> I would be interested to see a Zillow link for a "good starter home" that's listing for $5,000. I just went to zillow and set up a filter for houses between

> I would be interested to see a Zillow link for a "good starter home" that's listing for $5,000. I just went to zillow and set up a filter for houses between 5K to 10K in all of the USA. (edit: fixed my filter) While I see some houses in that price range, they are in need of significant rebuild (fire damage, foundation problems, etc). A far stretch from a good started home. If you only have <$10K to buy a house you are unlikely to have money to rebuild it.