Post more information and someone might be able to help you since a lot of people have tags make sure you mention the county and several nearby cities to get the best results 

I am buying a property in North Kansas City and am looking for a contractor in the area.

Investment Info:Single-family residence buy & hold investment in Commerce City.

I used to live in the beautiful city while I attended UMD for Civil Engineering and can't wait to get back.

And never let tenants pay any bills that is on your name, weather it's water bill or any city violations bill.

You may want to consider a slider where you have to account for a high count of CAPEX/maintenance in YR1 to handle a majority of the issues, or go back to your seller and say the age of X is Y, and needs to be replaced, and it'll cost Z, so you'll take $ off to pay for it.Other costs to bear - township/city costs (licenses, inspections, COs, registrations, etc.), common electric, water/sewer, garbage fees, tolls/gas/mileage, your time, HOA, etc.

You need to find out what the city policy is. 

Rural areas may not have such variations but cities generally will.

I've read a lot about the upcoming vote on the SDSU West vs Soccer City Initiatives, however I'm curious how you all think this will affect the surrounding area real estate values?

For example, I just put an 35-unit building for sale last week in one city, but still active looking in another city.