This way if anyone tries to give you bad information or accuse you of something you are well prepared.Knowledge is power as they say.

Internet say large houses can be upwards of $10k my house is 2200 sq ft and needs everything (power wash, sand, minor carpentry, etc)2.

You have to use money to give the seller "moving money", money to bring the loan current if they are behind, money for title reports, money for escrow, money for advertising, money for making the payments after you take ownership, money for repairs if needed, money for cleaning the property, money in reserve in case everything falls apart (just to mention the big ones, there are also Insurance, water, electricity, power, property taxes and so on).

Utilities in this area (-electric, water, sewer) are about $100 monthly if occupied. 

The house itself may be more expensive to build as you're buying/building a one off house and that almost always costs more..than buying from a production builder who may build 1000s of the same floorplan and has purchasing power with suppliers to buy materials for 1000s of houses.  

If it's an electric dryer, we're even talking two different circuits.

We know that cash is king when it comes to buying power, especially in the current market. 

However, since acquiring the property, the taxes went up by 32% and expenses (which I pay) such as electric, gas and water/sewer have increased significantly (perhaps due to COVID).

But what some investors and aspiring homeowners may not know, is that we have big firms with insane buying power entering the market driving up prices and of course limiting the supply for the everyday investor or aspiring homeowner.

My thought is that things I wouldn't even consider or know about could crap out and cost a fortune to replace or fix if I were to purchase homes this old (plumbing, structural, foundation, electrical, etc).