Do You Avoid Sex Offender Discussions?

I tell folks to look at these sites, but NOT to take an absences as an all clear. Many of these offenders have a habit of disappearing. Always be safe! Trust your kids safety to no one!

Several states require that rental and sales prospects be provided the STATE website which is updated.  I would use THAT rather than an application which may not be updated quite as often!!!

Mark ~ I lost a deal in July due to a registered sex offender being in the neighborhood, so I know it can affect a sale. I had the listing and the buyer just didn't like what she found on the registry. I don't think there's a neighborhood around Louisville that doesn't have someone...I have one 4 houses down and didn't know until I checked the registry.

Mark, touchy subject (oh, maybe I shouldn't have said that).  We have Megan's law in CA, so the buyer is to do their due diligence when it comes to finding out on their own if sex offenders are registered in the neighborhood.  Buyers can be directed to a website or contact the local police department for information. 

There are different degrees of sex offences, and that can be discovered on the website, as well as the name and address of the offender.  I do not touch (oops, there's that word again) the subject with a ten foot pole.  Megan's law is in one of our California Association of Realtors disclosure forms.

Not a pleasant topic, but an important one.

Yes, I would not qualify what that means. A sex offender is not to be confused with a child molester. Not every sex offender is a child molester but every child molester is a sex offender.