Investor · Omaha, NE · Member since 2011 · 475 posts · 211 votes
I had a friend ask last evening if she needs to disclose to prospective tenants that their half of a duplex may be haunted. Not having any experience with this I thought I'd ask BP. She bought it as a rehab and in the process her workmen have noted unexplained door slammings, foot steps from upstairs when no one else is there and someone tapping them on the shoulder when no one else is there and unexplained noises from the baement when no one else is there. It apparnetly is only one one side of the duplex and the other half is already rented without incident. She had one prospect look at the main floor and liked it then went upstairs and quickly came down and ran out of the house saying it wasn't for her. What do you think?
"Great duplex in a fantastic neighborhood. Fresh remodel and quiet street. New furnace and Hvac. Great home for a first time home buyer. The ghost comes with the home. He is friendly unless you listen to country music. Then he tends to levitate the cat across the room. Great school districts and local parks. "
You might not need a disclosure on this, but you will need a ghost insurance in place. The only insurance company that issues this is Ghostbusters Surety.
Dennis you are receiving a lot of inaccurate info . Yes you absolutely have to disclose hauntings. The legislature passed the "paranormal and spectral mitigation act" I'm 1986 which specifically encumbered home sellers with the legal duty to disclose and sometimes remove ghosts, demons, and other noncorporal entities. This has since been extended to aliens, UFO abductions, and bigfoots.
I recommend one of the following actions:
1. call a spectral mitigation certified technician to adress the issue prior to sake
2. give me your credit card info and I will remove the spirits through advance rituals and arcane spiritual extraction ceremonys
please be swift!
I say turn it into a short term rental just think you can rent it to paranormal investigating teams or crazy people that want to spend the week in a haunted house at above market value
I just saw a house in Madison, GA, which is a very old town and one of the few Sherman didn't burn, and the listing sign had a rider that read "NOT HAUNTED". I don't know if it was meant more as a joke or not, but the property did back up to a cemetery so maybe it was necessary!
There is actually a court case called "Stambovsky v. Ackley" on this issue. If you think you were surprised to see the question asked here, imagine how the judge felt!
****Spoiler Alert**** The seller in the case was required to disclose the haunting
I never heard that one before, a ghost that occupies one side of a duplex, that's funny! At least they respect and don't disturb the other tenants. Maybe disclose it has some odd sounds and noises, but I wouldn't say I think it's haunted. Was it disclosed when she bought the rehab?
Dennis you are receiving a lot of inaccurate info . Yes you absolutely have to disclose hauntings. The legislature passed the "paranormal and spectral mitigation act" I'm 1986 which specifically encumbered home sellers with the legal duty to disclose and sometimes remove ghosts, demons, and other noncorporal entities. This has since been extended to aliens, UFO abductions, and bigfoots.
I recommend one of the following actions:
1. call a spectral mitigation certified technician to adress the issue prior to sake
2. give me your credit card info and I will remove the spirits through advance rituals and arcane spiritual extraction ceremonys
please be swift!
Looks like the days of under the radar activity for aliens are over.
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