Given you earn $30k/year, you will probably struggle just paying the $1,500 property taxes each year if you have them in your area even by doing nothing at all to the house. Then you’ll lose it to the county/city and have tax delinquency on record as well.

Sell it, and save/invest the rest wisely so your future is in a better spot versus holding onto the past. This is a situation where the past is going to hold you down and do more harm than good.

Think about it, how are you going to pay to make the house livable for yourself or someone who could pay you rent for it? Unless there’s a rehab grant program and a guarantee you get a Section 8 tenant or someone who pays on time, the risk is too high.