I'm seeing parts of Durham become increasingly popular like 27703 for new construction in addition to Bethesda and South Durham near Southpoint Mall. 

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I tried to google but could only find vacantion-like sites with exorbitant prices.- Is there a kind of person who could help me with pre-sale improvements (roughly saying, to tell me what is worth replacing, improving, etc and what is not,1 to make the house more attractive for the buyer)?

Hello all, just made my account here on the site to get some advice.

Is looking online at sites like LoopNet sufficient? 

You can check out sites like Zillow or Redfin to see what houses are selling for and what rental prices look like in your chosen market. 

So, those 13 clients weren't impressed enough (or reminded) to write a review on the most public buyer site out there.And no, they are not all this year.

Bird dogging may have been more popular before the internet, google maps, etc.

Besides land, infrastructure/site work, and the building construction itself, am I missing any other major category of costs?

This is what I did for a cabin I built in Gatlinburg:  We took a few royalty-free photos of the area off of the internet, and submitted them to an art site online whereby they make a painting of the photo.