoned, flood zones redrawn etc. and property values can go up or down depending on if the changes are favorable or not so the effect on pricing can be hyper-local.

Higher Deposit (Down Payment) for Favorable Lending:Offering a higher down payment, like 30%, often does result in more favorable loan terms—lower rates, higher loan-to-value ratios, and less stringent underwriting.

Find ways to make the expensiveness work in your favor.  

Are there specific regions you feel are more favorable for investors right now compared to others?

Generally speaking, the townships surrounding KCMO are more favorable to BRRR-MTR.

Denver is a great market for MTR because it's big, attracts all kinds of travelers and the MTR price points are favorable for hosts as well as travelers.

This may or may not apply, but there is a concept in the law that says if a contract is unclear that is should be interpreted in favor of the party that did not draft/initiate it.

The 90%/100% programs are out there for new investors, I know of 1 maybe 2 that will provide those terms to a new investor given:Credit is 750+Appraisal numbers came in fantasticThe zip code the house is in is a favorable one for an exitI've closed or oversaw the close of 100s of bridge loans, be happy to answer any questions you may have about it.If your ARV is 550k, that means you want your max project cost to be about 398k (72.5% of ARV), if you buy for 359k that leaves hardly any room at all for rehab costs. 

Could the terms create a favorable reason to do the deal so that in 10 years it would be helpful in our retirement... for income or to sell to take equity to pay down another property.  

A ton of investors from states that favor tenants are starting to invest in Ohio because of this.