Re: haunted real estate

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just checking to see if anything is going through this thread

On 5/09/06, v wrote:
>
> 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