those old pale blue tiles, those are asbestos tiles. the paint inside is lead. the wiring is old as fuck, and is asbestos coated. the plumbing is lead soldered and cast iron. the roofs are sagging. they are absolutely eat up with brown recluse spiders. the glass is wavy non tempered glass and the window seals which are just wood and little nails, leaks bad. there will invariably be mold and mildew issues. these square homes were built economically in the 50s, some were expanded later on in the 70's-80's. they often still have skeleton key locks on the doors. they're great but realistically, they're a teardown. they're not energy efficient. you're constantly trying to outrun issues with the wiring and plumbing and the roof. they're not as cheap as you think. the property is going to run you $60-80k if you look hard, and the house isn't worth shit but for it's nice flammable yet otherwise indestructible rough cut lumber frame, but they'll ask $150k cause "fuck you". it'll cost you more in the long run than buying property, digging out some top soil, bringing in some clay base and limestone, pouring a slab, and coming up with a barndominium.
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