Log Cabin Studio at the Gate of Great Basin National Park — $125,000

Baker, Nevada sits right at the entrance to Great Basin National Park, and this place is about as close to that gate as you can get. If you've spent time in that park, you know how remote it is out there, which makes proximity to it worth something. The question with a property like this is what you're going to do with it, and this one gives you a few real options.

The cabin is 700 square feet, built in 1984, and it's a log cabin in the literal sense. One room that functions as the main living and sleeping space, with a semi-private bedroom area. Small. The bathroom was recently remodeled and has pine-lined walls, which is a nice touch that fits the setting. Laminate flooring throughout. A mini-split handles heating and cooling, so you're covered in both directions. Metal roof.

Out back there's a small garage with a concrete floor and a shed. The lot is just over a quarter acre. There are RV dump and water hookups on the property, which matters because the whole thing is zoned commercial. That combination, the hookups and the commercial zoning, is what makes this more than just a small cabin in the desert. You could run it as an Airbnb or VRBO, park an RV on the property for additional rental income, or use it as a straight rental. Baker gets park visitors. Whether there's enough consistent traffic to make the numbers work is something you'd want to research before assuming, but the infrastructure for it is already there.

For a primary residence it would be tight. 700 square feet is 700 square feet, and one bed, one bath doesn't leave much room. Ely is about an hour away, Beaver, Utah is roughly two hours. You're in a remote corner of Nevada either way.

At $125,000 the math on the income side needs to pencil out on its own terms. The cabin itself is small and modest. What you're buying is location, zoning, and a usable setup for people passing through to one of the least-visited national parks in the country.