Gunshots , dealers on the corner , break ins , trash and junk piling up , hookers , gang signs , just the normal stuff 

There are some exceptions, but the HOA dues normally kill your returns and there are all kinds of other issues having tenants living close together. 

I do own two triplexes in Scranton, and I will say the one issue is that you are going to be taking care of the utilities normally if they are not on separate meters, which could take a good amount of money away from your overall cash flow. 

Quote from @Shafi Noss: @Jay Hinrichs Ah, that's much more normal. 

To me, renting an apartment or a "normal house" would cost more and I'm ATLEAST getting rent towards ownership/equity.

Normal repairs are absolutely NOT covered by insurance.

From my understanding, normally with a VA loan assumption.

Work on your living cost versus doing the normal buy a duplex and out $69,000 down.  

I know her prediction doesn't state today, but for activity to jump in February and then again in May to June that doesn't appear to be in a common volume trend of a "normal" year if that exists anymore!

My buyer was charged $4,000 by a company to try and get them a loan when it was pretty obvious they weren't normally qualified.