1923 Nebraska Farmhouse on 12 Acres in Town — $129,000

Twelve acres inside a small Nebraska town is the kind of thing that makes you look twice at the listing. That's what 506 Vermont St is. The house sits on 12.05 acres in Culbertson, which means you have room most people drive an hour outside of town to find, and you're still on a street with an address.

The house is a 1923 build, 2,488 square feet, three bedrooms and two baths, all electric. At $52 a square foot, you're paying for land as much as anything. One of the three bedrooms is non-conforming, which usually means it lacks a closet or a window that meets code. Worth asking about before you plan the rooms out.

The enclosed porch is heated, which matters in Nebraska. That's not a seasonal space you close off in October. You can use it. The attached garage is oversized for a single car, so there's real storage room in there beyond just parking. Both of those are practical additions that cost money to do right, and they're already done.

The interior is a different story. The agent copy talks about making it your own and your personal touch, which is the polite way of saying the place needs work. There are no interior photos in the listing data, so the honest answer is you'd be walking in to assess. A 1923 house that's been lived in and hasn't been updated is going to have layers. Could be mostly cosmetic. Could be more involved. You'd find out at the inspection.

What you know going in: the bones of the house are a century old, the lot is a genuine 12 acres, and the price reflects that this is a project. If you want land close to town and you're willing to put time and money into a house that needs it, this one is worth a look. If you want something ready to move into, it probably isn't.