A while ago, I was asked to place a value on a home that was located out in the country. As I drove past the place I thought wow... this has everything a buyer could ask for! A nice 40-acre parcel on a dead end road, the exterior of the home had just been updated with attractive new siding and an expansive new deck could be seen off the side of the home. The property also had an enormous pole shed, which would be a real husband pleaser. If you own a country farmette in this area you always want a good shed for plenty of storage and a place for a workshop area. So I could hardly wait to take a closer look inside the home. It had to be terrific! I parked in the driveway, and enthusiastically walked over to the kitchen door on the side of this home. I was certainly expecting to see great things! As most Realtors know all too well, you cannot always judge the book by the outside cover. However, this one looks really fantastic!
The door opens, I say hello, and I bite my tongue! Holy Smoly... what a mess! As I surveyed the interior landscape, there was total disarray in the kitchen and I was taken back by what my eyes were seeing. The rest of the rooms too, were in a jumble of turmoil. Compared against the outside, which was neat as a pin, the inside was an astonishing contrast of piles and stacks of things. I have seen this before; what may look like horrific housekeeping, garbage and clutter to anyone else seemed to be daily life to the person who greeted me. My first thoughts were this is going to be beyond home staging. I silently bet that the clutter here was something more than clutter. Most people can categorize and part with things.
When a cluttered home become out of control, is when the stuff starts to interfere with the other family members lives. The person I was facing may have what is known as OCD Hoarding Syndrome. That is when a person keeps large amounts of items that others perceive as worthless, useless and excessive. The family members sometimes feel anger and resentment towards the hoarder and find living with them overtime becomes impossible, sometime resulting in a divorce, as was this case. From what I have read, they tend to be reclusive and secretive. Sadly it is a disease that has an attached stigma, there is the shame because they are unable to stop or change.
In the course of our careers as Realtor's, we sure get into a lot of homes. Just think about it for a minute. The average homebuyer's may look at 6 maybe 10 homes and then choose one to buy and live in for years to come. They will visit their friends and families in their homes, adding maybe... who know for sure? 30 more homes to their list of home they see and have been invited into on a regular basis.
The timeless character of this four bedroom home has been completely preserved even though the interior has been entirely updated. All resulting in a combination of country charm and modern conveniences it has a floorplan that is inviting. 
The asking price is only $159000. the upper addition is less than one year old. For additional information contact Mary Strang at 
place, it's by no means a big surprise to discover piles & piles of old rusty things left behind. Some barns & sheds can turn out to be treasure trove for antique dealers and auctioneers. It can also be a clean up site and headache for the Realtor. I have seen both. One thing I do know is that now-a-days not too many city buyers are willing to inherit this debris and remaining rusting junk. They want it "Broom Clean". A vague terms we Realtors use that should leave no misunderstanding in the sellers mind. 
Much to my surprise, even in my time, many of these relics have been elevated to collector status. Rusty stuff seems to be popular now. Such as cream separators, which I never thought anyone would want. I see old rusty wheelbarrows finding their way to front yards brimming with petunias. Amazingly, another coveted decorative farm implement, used as a front yard planter, is an old wooden manure spreader. Can you believe that, I couldn't? However, one old item that seems to still be plentiful around old farms, I bet will never find its way into collector status is an old above ground storage tank. I photographed this one recently. It looks to me like it is having a bad hair day as it has been left behind to rust away into a cornfield.
Driftless Area in Wisconsin has many excellent fly-fishing streams loaded with brown trout. There are 68 cold spring water streams in Vernon County alone, including Kickapoo River and Timber Coulee Creek. Here a newly listed Ranch home that comes with 8 acres of land. 
Some email just gives off red warning flags; this particular email, makes me see big yellow cautions signs! Of course the, names and address in my email has been changed for obvious reasons.
Back when it was first built, I imagine someone once loved this ranch home very much. At that time, at least 50+ years ago, I would think that the owners must have been very proud to call this house their home! A young couple just starting their family may have built it. A retiring couple moving into a one level house in this small rural village could have possibly built it. Like they say if only walls could talk, what stories they would tell. Questions came to my mind, like how many times did it changes hands, and were the life's there happy or sad? Why did it become so neglected?
enormously concerned for my health or anyone else's who would enter. My visit there was simply to evaluate its worth. Unfortunately, my diagnosis for this home is it has regrettably no remaining value at all. It's used up, demolish and tear it down; it is too terminal to permit a sale to another.