1900 Glenwood Home, Double Corner Lot, Two Living Areas — $95,000

The house is 124 years old and someone has been taking care of it. Roof, siding, most of the windows, heating, central air — all updated. That list matters on a house this age because it means you are not walking into a project built around chasing what needs fixing. The structure is old; the working parts are newer.

It is a three bedroom, one bath layout at 1,238 square feet, and there are two living areas, which gives you some flexibility most houses this size do not. An eat-in kitchen means you are not eating in one of those living areas. There is also a utility room, which is easy to overlook until you live somewhere without one.

The lot is a double corner lot, so you have more yard than you would expect from a small-town address. Fresh gravel has been added for parking, and there is a detached two-car garage. For $95,000, the garage alone is not nothing.

At 1,238 square feet and that price, you are under $77 per square foot. That is the math worth sitting with for a second. You can spend more than that on updates in a city market and still not own the building.

Glenwood is a small town. Lancaster is a few minutes away, Kirksville is about 25 minutes out, Unionville is similar. If you need a city, you will drive to one. If you do not, this is a quiet situation with a solid house, a big yard, and a garage.

Vinyl siding, updated windows, new HVAC, new roof. On a 1900 house, those are the four things you most want to not be your problem on day one. Here they are already handled.