I did some poking around on the assessors website and found that the assessed 2342 sqft is including an enclosed patio and a workshop. 

In fact 3 years later I still have their 'old' BBQ & patio furniture at our Lakehouse.

Great back patio/yard. 2 story house with attached garage.Their situation is this: They are moving Wednesday (3/27/19).

Drive down i5 and you will see literally hundreds of homeless tents, like whole neighborhoods, even built up encampments with patios, gigantic piles of trash... 

I got landscaping, a fireplace, granite countertops, up-graded cabinets, a patio, and an additional bedroom + bathroom for the normal base price.

While taking the toilet apart to run a snake I found a plastic back that has drug paraphernalia in it.

It's got a large 18' x 21', 378sf covered area in the back, currently bare earth, which basically serves as a steady source of readily-available mud to track into the house.What are some inexpensive options to create some sort of 'patio' out there, mainly for mud mitigation, but also for a bit of outdoor living?

Large 2 car garage and back yard patio.

Approx $47k in cosmetic repairs - adding 800sf in basement, reverting garage area back into a garage (getting rid of patio doors and putting in garage door and opener), new roof, new gutters, new appliances, redo master bath and hall bath, paint cabinets and put handles on them (none are there presently), building out a laundry room area in basement.

We typically just put in on the plastic.