1960 Malvern Ranch on 1.6 Acres with Garage, Workshop, and Pool — $62,000

The 1.6 acres is what gets your attention first. At $62,000, you're getting real land, mostly level, with room to do something with it. A garden, outbuildings, a dog run, space to just have some breathing room. That's not nothing.

The house is a 1960 ranch, 1,144 square feet, three bedrooms and one bath. One of those bedrooms has no closet, so call it two bedrooms and a room that works as whatever you need. The layout moves through a kitchen and dining combo into a family room that looks out over the front yard. There's a front deck. The kitchen has an entry from the breezeway, which connects the house to the garage.

That breezeway and garage setup is one of the better practical features here. The garage has a small workshop attached. If you do any kind of work with your hands, or just want a place to store things properly, that matters. The breezeway keeps you out of the rain moving between the house and the garage, which sounds minor until you live somewhere without one.

The backyard has a patio off the last bedroom on the right side of the house. The listing also mentions a pool, listed as an existing feature, though the agent description phrases it vaguely enough that you'd want to look at it in person before counting on it.

There's a storage building on the property in addition to the garage. The land is level enough that adding more structures later would be straightforward if you had a reason to.

Location is on Highway 84 in Malvern. I-30 is close, which puts Little Rock within reach. Hot Springs is also nearby. The property sits in the Southwest Fire District, which carries a $50 annual special improvement tax paid with the regular property taxes.

The agent description notes the seller does not cover closing costs and that seller financing may be available depending on qualification. Worth asking about before you get too far in.

This is a plain, older house with good land around it. The price reflects the condition and the era. If the land and the garage are what you need, this is worth a look.