For a 3-plex, you are barely cash flowing or breaking even. 

I pay quarterly participation fees and my broker is charged a listing fee for each listing.

@Rene Owczarski bare land.I've attached a promissory note to the purchase agreement and now a title company is writing up the terms.

I say normally, because in our current market, comparable sales bares no relationship currently to what buyers are willing to pay for a property.

(In BC there are talks about eviction ban and rent freeze until the end of the year - it's a tough life landlording here that if you buy now for most properties rent barely covers mortgage and property taxes...)What challenges have you encountered with investing in the Kansas City?

There is ton of FREE learning resources on here and it is amazing the amount of information one can obtain by consistently participating on the site. 

But if the property is as rare as you say, the seller may be willing to take their chances depending on their situation because inventory is so bare right now.

From my point of view, many of these "developers" are really barely small businesses. 

Labor participation rate at or above national average5.

You want the bare minimum to live?