1995 All-Brick Ballinger Home, Two Fireplaces, Half-Acre Lot — $67,200

Two fireplaces in a 1,804-square-foot house. That's the thing that made me look twice. One is probably in the living room, one somewhere else, and either way it's more than most houses twice the price bother with. The construction is all brick, which in Texas means the exterior is going to outlast most decisions you'll make in life. Built in 1995, so you're not dealing with anything ancient, but it's got enough age that the listing admits it needs some work.

The lot is half an acre in town, which is genuinely large. You have room back there. The carport sits at the rear with alley access, so you're pulling in off the alley, which keeps the front of the property clean. Three bedrooms, two full baths, central heat and air. The appliances stay: refrigerator, oven and range, dishwasher. That's a real convenience if you're buying this as a rental or just don't want to move furniture on day one.

At 1,804 square feet with three bedrooms and two baths, the rooms have space to them. The agent says the bedrooms are large, and given the square footage, that tracks mathematically.

The price is $67,200. For an all-brick house on a half-acre lot with two fireplaces, that number is low enough to make you check the listing twice to see what's wrong. The agent is upfront about it needing TLC. How much TLC depends on what you find when you walk through. The structure is brick and it's a 1995 build, so you're probably looking at cosmetics and deferred maintenance rather than anything structural, but you'd want to verify that yourself.

If you're buying in Ballinger and this fits your budget, the lot size alone is hard to match at this price. The fireplaces are a bonus that makes the house feel like more than its asking price.