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.

Thank you @Ron Daugherty @Dylan B. and @Josh Dillingham for the replies.

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. 

They're Person A, Person B, and Person C.The lease is up on April 1st. 

We started looking at single family homes as a plan B and have now discovered that we’re coming up short by a few thousand dollars on a 200k home, with 5% down and paying closing costs.