One thing that I have difficulty with is children noises during play and screaming. 

@John Acheson John, Normally I would totally agree with everything all the great agents here have said but you are so right about the difficulties of this kind of property. 

On top of that I am Canadian (eh), so that adds another layer to the difficulty in getting started in the States (poor me, I know)Now, if there are any of you out there that have gone through this process, and have managed to get their first deal in the past year, I would love to hear about it! 

Hi, guys, I am very appreciated that so many of you are there to give me advise and recommendations and express your thoughts, your feeling. I deeply appreciated there was a community like this exists, so we could sha...

The difficulty is that at different points throughout the partnership, 1 party may be contributing more cash/property management/renovation labor /finding the deal as each persons role wouldn't necessarily be strictly confined, i.e. one party will not exclusively be for downpayment/renovation cost, one party for property management, one party for renovation. 

But like Theodore Roosevelt once said, "Nothing in the world is worth learning unless it means effort, pain, and difficulty."

Here is the current crop of places within 5 miles of Raleigh.This Dan Ryan chap seems to have difficulty grasping the MFH concept.  

It’s rare that I have had any difficulties or destruction of property from my tenants.

@James Stempowski define difficulty.  

A lot of folks do well in 43612, I see it as the "standard" difficulty level. 43608 is a challenge with commensurate returns as is Toledo's south side and East side across the river.