The truth is the vast majority of newbies fail.

As of now im only birddogging but if i can convince the owners to sell, I will definitely buy one (or maybe both) for myself... assuming there is no major damage to the house.

With me being originally from Columbus county NC, and the rural coastal areas i believe the are there for bigger money investors, im just starting out and my line of credit isnt that big just yet, ive been in touch with realtors in the wilmington area but the homes after inspecting all have major isuues....termites...structural...or title complications....thanks everybody for giveing me this great advice, im not going to give up....Living here in Charlotte I believe the market is a tad bit inflated and everyone has taken a course or two in short sales or foreclosures, now when one comes available everyone jumps on it and it gets inflatted quickly taking the profit margin out...

If you are really close, then any major rehab item might cause you to scrap it.

Unfortunately, some of these major cracks are are 1/4" wide.

Exclusive agency Listing agreement:An exclusive agency listing is somewhat similar to an open listing with one major difference.

The truth is that the vast majority of newbies fail and they fail for two reasons. 1.

Its about 40min from the nearest major city.

I think my major problems are 1: no money for colatoral; 2: not a very good credit score at all (but my partners arent bad!)

I used to work for a major oil that has offices in Houston and NO.Jon