1835 Wyoming Colonial, 2.14 Acres, 2,328 Sq Ft — $99,900

The house is 190 years old and asking under a hundred thousand dollars. That's the thing that stops you. Built in 1835 in the Village of Wyoming, New York, it's a colonial with 2,328 square feet on 2.14 acres, and the math on that is hard to argue with regardless of what condition you find inside.

The lot backs to woods, so the rear of the property has real privacy. The front has an open porch that looks out over the yard. Both of those things are simple and good.

The kitchen is spacious with a walk-in pantry, which you don't see often, and certainly not in a house from this era. First-floor laundry is there too. The agent mentions "plenty of cabinets," which is the kind of thing you say when the kitchen itself doesn't have a standout feature beyond its size, so take that for what it is.

Upstairs there are two bedrooms and a bathroom with both a shower and a soaking tub. The listing calls it modern, and given that the house is from 1835, that probably means it was updated at some point rather than being particularly contemporary. There's a third bedroom and the possibility of a fourth, or an office, depending on how you use the space. Three beds and two full baths is what the listing confirms.

Some of the windows have been replaced with vinyl. The agent description leans on phrases like "potential" and "personal touches," which usually signals the house needs work. How much work isn't clear from what's here. At this price on this acreage, some version of that is expected.

What you have is a house that has been standing since Andrew Jackson was president, with more than 2,300 square feet, a walk-in pantry, a soaking tub, a wooded backdrop, a front porch, and two acres in a village setting. For $99,900, the question is less whether it's worth looking at and more what you find when you do.