We looker at few houses/Condo under $200k-$250k and saw few online in that range.

I found one who's strategies made sense, 10 years later my wife and I have been financial free for about 5 years now by leveraging the concept of house hacking. 

They said they will send someone in 2 weeks.I checked around the house looking for water signs of leakage.

There is a "hobbit house" that went on the market earlier this year that was built into a hillside.

You would want to know if anything was ever built on the land (maybe a house burned down) because if there was a house then you would have potentially buried septic or oil.Buying and holding a lot for the future with topographical issues is only worth it if the price is negligible IMO.

The records show the house last sold in Sept, 24 for 382K and was listed in Oct 24 for 416K and reduced to 406K in November.

A six-figure gift will likely have income tax implications.

I will also look for houses with deferred maintenance and search them to see if there is an absentee owner and/or older in age, maybe ready to move or downsize!

I drive 6 hours to get to Coeur d'Alene then another hour downlake to our house.

One unit is occupied by a low-income senior not on the Housing Choice Voucher program and paying well below market rent.