It's not easy...you can water in the zone surrounding the house for an hour in the middle of the night and chasms may open up in the heat of mid-day.

Yes, I know normally the seller pays it all, but effectively the buyer is likely paying about half, in that for a deal without any agents, the two parties could meet in the middle, each saving about 3%.

I just want a decent place to live, as I think the people at the public library are getting tired of finding me in the middle of the night making a home out of the bathroom stall floor.

Some days I'm terrified and just want to walk away and other days I'm elated that I'm finally getting into real estate.I work a standard 9-5 office job, make a decent (but by no means extraordinary--probably be classified as upper-working class or lower-middle class) wage and am a single mom with 2 teens.Anyway, that's my story.

The story goes that a speculator sold his extensive ranch to search for a diamond mine in the Middle East.

The outside looks very nice for the area, which is probably middle to lower middle class.

The outside looks very nice for the area, which is probably middle to lower middle class.

Getting calls in the middle of the night to come fix something all the damages and repairs you have to deal with and all those months that your property maybe vacant.

My wife and I are in the middle of our first rehab.

Charlotte, per se isn't really the big draw (except for "lower" middle class)it's the outside surrounding areas that are really taking off.your thoughts?