When someone offers to sell you a home for $5000, ask them where it is. If it's that one sitting in the middle of the trailer court with the windows broken, some guy peeing on the back door and a tree poking out of the roof, say no. But if it's a trailer sitting in the middle of the woods, surrounded by lakes, rivers and wildlife, think about it.
While you're thinking, rather than considering the million reasons why you can't find work in a town of 800 people, and why you would rather not make a daily one-hour commute to the next town, consider whether or not you like the view. Ask yourself if you enjoy the water. Think about the possibility of owning your summer cottage outright, with no mortgages, minimal utility bills and land taxes, with nature waiting, literally, at your doorstep. And if you can say no to that, slap yourself in the face and consider it again. While you're at it, think about the number of people who spend hundreds of thousands on their summer getaways.
And when you realize that it doesn't get much better than this, say yes.
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