# I just sold my house for $2000 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 6, 2022, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-sold-my-house-for-2000/959012 "2022-02-06T22:13:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2022, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-sold-my-house-for-2000/959012/1 "2022-02-06T22:13:44Z")
Foreclosure. It’s more than a bit of a dump. I got 40 years out of it. I’m sad, but not pissed. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2022, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-sold-my-house-for-2000/959012/2 "2022-02-07T02:22:49Z")
Was there any actual land associated with this house? Or was it a mobile home on a pad rental? Because I’ve got a used sea kayak that I think I could get almost this much for… ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2022, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-sold-my-house-for-2000/959012/3 "2022-02-07T03:39:30Z")
If you’re happy to be out from under the debt, I’m happy for that, but it would be hard to lose your home. It seems you’ve been in hospitals and rehabs so much the last couple years I suppose it’s hard to know you have no place that’s yours. StG ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2022, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-sold-my-house-for-2000/959012/4 "2022-02-07T16:34:42Z")
Expected this to be a Monopoly thread. Bummer. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2022, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-sold-my-house-for-2000/959012/5 "2022-02-07T18:20:09Z")
I’m sorry to hear that. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2022, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-sold-my-house-for-2000/959012/6 "2022-02-07T20:45:28Z")
Is that in Lombard? I’da thought a buildable lot worth considerably more than that. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2022, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-sold-my-house-for-2000/959012/7 "2022-02-07T20:52:52Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > I’da thought a buildable lot worth considerably more than that. Sure, but when OP says $2000 that probably means the excess of the value of the property over debt secured on it. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2022, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-sold-my-house-for-2000/959012/8 "2022-02-07T23:55:26Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > Sure, but when OP says $2000 that probably means the excess of the value of the property over debt secured on it. This. And probably medical debt, at that. @dropzone that just bites. {{dropzone}} ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2022, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-sold-my-house-for-2000/959012/9 "2022-02-08T00:20:21Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > Sure, but when OP says $2000 that probably means the excess of the value of the property over debt secured on it. Ahhhh. this makes sense. That sucks. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2022, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-sold-my-house-for-2000/959012/10 "2022-02-08T09:25:01Z")
I’m so sorry. But …I have a ghost room you can live in. Let me know, I’ll sage it for you. The ghosts are mostly harmless. The cats like it. You’ll have company. If they accept you. Seriously, this is just another gut punch for you.