Do you like ghost stories?
Do you have ghost stories of your own?
If you're a real estate professional, perhaps you've noticed that homes sometimes give off an energy of being happy or sad - and you can almost "get" the sense of what happened there from what the house exudes. Have you also ever been in homes where you thought you weren't alone, but you could not actually see that anyone else was there?
Know what I'm talking about?
Alright, I guess I'm pretty much out of the closet with this: I'm a Realtor and I collect ghost stories. I have a web page on one of my realty sites dedicated to homes with ghosts: http://www.hauntedrealestate.com/. I've been found out. The good folks at http://www.realtown.com/ asked if I'd write an article on this topic, and I did, and today it was published.
And you know what? A whole lot of people (some I have known and some not) wrote to me today with THEIR ghost stories. Which proves what I say early on in my article: people won't tell you their ghost stories unless they believe that you believe.
OK so take a peek at the article and also at my website. The article is on http://www.realtown.com/ (direct link ishttp://www.realtown.com/articles/haunted-real-estate-a-primer-for-real-estate-agents ). The website is www.HauntedRealEstate.com .
I welcome your feedback, real estate professionals!
And even more, please tell me: what is the disclosure requirement in YOUR STATE regarding the sale of haunted (or stigmatized) properties?