Seeing the last 2 years we have seen dramatic increases in the market as far as home prices go, folks are quite taken back with their new bill.

@Laura Johnson have you looked at Boostly (boostly.co.uk)?

2) Have you considered boosting your Marketplace listing with FB ads? 

I would look into short and midterm rental for a few of the units and see if you could boost the monthly income that way.

Nothing will boost your wealth farther or faster.

So It wouldn't surprise me if they did to boost enrollment in an otherwise smaller community.

There will be instances where the Flat Fee service is not appropriate and for those, there will always be a Full Service Brokerage available in all Zip Codes (many good, reputable, professional and effective at discounted prices).It is a fact that Flat Fee MLS listings services are dramatically effective and save people huge money; for investors, flippers, rehabbers, wholesalers, BRRR, etc. the system is a no brainer.

Prices have gone up dramatically in the last two years.

I have heard that during the recent recession, that complaints on new construction homes dropped dramatically. 

A lot of the so called "high crime" areas are driven by the headlines and politics which is what you see in every single big metro area across the US.Crime has dropped dramatically and in KC we have seen the previously poor areas starting to turn around.