@rustedspurs4 This is this can be tricky! My first house I bought was $10,000 duplex and it was that cheap for a reason! I had no capability or funds to fix it like I needed to - it was pretty rough for the 5 years I lived there- no heat, no hot water, rotted floorboards that I fell through more than once, upsetting neighbors, pipes froze at least once every winter- pure luck they never burst. Eventually the roof gave out.
Right when I was just about at my wit's end and I'd moved back in with my parents for the last chunk of the winter because it was dangerously cold, a development company made me an offer right before Christmas and bought it without an inspection. I felt like I was in a Hallmark movie! It was like having this massive weight lifted off of me.
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is possible to buy a fixer upper and have a good experience and build value, but I think you have to have a lot more useful knowledge and ability to set and reach goals than I do.