“My wife is looking at houses in the next county and one of the houses on her list is selling for $63k. “
That is amazing. I pay that for a doublewide of 1500 square feet on an acre, plus I’ll do repairs. If an equivalent house is that price, I would expect few available jobs, bad schools, a high crime rate and some other issue, like flooding or a Hell’s Angles house across the street.
Economically depressed area. 1000 sq ft, no crime at all. I don’t think they’ve had a murder in that county in 3 years. 40 min commute to work for both of us. She grew up in that town and wants a weekend getaway house.
Spectacular mountain views. It even has a TV antennae.