Buying A House Someone Was Murdered In

[Wyatt Johnson]

Hey everyone,

I am looking at buying a house in an upper middle class part of town.  The house is off market, so I am getting it at a discount.  The only thing that concerns me is someone was recently beat to death in the house.  I doubt the whole town knows that is happened in this house, but the neighbors definitely do.  Is this fact going to make the house sell for less than what the comps are saying?  I plan on selling it this coming spring.  Whether you have gone through this or not, any advice would be greatly appreciated!

[Clayton Barnes]

Originally posted by @Russell Brazil:

There was a house in my marker where 3 owners in a row were murdered in the house, Super bizarre. Well the last time they were selling it, no one would buy that house even though it was priced $100k below what it would typically sell for.  The listing agent for the most recent estate was able to petition the county to have the address changed, and only then were they able to sell it, since then when you googled the address none of the news stories about the house would come up.

 Wow, I don't blame them. That sounds like a movie plot. Maybe you could market it to horror buffs.