Re: haunted real estate

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Off topic a bit. Tell them there are ways to
get rid of ghosts. They can get evicted, by
honest to goodness ghost busters! No joke.
Ghosts have no more legal rights than any one
else.

On 5/08/06, Curmudgeon wrote:
> Such disclosure by the seller is required in
some states (I
> believe including New York) and has been
considered in a few
> others (the Indiana legislature debated it 3
or 4 years ago).
>
> On 5/08/06, Rob Olson wrote:
>> Greetings from Japan! My name is Rob Olson
and I am an
>> Assistant Professor in Tomakomai Komazawa
University. I
>> teach an English debating class and one of
my students
>> posed a most interesting question and
wanted an American
>> viewpoint:
>>
>> Would a real estate agent be ethically
required to inform
>> prospective buyers that the reason for an
apartment's
>> unusually low cost is the belief that it is
haunted by the
>> ghost of a former occupant who committed
suicide in the
>> bedroom. This actually happened and
students are asking
>> what would happen in the United States.
Any insights will
>> be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Rob Olson