What makes you think a house can be built for $12,000? That's not what the post said at all. It said the house was sold for $12,000 in the 1970s. Depending on e

What makes you think a house can be built for $12,000? That's not what the post said at all. It said the house was sold for $12,000 in the 1970s. Depending on exactly when it was sold, that could be the equivalent of almost $70k today.