[pinochet]

If you have a bullet-proof car, and you walk around with a bullet proof-vest, and you have a full-time muscular bodyguard, the $6000 price for a house in Detroit is an excellent deal. If you do not want to be disturbed by the sound of gunshots at night, you simply need a set of ear muffs.

The article also says that you can get a huge 8 bedroom mansion with two levels and a 3 car garage for $14,000. A similar house in a "good neighborhood" would cost millions of dollars. Those extra bedrooms can accommodate bodyguards.

[OldNewYork]

Probably because there is greater value in a used car than in what’s for sale there, before it returns to farmland.

[realestateman]

There are many cheap houses for sale in Detroit currently. Some of the best deals can be found through online real estate auction websites (like http://realtybargain.net/page/cheap-houses-for-sale-in-detroit.html ), which offer auctions with $1 starting bids.