My daughter sold her house in the country the first day it was on the market for more than she paid for it.
Moved to a wonderful house in town for many thousands less than she sold her house for. Sometimes life works.
My wife and I live in the eastern Kentucky mountains. 3400 sq. feet, 5 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, 2 car garage, city water, well, creek, big yard, lots of game, starlink internet and 5 acres. We paid $130K twenty years ago. A friend of mine who was getting her real estate license wanted to use our home to practice her appraisal skills and I said sure. So I sent pics etc... and she ran it with her as a contact number we did not want to be bothered period.
Her appraisals came in at a little under a half a million dollars. She was getting offers unseen except for pics close to a million. She asked would we consider, not right now, it’s family land going back 150 yrs. but it’s nice to know we have options.