60 Acres of Kentucky Mountain Woodland, Mineral and Timber Rights Included — $139,900

The math here is hard to ignore. Sixty acres of Kentucky mountain woodland, mineral rights, and timber rights included, for $139,900. That works out to roughly $2,330 an acre, and you get a house on top of it.

The house is a 1956 three-bedroom, one-bath, 1,056 square feet. It has been a family homeplace, and the agent description says plainly that it needs significant repairs and renovation. So go in with your eyes open on that. What it does have structurally: a walk-out basement, a covered front porch, a covered back porch, and a detached garage large enough for storage or equipment. The bones of a usable layout are there. What condition the interior is in, and what exactly significant means in terms of repair scope, are things you would need to see for yourself.

The land is the real subject. Sixty acres of Kentucky mountain woodland is a lot of ground. Hunting, timber management, just owning a piece of mountain that nobody else is on. The mineral rights and timber rights transfer with the property, which matters. A lot of rural land sales in this price range come stripped of one or both. Here they come with it, and that is worth paying attention to when you are comparing options.

Busy, Kentucky sits in the mountains in the eastern part of the state. The property address is Big Willard Road, which tells you something about the character of the place without needing to editorialize. This is not a suburban renovation flip. It is a working piece of mountain land with an old house on it that needs work, and the question is whether you want it for the land, for the eventual structure, or for both.

At this price, with this acreage and these rights included, the house almost functions as a bonus. Fix it up and you have a mountain retreat with room to range. Leave it as a hunting camp and you have sixty acres that cost you less than a decent used truck per acre.