Nearly an Acre in Small-Town Illinois. $134,900.

0.87 acres for under $135,000, and the backyard opens up to a field behind it so the actual sense of space runs even further than the property line.

This is a ranch built in 1982 in Olney, Illinois. Three bedrooms, a full bath with an oversized vanity, and a half bath. The kitchen has been updated with stainless steel appliances and there's an eat-in area with room to actually sit down. Living room flows straight into it. The layout is simple and it works. An attached one-car garage comes with it, useful for storage as much as a car.

The backyard is fully privacy-fenced. Behind the fence is a field that belongs to someone else, but practically speaking it adds to the buffer. You are not looking at another house from your yard.

Olney is a small city in Richland County in southeastern Illinois, known mostly for its white squirrel population and for being the kind of town where $134,900 still gets you something real. The house clocks in at 1,092 square feet, which at that price puts you right around $123 per square foot. That number is worth sitting with given what you are also getting in land.

The listing describes it as well maintained and the photos support that. Nothing here looks deferred. The appliances are updated. The rooms are clean. There is no project staring you in the face when you walk through the door.

What you are actually buying is a solid small ranch on nearly a full acre at a price that rarely exists anymore, even in the Midwest. The field behind adds breathing room you did not technically pay for. And the lot itself gives you room to garden, to spread out, to do whatever you want with outdoor space without being squeezed by neighbors.

$134,900 for 0.87 acres and a three-bedroom ranch in move-in condition. That is the whole thing.