On Tue, 13 Jun 2017 14:00:27 -0000 (UTC), HerHusband
wrote:

If it's in a good area the lot is worth more empty.

Unfortunately, mom's house is in a rural and remote little town in the
desert. I'm not expecting a quick sale considering the area it is in. Who
knows, maybe I'll be surprised.

We can't sell it till mom gets moved and we know what to do with her
belongings anyway. It's cheaper to leave it all in the house than to rent a
storage unit.

Anthony
My kid brother lives in a small town in that remote portion of North
Dakota known as Saskatchewan. He owns the first property outside town
on the main road, and the property next to him came up for sale about
2 years ago. It shares his driveway. The asking price, with a 2 year
old roof, wiring, and plumbing, including appliances less than 5 years
old and a 2 year old lawn tractor was $5000 Canadian.
He said he just KNEW what kind of neighbours he'd get for $5000, so he
bought it. The seller had not managed to sell his late seventies
Lincoln Town Car by the time he left town, so he signed it over as
part of the deal.

Perfectly liveable little house, with no plumbing or electrical
issues, and a good roof. You need to truck in your water, and pump out
the sewage (no town sewers, and no weeping beds allowed - and
gawdawful water - but only $5K
A few miles up the road, where you CAN put in a septic tank, and the
water is still terrible, the property would have been worth about 4X
as much. Get up into Yorkton it would be about $60,000 - $120,000. 30
km south in Mellvile, about $35000