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Seriously, Can you give some addresses ( or Zillow web url links) of Detroit home addresses where the home prices are so cheap

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There are a few auction sites online, I believe the city runs one or two of them. The thing people miss on these is their annual taxes, which are not forgiven, as well as the near instant requirements to meet livability standards (reno) lest they be fined. There's a lot to it that's over looked. As they say, no such thing as a free lunch.

Here's some that start at the 4k range.

https://www.point2homes.com/US/Cheap-Homes-For-Sale/MI/Detro...

Here are some below $10k https://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sale/Detroit-MI/17762_rid/0...

A lot of those ads seem to think that anyone would buy those homes to renovate them. Tearing them down seems to be the smart decision, if you could even consider buying abandoned Detroit homes smart. One of them has fire damage throughout the home, literally holes in the roof from the fire. Ad calls it a "handyman special".

https://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sale/Detroit-MI/88117170_zp...

Realtors make "runs and drives, needs head gasket, $20 part, no time to fix" sound like something a pessimist would say.

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