You will have to kick lots of rocks to find the gold.

I also recommend Rock Star Real Estate as an alternative to REIN if you're in the GTA...they have a membership group, but also lots of free events for networking.

Have been satisfied since and hope not to have a reason to rock the boat. 

Those two features alone can be worth the cost from a rock star agent but you can buy/sell RE without agents.

My offer was just accepted on a duplex and being a first time home buyer AND house hacker, I'm equally excited and as nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs but I digress.

I can still find a few deals (a lot less than 2-5 years ago) in the outskirts of the greater Charlotte area (York, Gastonia, Clover, Lancaster and west Rock Hill), but no way to compete with the big boys in Charlotte, FortMill, Pineville.

Then opportunity arose in 2010 when hit rock bottom.

Looking into my first deal and stalling a little after walking through property side by side twinasking 70,000 for both sides; 2400 total square feet, 1200 each sideone side is almost completely gutted with new electrical work only.needs Hvac, sheet rock, full bath, kitchen, floors, half windows needed to be replaced and reframedother side is "livable" and "passed inspection" think feces, stains and smellsneeds new floor, full bath, kitchen, floors, half windows need to be replaced and reframed.has electrical, radiator heatmy question is I know this is a huge renovation but how do I get a ballpark?

His first place, lovingly called "cave", was nothing more than a hole in a rock.

And even with that I'm not sure you'd have a rock solid case with a potential for a step transaction.Yah, I know that 45 days can be a killer.