If anyone is moving to WV here's a smoking deal....

[Nevilledog]

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Steven Dennis
@StevenTDennis
House for sale, $9,900. Estimated mortgage payment: $46.

123 Balsam St, Bluefield, WV 24701 | MLS #49778 | Zillow
For sale: $9,900. EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY to get a FIXER UPPER with TONS OF POTENTIAL. House needs full RENOVATION. Perfect for an INVESTOR or OWNER OCCUPANT wiling to put work in work in return for...
zillow.com
4:41 PM · Mar 9, 2021

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/123-Balsam-St-Bluefield-WV-24701/22788639_zpid/

[TwilightZone]

1. It's only a smoking deal if it costs less to "fixer-up" than it would be worth in the end.

It's also not really a fixer-upper in the usual sense, as clearly noted. It needs a full renovation.

[Shanti Shanti Shanti]

2. Yeah, lol, $20,000 for a kitchen, $10,000 each for new wiring and plumbing, plus furnace and roof

Of course you could just use ir as a grow house, it will pay for itself, lol

[frazzled]

12. Probably needs new floors, joists

full bathroom redos, paint (interior and exterior). You’re probably talking $100–150K in all. I don’t know ... labor may be cheaper in West Virginia.

Find out if it’s in a neighborhood that will bear that kind of investment. If so, it’s a good deal.

[LakeArenal]

3. Two Chicks and a Hammer would make a good profit on that house.

Probably a great attic and a bad foundation.

[Celerity]

4. Eric Porterfield, a West Virginia Republican delegate representing Bluefield: LGBTQ is the new KKK

https://www.nbcnews.com/video/west-virginia-lawmaker-labels-lgbtq-groups-as-modern-day-kkk-1441332291779


and



Bluefield neighborhood disturbed by KKK recruitment flyers.

http://www.bdtonline.com/news/bluefield-neighborhood-disturbed-by-kkk-recruitment-flyers/article_f9da2666-7221-11e6-ac3c-e3aaaa3a8254.html




hard pass on that shithole in a shithole

[Backseat Driver]

5. Owner would never accept a "financed" bid; that's some Zillow joke of a mortgage payment, though!

CASH ONLY investor buyers that would definitely be non-residents might bid it up in only a few months for a rental or easy flip, which surely would top Zillow's joke of that $46 mortgage.

[Siwsan]

6. I love the footed bathtub

My grandmother had one. I wish we had replaced and taken it when we sold her house. It was deep and wonderful.

[mn9driver]

7. Most other houses in the neighborhood are valued from mid teens to mid 20s.

The most expensive house within a few blocks is low 50s.

Even if this house was free, it would be a bad investment.

[mbusby]

8. Looks like...

...the back porch is going to fall off.

[Goodheart]

9. Does the lot come with it?

[janterry]

10. two feet from the neighbors

they'd have to be lovely people for me to want to live that close

[WarGamer]

11. I follow the "Old House Dreams" website

and there are MANY MANY homes in certain parts of the country that are/can be fabulous for less than $40k

Most of them are in town that are a bit off the beaten path... towns that once had a rail stop or an industry but now, don't.