{"id":266,"date":"2007-10-31T17:10:51","date_gmt":"2007-10-31T21:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.n1zyy.com\/n1zyy\/2007\/10\/31\/homes-to-consider\/"},"modified":"2007-10-31T17:10:51","modified_gmt":"2007-10-31T21:10:51","slug":"homes-to-consider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.n1zyy.com\/n1zyy\/2007\/10\/31\/homes-to-consider\/","title":{"rendered":"Homes to Consider"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s real estate market is in a slump. What this means, clearly, is that you should be buying.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re willing to live in the middle of nowhere, here are a few very interesting ideas for homes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n    <li>$320,000 buys this ~3,000 sq. ft. building, a former railroad station. With just a tiny bit of work, it would be a nice home. Check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/img.photobucket.com\/albums\/v208\/rv-man2000\/ebay\/villagerealty\/int-fp.jpg\">living-room-to-be<\/a>; mount an LCD TV right over the fireplace and put down carpeting over most of the floor (except for right by the fireplace). There&#8217;s a bookcase off to the right, although I&#8217;d paint it white. <a href=\"http:\/\/img.photobucket.com\/albums\/v208\/rv-man2000\/ebay\/villagerealty\/intv.jpg\">Breakfast nook<\/a> anyone? Just put down a carpet. <a href=\"http:\/\/img.photobucket.com\/albums\/v208\/rv-man2000\/ebay\/villagerealty\/int1.jpg\">This view<\/a> is pretty inviting, too. (And check out the <em>palm trees<\/em> outside: it&#8217;s Georgia, after all.)<\/li>\n    <li>If you&#8217;re more of an athlete, how about <a href=\"http:\/\/cgi.ebay.com\/St-George-Elementary-School-Building-near-Manhattan-KS_W0QQitemZ290175916727QQihZ019QQcategoryZ15825QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem\">this school<\/a> in Kansas? $325,000 buys you 24,500 square feet on 5 acres. The gym looks ready to use. Read &#8220;17 classrooms&#8221; as &#8220;17 palatial bedrooms&#8221; after you renovate them a bit. (Carpet + less-hideous ceiling + ditch the fluorescent lights.) And tell me that library wouldn&#8217;t make a nice home theater.<\/li>\n    <li><a href=\"http:\/\/cgi.ebay.com\/6-BRAND-NEW-CONDOS-IN-TOTALLY-RESTORED-1899-BRICK-BUILD_W0QQitemZ120153063377QQihZ002QQcategoryZ15825QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem\">This place in Missouri<\/a> is ridiculously nice. Tell me the third picture isn&#8217;t what you want to see as you walk home. It sets high expectations for what&#8217;s inside, but it&#8217;s even nicer than you might expect.<\/li>\n    <li>This <a href=\"http:\/\/cgi.ebay.com\/1908-Brick-Bank-Building_W0QQitemZ110186168808QQihZ001QQcategoryZ15825QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem\">old Montana bank<\/a> is dirt cheap. 6,200 square feet for $140,000. I&#8217;d want to totally gut the interior, and the location is probably not desirable, but still&#8230; Oh, and put a nice fence up on the roof for safety, and then you have a pretty sweet &#8216;outdoor&#8217; area. And it has a <em>vault<\/em>!<\/li>\n    <li><a href=\"http:\/\/cgi.ebay.com\/INVESTMENT-OPPORTUNITY_W0QQitemZ270179586407QQihZ017QQcategoryZ15825QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem\">This place<\/a> is totally undesirable but <em>ohhh<\/em> so cheap. It looks like it&#8217;s ready to fall down, and the power substation in the front yard destroys whatever value the place may have had. The good news is you may never lose power.<\/li>\n    <li><a href=\"http:\/\/cgi.ebay.com\/EBAY-STORE-WITH-TWO-APARTMENTS_W0QQitemZ250178175135QQihZ015QQcategoryZ15825QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem\">Cheap place in Indiana<\/a> with an associated business.<\/li>\n    <li>This building is butt-ugly but is situated on a nice dam. I want to live here!<\/li>\n    <li><a href=\"http:\/\/cgi.ebay.com\/Corporate-Headquarters-Office-Building-Danville-VA_W0QQitemZ250173057301QQihZ015QQcategoryZ15825QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem\">Whoa<\/a>! 40,000 square feet of <em>amazing<\/em> office space? Might make a nice home.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Granted, you&#8217;d be an idiot to buy any of these places without looking carefully into all the costs and zoning laws, and I&#8217;m not sure any are in good locations.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s real estate market is in a slump. What this means, clearly, is that you should be buying. 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