Ideally, they'd also be in an area with a nice climate where they could grow as much of their own food as possible.Their goal ...

The organization, founded in 2008, offers residents of Detroit, Michigan the opportunity to buy vacant, abandoned, or deteriorated houses and land ... my neighborhood for sale," Orr tells CNBC ...

Ben Radstone founded YouSpotProperty with the idea of using the UK's biggest investigative force - the general public - to help bring abandoned homes back into use. "A property which is derelict ...