Initially from Montreal, we hardly new anyone in Ottawa and felt that the best way to find a Realtor was to visit open houses in the areas of interest and chat with various candidates hoping that someone would understand our desire to purchase, unlike so many out there, a “tired ” old house needing renovations and tender loving care. Since we had a rather bitter experience while searching for a home in Montreal, we noticed how the market as a whole requires “move in condition” and feared going through a bad experience again as our Realtor in Montreal was uninformative and basically would only tell us what she thought we wanted to hear.