As far as social media platforms go, Instagram the one I find most monotonous and soul sucking. I rarely use it, which puts me in the minority of people who’d rather suffer psychic death and scroll fatigue on Twitter. One account, however, has kept me committed to the ‘gram. It is so great, I must share it with you now: CheapOldHouses.
It is exactly what the title suggests—a series of photographs for various listings all over the world with specific focus on the United States, all of which are for sale under or around $100,000. The cheapest listing I’ve ever seen was for a church in Syracuse, NY ($1,000) and the most expensive varies, from a gorgeous Victorian property with a wraparound front porch in Limestone County, Texas ($99,500) to a massive, multi-building property in Burrillville, Rhode Island ($110,000). Every once in a while, there’s even a free home. That’s right: it’s usually nothing more than four walls and a roof in a rural town in the middle of a scarcely populate state, but it costs $0. Wow.
In a time where home ownership will evade most Americans, it’s nice to play an endless game of “what if.” Couldn’t you see yourself moving to Detroit and fixing up this cottage?
Or residing in this converted train car an hour outside of St. Louis?