1905 Cando Home, 2,435 Square Feet, Two Garages — $99,900

For under $41 a square foot, you get a two-story 1905 house on a corner lot in Cando with two detached garages. That math is worth sitting with for a second.

The house is big. 2,435 square feet across two floors, which means the rooms have actual size to them. The living room is large enough that you could put a dining table in it and still have living room. Same with the kitchen. That sounds like a small thing but in a house this old, it often means the layout has held up better than you'd expect. Somebody updated the appliances, the upstairs windows, and the flooring, so the house has had some recent attention even if it's carrying 120 years of history underneath all of it.

There's a screened-in porch. A real one, not a three-season afterthought bolted to the back. If you're in North Dakota and you get a good stretch of summer, that porch earns its keep.

The two detached garages are probably the second thing people will want to talk about after the price. One garage would be fine. Two means you have a place for vehicles and still have a place for everything else you accumulate. Workshop, storage, whatever you need it to be. On a corner lot you've got the room for them without the property feeling crowded.

The agent description calls out updates throughout, which covers appliances, upstairs windows, and flooring. That's a reasonable list for a house this age, though it also tells you updates were selective rather than comprehensive. A 1905 house at this price has probably got some things left to address. That's the deal you're making.

What you're getting is a large old house with a workable layout, a good porch, two garages, and a corner lot in a small North Dakota town, all for $99,900. The square footage alone at that price is hard to argue with.