Californians are arriving in Montana in droves. But they're not welcome.

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53. I bought a Michigan house a year ago for $41k

It was a "hud house" foreclosure, but not in very bad shape, really, as many might be.

Now "zillow" says it is worth 69k (the median between the high and low price estimates)


882 square feet, "small" but plenty big enough for me alone, with a full basement.

I think I bought at just the right time, before prices started to recover from the shutdown, and I was a "bargain hunter".

I feel sorry for anyone who needs to buy now. Yes, even when I was shopping there was very little on the market, but I jumped on this one. I liked the location better than the house itself-- and I "bid" a little more than I thought I should have-- but several houses I liked had already been bought from under me..... located on the far edge of my city's north side, and very quiet. I have been slowly repainting the inside and such. Had to put in a new gas water heater (to replace the electric which died fast, and I didn't want anyway)... and needs new and adequate kitchen cupboards and floors, but that's about it...

(wasn't what some folks would consider "move in ready", but I moved in and am living here anyway. A little lazy about some of the improvements I wanted to make, but I have so few visitors... who cares. I spend most of my time in a "legal bedroom" in the basement, where I house my computer and main television-- and this summer, I have not had to run the air conditioning at all, lol)