There are other options (like a deposit only card) that can't tie back into your account.

This also works well for hard to reach or busted nails especially when removing shoe or quarter round moldings on floors.

Can you tie the property back to your personal umbrella policy?  

This old hound dog just wants a new pair of blue suede shoes!

I’d obviously like to tie up the least amount of capital as possible.

If I were in your shoes I would absolutely team up with a property manager or a wholesaler on the ground in Kansas City.

I get primed pine shoe molding from home depot for 0.23/lf or white mdf base molding for 0.57/lf.To install you need a floor kit, hammer, and table saw. 

No need to tie yourself down to one agent.

As for the property next door, we are cleaning it out from the previous owners items left behind and then listing it as a wholesale property for another investor to pick up as all of our funds are tied up in the house.

There is a house I've got a line on that is a great deal for my real estate strategy, but most of my cash is tied up in a rehab for a different house!