Lenexa feels a bit too pricey for me, but Olathe seems to be growing, so that wouldn’t be a bad option either.

They tend to have worked with a lot of PM's in the area and can help you weed out the good and bad options. 

Another lesson I’ve learned is that buying a single family home as my primary residence to later lease to a tenant is a bad strategy unless I’m purchasing the property at a really low price.

They already have a track record (good or bad) with you, so you can decide based on payment history, inspections, etc.

Take a deep breath! 

.#1:  Rules of thumb will eliminate good deals as well as bad. 

I do want to thank everyone thus far on this journey the good and the bad feedback is the direct reason on my success so far and I plan to be great.

It's winter, hard to find tenants. the last thing we want is bad tenants who don't pay, though, so while it is listed a bit lower than market it is not a screaming bargain.

classic scam.to the OP  google Ingrid Robinson /  American greed   / Remington financial she took those guys down and its worth watching how they work.. the foreigners are on to it.. so anything with even slightly bad English is a huge red flag and 100% fraud.this guy looks more Russian than Kiwi to me.. 

Lending on mortgages.. buying bad paper.. new builds ?