My friend and her adult son have lived in a SFH together for about 20 years. 

They may have used one of their friend's companies or something shady like that.

Recently a friend recommended I looked into BiggerPockets as I was telling them about my "concept of a plan" and maybe he could also notice my hesitation.

I have had many conversations with her friends about the differences in our markets and  have recognized for a while now that there may be some mutually beneficial opportunities to work with Canadian investor specifically. 

Hey, I’m an investor friendly agent over here in Rochester.

Make friends and ask people to sit in on their deals.

I take my dog to see his friends at the dog park every morning and usually take an hour or two nap in the afternoon most days.

U need to flip the return  75% to the money and 25% to you if have any hope of finding someone to do this that is not friends and family.. 10 to 15% is way to little for the risk of being a gap funder.. if the project does not work gap funder is the one who loses money..

Akron is a very blue city and are not very landlord friendly - source of income protections, etc... 

Start with your closest friends and family but they will invest with you because of your relationship not necessarily because of the real estate or your real estate acumen.