Posters will chime in on recommended strategy but real estate is extremely localized and the fundamentals of the real estate in any given market are what should be dictating your investment strategy not arbitrarily deciding to buy single family homes vs. duplexes. 

Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

I started in real estate as an agent in 2009 with Keller Williams.

Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

You can call a real estate agent or PM and ask them to do it for $50 - $100.

How did you find reliable cleaners and handyman for your area?

They are profitable, modestly so, and the real opportunity here is long term. 

Real estate aside, I am passionate about rock climbing!

The pain is real and likely to linger. - No one is building office of any sort right now, and net new supply will be low for some time. - Prices reflect this pain in office- Many high income earning millennials are, finally, moving to the suburbs.

Property 1:Purchase price - $73,000Mortgage - NONE (Paid Cash)Monthly Rent - $875Monthly Profit - $580Property 2:Purchase price - $65,000Mortgage - NONE (Paid Cash)Monthly Rent - $950Monthly Profit - $750Property 3:Purchase Price - $107,500Mortgage - $80,625 Monthly Rent - $1300Monthly Profit - $435Current Cash Available - $110,000Current Available Equity - $96,500 Cumulative Total - $206,500The available equity was a HELOC loan that was given at 70% LTV so those are real numbers, they would be from property 1 and property 2.The reason im typing this is because I would like to know if there were any builders that could give a rough estimate of building cost per square foot in Kansas City area or suburbs.