$249,000 in the North Beacon Hill neighborhood of Seattle, will get you a dangerous, crumbling box of tetanus. A 6,000 square foot lot covered in sharp, leather-splitting wild blackberries, no stairs or porch of any kind and no front door. You get two bedrooms and a bathroom, but the kitchen has no appliances or cabinets and the bathroom is a Petri dish. Your agent need not worry about bringing a keypad for unlocking the door; bring a cordless drill to remove the curling plywood from the slick and mossy entry. Most of the windows are boarded up and broken and you get a bonus '65 Mustang with a hissing family of raccoons, large from being well fed on berries and rubbish. It would be wise to bring a rope and a first aid kit as well. The rope could come in handy for scaling the steep and muddy scrap pile that covers the only path to the property and the first aid kit for when you fall down and slide into the street. It's being sold "as-is" of course, but it would be a better deal if the house wasn't there at all.