1973 Brick Home on 3 Acres with Wired Shop — $125,000

The shop is probably what gets you first. It has concrete floors and electrical, which means it's actually usable, not just a place to pile things. If you run equipment, do mechanical work, or need dedicated space for any kind of project, that building does real work before you ever step inside the house.

The house itself is 1,490 square feet of brick construction from 1973. Three bedrooms, two baths. Brick from that era tends to be solid and low-maintenance on the exterior, and this one reads as a straight country ranch. The agent description says some flooring has been updated and the home is currently livable, which is honest language worth paying attention to. It means there is more to do. If you want something you can move into without touching anything, this is probably not that. If you are willing to put in some work, you are buying a brick house on three acres for $125,000, which changes the math considerably.

Three acres in a private country setting gives you room. Not farm-scale room, but enough that you are not watching your neighbors through a window. Enough for the shop to make sense. Enough that if you have animals, a garden, or just want the quiet, it accommodates that.

The seller is described as motivated for a timely sale. That language in a listing usually signals some room to move on price, and at $125,000 for brick construction with acreage and a wired outbuilding, the starting point is already reasonable for what you are getting.

This is a project with a clear structure. The bones of it, meaning the brick exterior, the land, and the shop, are in good shape. The interior needs updating and the agent does not pretend otherwise. What you put into it determines what you get out. For someone who knows how to do that kind of work, or who wants to bring it up over time, this is a straightforward deal.