Wauconda, Washington - Tiny Town Sells on eBay For $360K

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Wauconda, Washington - This town has a gas pump, a restaurant, a small store, a four-bedroom house and its own ZIP code, 98859.

And in a few weeks — after being listed for sale on eBay — it'll have new owners. It's a story of the travails of selling property on the site, the winning bidder backing out and finally a couple stepping up who had previously fallen in love with the town.

It takes an unusual person to try to flip a town on an auction Web site. It takes unusual people, too, to buy this isolated place that's surrounded by cattle ranches, vast stretches of evergreens, grazing land and the occasional sagebrush rolling along Highway 20.

On this highway, Wauconda is a pit stop at elevation 3,600 feet, a windy 25 miles east of Tonasket, and 12 miles west of Republic, the nearest towns with actual city streets.

But sell it did on April 12.

Daphne Fletcher, 42 — who once was homeless — sold the place for $360,000. She bought the 4-acre property in 2007 for $180,810.

Read More: Seattle times

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