| We found cheap houses for sale all over
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| | for example, now has, in addition to it's
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| the country. My wife Ana and I were on a
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| | beautiful mountain scenery, a ski resort
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| seven-week drive around the country. It
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| | and a Jack Nicholas golf course. Houses
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| was a vacation, but we looked at houses
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| | cost four times as much an hour in any
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| too, and bought one in a great little
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| | direction, and those prices are bound to
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| town in the mountains of western Montana.
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| | reach Anaconda eventually.Cheap Houses
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| It cost $17,500, and after $2000 to fix
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| | You Don't Want To BuyThere are towns like
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| it up, we lived there for several months
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| | the one in South Dakota where we stopped
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| before selling it for $28,000.We loved
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| | for lunch one day. A bulletin board had
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| Anaconda. Where else can you fly fish, go
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| | ads for cheap houses for sale by
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| to a three-dollar movie in a beautiful
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| | desperate people trying not to be the
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| old art-deco theatre (the 5th most
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| | last to leave town. There was a photo of
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| beautiful in the country, according to
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| | a beautiful old five-bedroom farmhouse
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| the Smithsonian), drop some nickles in a
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| | for $11,000. As we ate, we looked up the
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| slot machine, eat at a fine restaurant,
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| | deserted street and noticed that most of
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| stop by the bar for a dollar beer, and
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| | the buildings were boarded-up. This was a
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| buy a house for under $30,000 - all
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| | dying town, with nothing to help revive
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| within a four block area! There are good
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| | it. A free house wouldn't be a good
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| schools and churches, a library with fast
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| | enough reason to move here.Cheap House
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| internet service, and wildlife (including
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| | For Sale - Our CriteriaThere are many
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| bears) a few hundred yards from
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| | wonderful towns, from Florida to Oregon,
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| downtown.Why Are There Cheap Houses For
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| | where there are cheap houses for sale.
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| Sale?There are cheap houses in Anaconda,
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| | After our Montana experience, we started
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| and nearby Butte because there aren't
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| | a website about them. What does a town
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| many good jobs. I easily found jobs in
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| | need in order to make our list? The
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| Anaconda - but not good ones. This
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| | criteria are certainly subjective, but
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| explains why people left the area in the
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| | include at least the following:1.
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| 80's, after the mines and smelters
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| | Population of 4,000 to 80,000.
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| closed.Thirteen percent of the "housing
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| | 2. Decent library.
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| units" in Anaconda are vacant, according
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| | 3. Good grocery store.
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| to the 2000 U.S. census. This has driven
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| | 4. Movie theatre.
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| down the home prices dramatically. Since
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| | 5. At least six houses for sale under
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| it still has all the basic ammenities, is
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| | $50,000.
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| cleaner now, and is slowly recovering,
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| | 6. The town has a good "feel" to
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| it's a great place to retire to or to
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| | it.After much research, we found a number
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| move to if you have an internet or other
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| | of towns that met our criteria, including
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| non-location-based business.A poor local
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| | some with homes for under $30,000. There
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| economy is the reason you can buy cheap
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| | really are nice towns out there where you
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| houses in many parts of the country.
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| | can find cheap houses for sale.Steve
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| These are towns that have seen troubled
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| | Gillman has invested in real estate for
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| times, but are often recovering,
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| | years.
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| sometimes with good reasons. Anaconda,
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