The Alt Ordo Kickstarter Is Live
Find land, discover communities, design your setup, and build a life that fits you.
The Alt Ordo Kickstarter to connect people to land + alternative living systems is live!
Over recent years, in particular, we’ve watched millions of people search for a different way to live…
Some want a cabin in the woods. Some dream of a tiny home. Others are looking for raw land, a yurt, an RV, an intentional community, or simply a lifestyle that feels more aligned with their values.
The problem isn’t a lack of interest.
The problem is a lack of tools and information.
Checkout our video version of this article below with a live app preview.
Today, anyone interested in alternative living has to piece together information from dozens of disconnected websites. Property listings live in one place. Community directories live somewhere else. Location research is spread across countless county websites, forums, and social media groups. Designing a property often requires spreadsheets, YouTube videos, and hundreds of hours of trial and error.
We thought there should be a better way.
So we built Alt Ordo.
One Platform for Alternative Living
Alt Ordo brings together the tools people need to discover, evaluate, design, and build simple, alternative lifestyles.
Whether you’re looking for a tiny home, a cabin, a yurt, raw land, an RV setup, an alternative community, or something entirely unique, Alt Ordo helps you explore possibilities that traditional housing platforms rarely focus on.
Most real estate platforms begin with the property.
Alt Ordo begins with the person.
What kind of life are you trying to build?
Do you want more land?
Do you need to stay close to a city?
Are you looking for flexibility, community, privacy, mobility, or permanence?
The answers to those questions shape everything else.
Housing should support your life goals. It should not define them.
Discover Properties That Match Your Lifestyle
Alternative living has grown dramatically over the last decade, but finding properties that support it is still surprisingly difficult.
Alt Ordo helps solve that problem by focusing specifically on alternative housing and land opportunities.
Users can browse affordable cabins, tiny homes, yurts, RV properties, land listings, alternative communities, and other opportunities that often get buried inside traditional real estate websites.
Instead of sorting through thousands of irrelevant listings, users can focus on properties that support the lifestyle they actually want.
Design Before You Commit
Finding the right property is only part of the equation.
Many people want to create something unique.
That’s where the Alt Ordo Simulator comes in.
The simulator allows users to visually design complete living systems using real-world components.
Users can experiment with shelter types, energy systems, water systems, gardens, storage, sanitation, heating, cooling, and dozens of other components to understand how everything works together.
Some users may want a fully independent property.
Others may want a smaller, more traditional home with a few self-reliant systems.
Many will land somewhere in between.
The goal isn’t to push a particular lifestyle. The goal is to help people explore possibilities and understand the tradeoffs before spending real money.
As users build, Alt Ordo provides estimates for cost, land requirements, utility needs, and other practical considerations. Every component is connected to real products and resources that help move ideas from concept to reality.
Find Places Where Your Plans Actually Work
One of the biggest challenges in alternative living is location.
A beautiful property can quickly become frustrating if local regulations, climate conditions, taxes, or infrastructure make your plans difficult to achieve.
Alt Ordo helps users evaluate locations before making major decisions.
Our Freedom Maps combine county-level data into a single interface designed specifically for alternative living.
Users can explore factors such as zoning flexibility, weather, climate, rainfall, sunshine, taxes, population density, and other variables that influence long-term livability.
Instead of spending weeks researching counties one at a time, users can compare locations and identify areas that align with their goals.
The platform launches with United States coverage, with additional countries planned through future expansion.
Find Your People
Changing the way you live can be exciting.
It can also feel isolating.
One of the most valuable parts of any lifestyle transition is finding other people who understand what you’re trying to accomplish.
Alt Ordo helps users discover communities, meet like-minded people, and connect with others pursuing similar goals.
The best projects rarely happen alone.
Strong communities make ambitious ideas possible.
Buy, Sell, Trade, and Share
Alternative living often relies on specialized equipment, materials, and resources that don’t fit neatly into traditional marketplaces.
That’s why Alt Ordo includes a marketplace built specifically for this community.
Users can buy, sell, barter, and trade everything from shelters and tools to building materials, equipment, land opportunities, and other resources that support alternative lifestyles.
Over time, we believe the marketplace will become one of the most valuable parts of the ecosystem.
Why We Believe This Matters
Housing is changing.
Not because everyone wants the same alternative lifestyle.
Because people want options.
Some people want more land.
Some want mobility.
Some want community.
Some want simplicity.
Some want independence.
Some want more free time and less bills.
Others simply want a home that better reflects who they are and how they want to live.
The future of housing will not look exactly like the past.
We believe the tools supporting that future should exist.
A Community Already Waiting
Over the last few years, we’ve built an audience of more than 1.7 million followers interested in alternative housing, land, lifestyle design, self-reliance, and intentional living.
The interest is already there.
The community is already there.
Now we’re building the platform.
The Kickstarter Is Live
We’re a small team of two brothers building the platform we’ve wanted to exist for years.
This Kickstarter helps us finish the first public release of Alt Ordo, improve the simulator, expand listings, organize location data, grow community features, and continue building the tools that make alternative living easier to discover and pursue.
If you’ve ever felt that the conventional path wasn’t the option for you, we’d love your support. We feel the same way.
Back Alt Ordo today and help us build the future of alternative living.
Hi! Crazy Substacker here who is slowly going into the whole crunchy/alt/decentralization/homeschoolyourkidsradicalized culture... I'm 17 and I'm going to college in the fall of 2027. I want to study construction management at Georgia tech, minor in public policy, and get a masters in real estate development. Here are some questions for you:
1. I go to local Board of Commissioners meetings. I also have texted with my district's commissioner a few times. I've gone up to speak a few times. What are some things I can easily advocate for? (eg. allow ADUs)
2. What are some great local or national companies that I can get an internship or a job with either now or in the future?
3. Is there any way I help you guys with the app you are building
4. How do I become a real estate developer coming from not much money?
5. Are there any good real estate development or sustainable construction related youtube videos, podcasts, or even courses that you could recommend?
6. If I were to have a real estate development firm, what are some good "alt ordo" type ideas for building housing/commercial space on a planned level? Basically, how can I take traditional real estate development concepts and ideas and turn them into alternative real estate development ideas? (eg. Serenbe, or health-conscious homes)
7. How can I get ahead in the goal of owning a home? (I want to have kids, so I am not wanting to live in a trailer or tiny house) I literally only have $50 in savings.
So let me see if I got this straight. A kickstarter was done before the name change for the simulation. A lot of money was raised yet the "v2" of the simulation with the upgraded graphics was never done even though it reached the goal. Now a name change, and another kickstarter with a goal of $120k? Do I have that right? Yea...no.