Where is it?
I lived in Spokane, WA for 7 years in the 80's. We lived in Greenacres (no kidding!), a suburb, about 5 miles from the Idaho border and Coeur d'Alene.
PROS:
It's beautiful.
Tons of lakes.
Small town feel.
Easy to get around and close to Canada, which is also beautiful.
I had my favorite job ever during those years.
CONS:
Northern Idaho used to have an active faction of a white supremacist group (boo, hiss
). It's probably safe to assume they are still there.
The winters in those days were awful and looooong. It got cold the day after Labor Day and one year we had visitors in June who needed to wear ski jackets. That's probably the same year we only had a two week summer. The last year we were there it was -60 (wind chill but who cares) for 10 days straight and I told then-husband to GET ME OUTTA HERE....plus the winters are GRAY, GRAY, GRAY all winter long.
When we lived there real estate was reasonably priced. It had a boom after we left but be careful- I'm not sure what the economy is like there now.
If you are used to living in a big city you will be miserable. If you like country living and don't mind the above, it might be a good place for you.
Heck, for $150.00 it's probably worth the risk because you can always sell it for more than that and make a profit.
Suz