Couple of questions.Are you from KC or just interested in investing there? 

I own a multi-family house that was converted from a single family, therefore, there is only one gas meter.

In regards to selling an apartment building with 20 units and selling single family homes.

I was new to the SFR investment world, and it was important to me to work with company with good reputation that can act quickly.

Quote from @Andrea Wellman: Would like to invest in short term rentals to start and learn from this forum and experts.  

Unless you're working with Private Money that is going to carry the risk of your lack of experience, banks want to see experience, Net Worth and liquidity after close to consider the terms.I started with single family, four plexes, and remodel flips for a lot of years before getting into larger deals. 

No way to finance single room condo 4.

I don't know a single person affected by tornado in Dallas while we have had them and I have seen the destruction.   

REI investing for almost 20 years, owning a wealth management company for 22 years, suffice it to say there has been a lot go data/spreadsheeting/tax analysis/meeting with my team go into this overall decision to sell the entire portfolio at once.  

Trust invests the cash to make the payments on the installment sale to the seller.