Submitted by UltravioletClearance t3_11lcluv in massachusetts
I've been doomscrolling real estate pages over the past few months as I prepare to possibly enter the housing market. In order to save money I thought of looking for inhabitable yet outdated 2br homes and condos. However, it seems like every single listing has the hallmarks of house flippers. Granite countertops, new shiny appliances, and, most obvious of all, listing photos with no furniture so you know it's not being lived in. Of course they're asking luxury prices for 60 year old 800sqft homes. The only homes I see that fit my "outdated" criteria are uninhabitable tear-downs.
What's going on? Should I give up looking for these types of homes and just go off to Rhode Island or New Hampshire? Or is this some "temporary" issue related to pandemic home hoarding?