Depends-If my agents are power dialing, im having them leave Voicemail drops to cover as much ground as possible. 

Depending on the type of loan you get (FHA, Conventional, VA), you may be able to pay as little as 3.5% down at an interest rate of 3-4%.

You will find that NC has a much higher tax rate than the SC owner/occ rate, but typically a tad lower than the NOO rate (again this will depend on county).Where the calculation gets even more tricky is the value premium placed on a home by location.If you are looking at Charlotte for example, the national builders who operate in both markets will charge a premium on Ft Mill and Lake Wylie areas over Charlotte addresses for the same floor plan, because they know owner  occ buyers will pay the premium because their monthly payment will be the same for both neighborhoods.If you are in Rock Hill here is a fun Saturday.

Then, credit this amount when lease is signed, at which time they should pay 1st month and security deposit (& last month, depending on what you require).

My strategy would be buy, remodel, rent and hold rather than flip them - looking at the cash flow instead of depending on appreciation.It would be difficult to manage a purchase of a property from a broad and tenancy agreement, but even more difficult to manage a remodel!  

Just depends on where their getting their cash from...

It would depend on the price of the property. 

There are different players depending on what side of the river you are one.More more information on the great divide give this a read.The Rivalry: Cleveland EAST VS WEST

My answer is depends on how fast you need the funds.

They can be expensive depending on how many people are on the list.