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Ryan Huggins - Thousand Oaks, CA
https://HugginsHomes.com - Thousand Oaks, CA
Residential Real Estate and Investment Properties

Well, the saying "the house has good bones" did come from somewhere...

Oct 27, 2024 05:21 PM
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Alan May
Jameson Sotheby's International Realty - Evanston, IL
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Older home, newer home it doesn't matter.  A body in the wall would be an immediate call to the police and my home would become an instant crime scene. I'm going to go on record and say I wouldn't react well.

Oct 27, 2024 03:21 PM
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Candice A. Donofrio
Next Wave RE Investments LLC Bullhead City AZ Commercial RE Broker - Fort Mohave, AZ
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Part of me says how old is the house and how much inspecting did you do. If you would have talked to the neighbors or cops, maybe Intel would suggest possible foul play at that house. Depending on how much I like the house, I would have helped solve the crime then brought in someone to clear it banish any spirits (I know someone that does that), and finish the renovation having put that poor soul to rest finally and maybe solve the mystery for the family. Not something I'd want to find but fascinating all the same!

Oct 27, 2024 05:03 PM
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Jerry Thomas-Construction Loans
Cranbrook Loans - Farmington Hills, MI
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Start charging it rent.

Oct 28, 2024 04:06 AM
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John Juarez
The Medford Real Estate Team - Fremont, CA
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I would not be at all happy. I would have to report it to the police and the follow-up would be a pain in the neck.

Oct 27, 2024 04:36 PM
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Jeff Dowler, CRS
eXp Realty of California, Inc. - Carlsbad, CA
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I would be totally freaked out and on the phone with the police right away.

Oct 27, 2024 04:09 PM
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Richie Alan Naggar
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Who can argue "juju"? LOL.  So, you find a complete skeleton & what to do? I would make the decision at that time. Fascinating, however.

Oct 27, 2024 03:31 PM
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J.R. Schloemer
Kentucky Select Properties - Louisville, KY

I saw this. That skull had been there quite a while. Does make me wonder what happened 150 years ago.

Oct 27, 2024 08:42 PM
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Kat Palmiotti
eXp Commercial, Referral Divison - Kalispell, MT
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I'd contact the police immediately. It wouldn't make me move though. It would be quite the story to tell!

Oct 27, 2024 05:58 PM
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
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With old homes I suggest to clients that they do an infra-red inspection behind the walls... so most likely that body would have been noticed prior to closing.

Oct 28, 2024 04:45 AM
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Doug Dawes
Keller Williams Evolution - 447 Boston Street, Suite #5, Topsfield, MA - Topsfield, MA
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I suppose it would startle me. Hopefully, it wouldn't have been a recent one...lol

Oct 27, 2024 05:29 PM
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Buzz Mackintosh
Mackintosh REALTORS - Frederick, MD
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I'm sure this house will be haunted much like my High School Prospect Hall with the famous ghost story of Agnes in the wall. 👻

Oct 28, 2024 04:25 AM
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Wayne Martin
Wayne M Martin - Oswego, IL
Real Estate Broker - Retired

I am with Ryan Huggins - Thousand Oaks, CA on this oe but would follow the advice given by Alan May

Oct 28, 2024 04:16 AM
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Silvia Dukes PA, Broker Associate, CRS, CIPS, SRES
Tropic Shores Realty - Ich spreche Deutsch! - Spring Hill, FL
Florida Waterfront and Country Club Living

Depends. Is it Halloween yet? 😉

 

Oct 28, 2024 03:10 AM
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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I don't "know" how I would react but imagine there would be gasps, more than a few screams and an overall creepiness entering the scene.  

Oct 28, 2024 01:56 AM
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Katina Hargrove 352-551-0308
Stake Your Land Realty, Inc. - Eustis, FL
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Joan Cox 

Whose body?  Kind of creepy thinking about it......

Oct 29, 2024 01:07 PM
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Kathy Streib
Cypress, TX
Home Stager/Redesign

How interesting! 

1.Scream 

2. Call the police

3. Depends on the story

Oct 28, 2024 10:35 AM
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Lynnea Miller
Bend Premier Real Estate - Bend, OR
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I would be shocked! And the police would be all over it. And talk about a devaluation in the home!

Oct 28, 2024 08:41 AM
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Kathleen Daniels, Probate & Trust Specialist
KD Realty - 408.972.1822 - San Jose, CA
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I would call the police.  

Oct 28, 2024 07:07 AM
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Andrew Mooers | 207.532.6573
MOOERS REALTY - Houlton, ME
Northern Maine Real Estate-Aroostook County Broker

King Tut in your "condo made a stonah..." Was he buried in his jammies?

That explains the " Ooh ooh that smell" Joan Cox. Make sure it is on the property disclosure on resale listing.

 

Oct 28, 2024 04:10 AM
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Tony Lewis
Summit Real Estate Group - Valencia, CA
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It would depend on the condition of the body.  If it were fresh with maggots and worms crawling around I would vomit and then call the police.  It were an older body with a skeleton I'd call the police.  Moving wouldn't be on my mind right away.  I would want to get some history and see if there was something that should have been disclosed.  Attorney might be my next call.

Oct 27, 2024 05:57 PM
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Elyse Berman, PA
LoKation Real Estate - Boca Raton, FL
Boca Raton FL (561) 716-7824

Not well.  I would freak out and call the police.

Oct 28, 2024 05:26 PM
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Anna "Banana" Kruchten
HomeSmart Real Estate - Phoenix, AZ
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Well I did find a body in the first rehab I bought way back when....but it was a bat!!  Made some money on that house so it was good juju!

 

On a creepy note....I heard on the local news this weekend that some old guy had a body in a freezer when the cops entered the house.  They couldn't figure out how the old dude was connected to the dead person.....it all seemed weird and very messed up.  All the neighbors were not happy....

Oct 28, 2024 10:07 AM
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Don Baker
Lane Realty - Eatonton, GA
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I'm pretty confident my wife would know it was there before we bought the house.  She can feel bad juju instantly.

Oct 28, 2024 08:32 AM
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Carla Freund
Keller Williams Preferred Realty - Raleigh, NC
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I would probably try to solve a crime. 

It depends on how old the body is. If it is 50ish years old I'd probably be ok but if it was a recent crime I'd be a bit concerned. 

Did this actually happen??

Oct 28, 2024 08:18 AM
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Will Hamm
Hamm Homes - Aurora, CO
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I would sell the house fast,  maybe a ghost will be there

 

Oct 28, 2024 01:05 PM
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Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

I would report the find to the police and defer work on that wall until the body was removed.

Oct 28, 2024 09:57 AM
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Bob Crane
Woodland Management Service / Woodland Real Estate, KW Diversified - Stevens Point, WI
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I keep hoping to find hidden treasure in those walls, never even thought about any bodies.

Oct 30, 2024 08:41 PM