What is the cheapest house you ve ever bought?

What is the cheapest house you ve ever bought?

Rental Property Investor · Los Angeles CA · Member since 2016 · 128 posts · 55 votes

What is the cheapest house you ve ever purchased?

Why did you buy it?

what did you do with it?

Would you do it again?

I hear about so many big money deals but low cost acquisition stories can be inspiring and motivational as well.

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Investor · Great Neck, NY · Member since 2016 · 679 posts · 467 votes
7y

@Nandy B.

Both bought for investment:

A single family home for $2k with no work needed and cash flow ready.

A 6 family building for $25k that needed a gut renovation. 

Don't know if I would do it again only because our goals have changed to a different type of investing. 

If you ever need motivation, remember good things happen to those that work hard and stay focused!  Best of luck to you.

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  • Rental Property Investor · Los Angeles CA · Member since 2016 · 128 posts · 55 votes
    7y

    @BOB CRANEY

    Love this story...

    I m primarily a buy and hold investor.... This story is the reason why I d rather hold. But I do understand that sometimes you have no other choice but to sell

  • Flipper/Rehabber · Chicago, IL · Member since 2019 · 10 posts · 6 votes
    7y

    @Nandy B. Closing on $21,000 SFR next week. Plan to spend $15,000 to rehab and rent for $950. We'll see how my plan goes :)

  • New Rochelle, NY · Member since 2018 · 235 posts · 151 votes
    7y

    $16200 in March of this year from an online auction just from looking at pictures online. Put about 35k into the renovations I still have a day or two left in touchups and clean up. Have it listed for rent, it has 2 units one 2 bedroom and the other unit is 1 bedroom. I bought it as a learning experience, I learn better by doing. I'm sure I would do it again.

  • Rental Property Investor · Baltimore, MD · Member since 2016 · 20 posts · 12 votes
    7y

    @Nandy B.

    Purchased a burned out rowhome for $16k

    Full gut renovation - $90k

    Currently rents for $1500 with $180k ARV.

    Wish I could find more deals like this.

  • Rental Property Investor · Baltimore, MD · Member since 2016 · 20 posts · 12 votes
    7y

    @Nandy B.

    1st Fix and Flip

    Oct 2017: $25k rowhouse at an auction

    Jan-July 2018: $85k full gut renovation

    July 2018: Sold for $174k after 8 days on the market.

  • Rental Property Investor · Ontario, CA · Member since 2019 · 11 posts · 6 votes
    7y

    @Adam Fiore what locations were these? Great deals!!

  • Rental Property Investor · Durham, NC · Member since 2016 · 7k+ posts · 7k+ votes
    7y

    @Nandy B.

    Cheapest house I ever bought? 25k

    Would I do it again? Yes with this specific property but debatable for that area.

    What did I do with it? Still own it

  • Real Estate Broker · Cleveland, OH · Member since 2015 · 239 posts · 224 votes
    7y

    I've bought 4 houses under 30k, all of which turned out to be good deals for me.

    The best was purchased for $11,500 and resold in 8 months for $90k after putting in about $30k in rehab.

  • Rental Property Investor · Evansville, IN · Member since 2019 · 41 posts · 24 votes
    7y

    @Nandy B. I live in the Southern Indiana area and you can buy single family homes even some duplexes as low as 25-35,000 dollars. Of course those require some work but really cheap and usually require some minor repairs and still cash flow immediately.

  • Investor · Saint Paul, MN · Member since 2015 · 663 posts · 512 votes
    7y

    @Nandy B.

    I realize mines not as impressive as everyone else’s, but I bought a duplex in south Minneapolis, a B+ neighborhood for 179,000. This was 2014, and I thought I was overpaying. Here we are 2019 and I wish I would’ve bought five of them back then. This house is not valued at 280000. I’m bringing in $2400 a month in rent. Very happy with this duplex.

  • Tim SwierczekPro Member
    Lender · White Bear Township, MN · Member since 2016 · 1k+ posts · 1k+ votes
    7y

    3/1 SFR in NE Minneapolis Price $51,000 rehab $15,000 purchased in June 2009. It rents for $1875/mo currently

  • Jennifer T.Pro Member
    Investor · New Orleans, LA · Member since 2014 · 1k+ posts · 944 votes
    7y

    4bd/2ba SFH for $38K in NOLA in 2016. Took the money out of my HELOC to buy it cash. Safe, but lower middle class neighborhood. Inherited a S8 tenant with that agency paying $1125/mo. in rent. It was so awesome to close on the 21st of the month and get back almost 3% of my purchase price in rent, only 9 days later! Worth about $50k when I bought it. I was cash flowing about $700/month and that includes my HELOC interest on the purchase price.

    Tenant moved out and we're investing around $6K (mostly materials, we're DIY) on new flooring for the living room, total repaint of the interior, and new kitchen cabinets.  Including taking out most of the wall between the living room and kitchen to open up the space and put in a breakfast bar.  That layout is SO much nicer and cuter for very little cost.  We could rent it out again for $1200/mo.  But we're planning to sell instead for around $65K and use that as a down payment for a multi.

    No doubt I would do this deal again!  I wish I could find them.  They were rare back then and I don't think they exist now at those price points.  At least not in my area. 

  • Member since 2019 · 13 posts · 5 votes
    7y

    In the process of buying a $20k SFR currently renting $700 and a $42k duplex renting out $1100, buying from the same owner. $3k cash reserves for Capex. All in $65k at the moment

  • Rental Property Investor · Sacramento · Member since 2019 · 129 posts · 108 votes
    7y

    First answer:

    The cheapest house I have purchased in terms of the sales price would be $10k,

    I bought it because it was really cheap.

    I tried to rent it out but had a lot of problems because it was in a really bad neighbourhood.

    I sold the house because it was a headache, and I probably wouldn't do it again, even though I made money on the house.

    Second answer:

    Cheapest house in terms of how much money I had to put into buying the house, the answer would be zero,

    I bought it because I didn't have any money at risk and I knew I could easily sell it.

    Then I sold the house for a nice profit.

    I would absolutely do that again.

  • Rental Property Investor · Syracuse, NY · Member since 2017 · 1 post · 1 vote
    7y

    @Nandy B.

    I got my second rental property for free (my first one was inherited). It originally was a wholesale deal that I struggled to find a buyer. The owner was older and really wanted to get rid it. It had almost 5k in back taxes which was transferred to me at closing. The property is a 3 unit all with 1 bedroom/1 bath. It needed some TLC. I had family and friends help fix it up for me for cheap and I helped out with some things, here and there, such as painting and flooring. We focused on one apartment at a time. I live in one unit. I put roughly 5k into the property. The two other units rent out for $750 each. Cash flow is $700.

    This was a great learning experience and I feel confident in understanding the numbers.

    **the previous owner own another property on the same block in which he shows interest in selling in the near future.

  • Rental Property Investor · Los Angeles CA · Member since 2016 · 128 posts · 55 votes
    7y

    @Reco Collins

    What is a rowhouse?

  • Investor · Corpus Christi, TX · Member since 2012 · 2k+ posts · 1k+ votes
    7y

    Junker SFR for $5,275 in South Texas...it was boarded up. Had the yard mowed and sold it 2 days later for $19,900 cash. Not very sexy by most standards but still easy money. There is a buyer for every property.



  • Rental Property Investor · Baltimore, MD · Member since 2016 · 20 posts · 12 votes
    7y

    @Nandy B. It’s a house that is typically attached to a home on both sides unless its an end of group unit. 

  • Investor · Atlanta, GA · Member since 2013 · 3k+ posts · 3k+ votes
    7y

    $ 7500 for a 2/1 1100sqf in the Pittsburgh community of Atlanta in 2010. Sold it last year for 78k

  • Hinesville, GA · Member since 2016 · 3 posts · 0 votes
    7y

    @Ronnie Williams is the Hinesville area a local market for you?

  • Member since 2019 · 6 posts · 5 votes
    7y

    @marcus floyd no, I lived there while in the military and fell into it due to the limited supply of suitable properties. I like bling and granite, and it just wasn't the market for it, so I made my own. I am investing in South Carolina and Texas now, specifically college towns. 

  • John UnderwoodPro Member
    Investor · Greer, SC · Member since 2014 · 13k+ posts · 17k+ votes
    7y
    Just bought one for $12,000. I have houses that I have bought via Tax Sales that I have paid as little as $1500.00 and they already had a tenant in them.

    I have actually had some given to me and I paid $200 to the person to have a monetary amount on the deed.
  • Investor · The worst town to live in, KS · Member since 2016 · 4k+ posts · 4k+ votes
    7y

    We only do STRs.  At that time, we had two.  There were 9 refinery contractors living in one of our houses.  9 guys, 3 bedrooms, 1 bath.  So were were looking for a house with a alot of bathrooms.  We found a 3 story house with 4 full baths and a jacuzzi.  It was a bank foreclosure.  We offered $15,900 and the bank accepted it.  That's about $6 per square foot.  Spent another $3000 on furnishings (9 beds) and appliances.  All in is less than $20k.

    The first group of renters were 13 pipefitters from Baytown Texas.  I charged $1200/week, and they stayed about 16 weeks.  We've bought 20 more places since then.  None as big, but all were about $6 a square foot.

  • Investor · Simsbury, CT · Member since 2015 · 46 posts · 31 votes
    7y

    @Jazmin Galvez

    They where all in my home town

    Off market deals people call me

    With crappy deals all the time

    Eventually I find one that works for me

  • Member since 2019 · 111 posts · 130 votes
    7y

    @Nandy B.

    I read other responses to your post and I'm ashamed to admit that the cheapest house I've purchased was $78k cash (we are Dave Ramsey freaks) plus $20k materials and 2.5 months labor.

    I bought it because I didn't have a job or enough income to support my family. I wanted to make an offer on a D-class 4-plex but my realtor convinced me to flip this 2/1 SFH. It is under contract for $180k and the buyer took early occupancy with a pending sale of her other home.

    I would do it again but hire out more especially the trash removal.

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