1923 Mountain Tract with Creek, Views, and Outbuildings — $59,000

The house has caved in. The agent says so in all caps, twice, with a string of exclamation points, so that part is settled. What you're buying here is 3.4 surveyed acres in the mountains of southwest Virginia, and the land is the thing worth looking at.

A creek runs through the middle of the property. That alone would get some people's attention. Pair it with mountain views and you have a piece of ground that has something to look at from more than one direction. The acreage is small enough to manage and shaped by actual terrain, which in this part of Virginia means elevation, tree cover, and the kind of quiet that comes from being away from flat subdivided land.

The 1923 structure is gone as a livable building. It is still standing in some form, along with a couple of outbuildings, but you would be coming here to use the land, not the buildings. If the outbuildings are sound, they could be useful for storage or tools while you figure out what to do with the rest of the property. The listing does not describe their condition.

Public water and electric are available at the property. Septic has not been confirmed. The listing says the county records suggest there is one but advises buyers to assume there is not. That is a real variable to run down before you get too far into planning.

The location puts you close to US 23, with access to shops, hospitals, and schools nearby. For 3.4 acres with a creek and mountain views in southwest Virginia, $59,000 is a low number. You are paying for land that has a feature and a view, not a move-in structure. Anyone buying this knows they are starting from the ground up, and the ground here gives them something to work with.