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Greg Hamer, Realtor at Alain Pinel Carmel, For Life's Next Adventure, Live Where you Dream (Alain Pinel Realtors)

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Thomas J. Nelson, REALTOR ® e-Pro CRS RCS-D Vets
Big Block Realty 858.232.8722 - La Jolla, CA
CEO of Vision Drive Realty - Coastal San Diego

No, quite the opposite actually. Does your MLS have a "Haunted" box to check?  You need to post about this when you successfully do sell a haunted house!

Nov 14, 2016 10:41 PM
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Jeff Dowler, CRS
eXp Realty of California, Inc. - Carlsbad, CA
The Southern California Relocation Dude

Haven't had that experience, just a couple requesting no haunted houses be shown. Good luck with your clients!

Nov 14, 2016 12:40 PM
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Larry Johnston
Broker, Friends & Neighbors Real Estate and Elkhart County Subdivisions, LLC - Elkhart, IN
Broker,Friends & Neighbors Real Estate, Elkhart,IN

I have had clients who were fascinated by them, but never wanted to live in one, although Evelyn had a client that lived in one. She sold the home for them, but not because of it being haunted.

Nov 14, 2016 12:03 PM
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Joe Pryor
The Virtual Real Estate Team - Oklahoma City, OK
REALTOR® - Oklahoma Investment Properties

Never and it would be ridiculous.

Nov 14, 2016 11:50 AM
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Michael Setunsky
Woodbridge, VA
Your Commercial Real Estate Link to Northern VA

Greg Hamer, Realtor at Alain Pinel Carmel Can't say this I have.

Nov 14, 2016 10:23 PM
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Sandy Padula & Norm Padula, JD, GRI
HomeSmart Realty West & Florida Realty Investments - , CA
Presence, Persistence & Perseverance

Never encountered in the past, but waiting......

Nov 14, 2016 10:18 PM
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Richie Alan Naggar
people first...then business Ran Right Realty - Riverside, CA
agent & author

What he doesnt know is that he may be living in one now & doesnt know it

Nov 14, 2016 10:02 PM
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Jennifer Mackay
Counts Real Estate Group, Inc. - Panama City, FL
Your Bay County Florida Realtor 850.774.6582

Nope, can't say that I have

Nov 14, 2016 09:47 PM
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Scott Godzyk
Godzyk Real Estate Services - Manchester, NH
One of the Manchester NH's area Leading Agents

I have sold them, but never had a buyer ask for one

Nov 14, 2016 09:36 PM
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Richard Weeks
Dallas, TX
REALTOR®, Broker

I have not, nor do I know how to find one.

Nov 14, 2016 09:22 PM
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Tony and Suzanne Marriott, Associate Brokers
Serving the Greater Phoenix and Scottsdale Metropolitan Area - Scottsdale, AZ
Haven Express @ Keller Williams Arizona Realty

Only at the very end of October!! 

Nov 14, 2016 09:01 PM
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Olga Simoncelli
Veritas Prime, LLC dba Veritas Prime Real Estate - New Fairfield, CT
CONSULTANT, Real Estate Services & Risk Management

No, not in my experience. One agent claimed she felt a ghost in a home.

Nov 14, 2016 08:51 PM
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Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
Real Estate Broker Retired

No but he sounds eccentric. Hope he likes what he finds. He's looking for something like the Winchester Mansion.

Nov 14, 2016 08:50 PM
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Jeff Pearl
RE/MAX Distinctive / LIC in VA - Lovettsville, VA
Full Service Full Time Realtor

No. That might require lots of research, and could be impossible to verify.

Nov 14, 2016 08:05 PM
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Harry F. D'Elia III
WEDO Real Estate and Beyond, LLC - Phoenix, AZ
Investor , Mentor, GRI, Radio, CIPS, REOs, ABR

Not here

Nov 14, 2016 07:43 PM
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Marco Giancola
Beachfront Realty - Miami Beach, FL
Realtor (305)608-1922, Miami Beach Florida

No but I have sold one or two

Nov 14, 2016 05:47 PM
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Inna Ivchenko
Barcode Properties - Encino, CA
Realtor® • GRI • HAFA • PSC Calabasas CA

I love it! 

No, I did not have and honestly I have never seen any disclosures about a property being haunted:) good luck!

Nov 14, 2016 03:51 PM
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Praful Thakkar
LAER Realty Partners - Andover, MA
Andover, MA: Andover Luxury Homes For Sale

Greg Hamer, Realtor at Alain Pinel Carmel - I showed one to my clients and they ran away...

Nov 14, 2016 03:05 PM
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Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Napa Consultants - Carpinteria, CA
Luxury Real Estate Branding, Marketing & Strategy

Gary,

I love the Pacific Grove area, and I can understand why someone would ask for that.  I am sure you will something especially if one has a widow's walk.   Also you really cannot claim it is haunted, because proof would be hard to find and authenticate...I think there may be a fine legal line that shoud not be ignored especially in California.  So, if I were you, I would talk to my attorney and cover myself.  Good luck.  A

Nov 14, 2016 01:07 PM
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Patricia Kennedy
RLAH@Properties - Washington, DC
Home in the Capital

Some of the clients I've had have wanted homes with a history, but so far no ghost requests.

Nov 14, 2016 12:39 PM
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Bob Crane
Woodland Management Service / Woodland Real Estate, KW Diversified - Stevens Point, WI
Forestland Experts! 715-204-9671

No and I would have nothing for them if they did.

Nov 14, 2016 11:59 AM
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Joan Cox
House to Home, Inc. - Denver Real Estate - 720-231-6373 - Denver, CO
Denver Real Estate - Selling One Home at a Time

This is a very strange request, and have not experienced this.

Nov 21, 2016 11:59 PM
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William Feela
WHISPERING PINES REALTY - North Branch, MN
Realtor, Whispering Pines Realty 651-674-5999 No.

Um, NO

Nov 15, 2016 12:19 PM
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Ari Taylor
Century 21 North Shore - Peabody, MA
Realtor with Century 21 North Shore!

I did see a listing a year or so ago that promoted the house as haunted. No client has requested one though...

 

I also remember, seeing a house as a buyer that was completely vacant and hadn't been updated since at least the 60s-while in the basement we heard a strange bark coming from inside-we ran!

Nov 15, 2016 09:37 AM
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Kathleen Daniels, Probate & Trust Specialist
KD Realty - 408.972.1822 - San Jose, CA
Probate Real Estate Services

No. I have not. Good luck with your search.

Nov 15, 2016 08:49 AM
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Debbie Reynolds, C21 Platinum Properties
Platinum Properties- (931)771-9070 - Clarksville, TN
The Dedicated Clarksville TN Realtor-(931)320-6730

Never. Was this a request before or after Halloween?

Nov 15, 2016 04:39 AM
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Gita Bantwal
RE/MAX Centre Realtors - Warwick, PA
REALTOR,ABR,CRS,SRES,GRI - Bucks County & Philadel

No

Nov 15, 2016 03:56 AM
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Ryan Huggins - Thousand Oaks, CA
https://HugginsHomes.com - Thousand Oaks, CA
Residential Real Estate and Investment Properties

Never had this request.  We did have one house in town that was considered haunted.  May have even been on Ghost Hunters.

Nov 15, 2016 03:20 AM
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Will Hamm
Hamm Homes - Aurora, CO
"Where There's a Will, There's a Way!"

Oh wow,  no that is a new one.

 

Nov 15, 2016 03:19 AM
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Anna "Banana" Kruchten
HomeSmart Real Estate - Phoenix, AZ
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Nope! That would be interesing!!

Nov 15, 2016 12:45 AM
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Gabe Sanders
Real Estate of Florida specializing in Martin County Residential Homes, Condos and Land Sales - Stuart, FL
Stuart Florida Real Estate

Never.

Nov 15, 2016 12:22 AM
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Amy Gais
Helen Adams Realty - Cornelius, NC
Real Estate Broker/Realtor

I had a realtor friend deal with this, and she looked for them, but found nothing.  In the end it ended up that they were interested by it, but not serious about buying when it came down to it anyway. 

Nov 14, 2016 11:51 PM
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena And Southern California 818.516.4393

Not yet.  Good luck.  

Nov 14, 2016 10:49 PM
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Wayne Martin
Wayne M Martin - Chicago, IL
Real Estate Broker - Retired

Nope, not once!

Nov 14, 2016 10:49 PM
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Barbara Todaro
RE/MAX Executive Realty - Happily Retired - Franklin, MA
Previously Affiliated with The Todaro Team

another reason to focus on the listing end of the real estate business....

Nov 14, 2016 10:49 PM
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
Your Greater Charlotte Realtor

Not yet... maybe the day is coming.

Nov 14, 2016 10:30 PM
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Annette Lawrence , Palm Harbor, FL 727-420-4041
ReMax Realtec Group - Palm Harbor, FL
Making FLORIDA Real Estate EZ

"....a colorful history or story...."

The real estate agent who does not understand the value of the back story should get out of the business.

I use this principle to "sell colorful houses.

Examples of sales that set new price ceilings:

#1. Babe Ruth walked here, sat there and back in 'the day of his partying' very likely used those trees.

#2 Bates, whose figure appears atop the tank at the military museum, purposely built this one bedroom 3,000 SF house to make sure no one stayed overnight. This historic figure and story was gold for any WW2 knowledgeable or person with historical interest..

#3 This island was the start of the sponging industry in Tarpon Springs. As the accompanying images suggest, this was a former slave camp, and this was the heart of sponging before the Greeks displaced them.

#4. Former owners of this big view condo were, Floyd, Boyd and Bugle, all PHD's,  all published academics in the disciplines of commerce and business. Bugle commissioned the mural by Script that is presently preserved in the game room. Boyd was first to publish academic studies on supply side economics.  Don't you feel smarter just standing in this environment of so many cerebrals?.

Here is a good example that EVERYONE CAN DO.

This is the plot lay out that identifies every plant on the property.

The story about the house should be one the new owner is excited to share with their guests. Those moving to Florida from lands of the frozen chosen have been caught sharing their new expertise in botany with their visiting old friends.

It became a story they WANTED to tell.

Yes, it does take a little more work and skill from the agent, but the value to the seller and buyer is 'PRICELESS."

Nov 14, 2016 10:25 PM
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Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

Nope.

Nov 14, 2016 07:13 PM
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FN LN
Toronto, ON

No.

Nov 14, 2016 02:19 PM
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Debbie Laity
Cedaredge Land Company - Cedaredge, CO
Your Real Estate Resource for Delta County, CO

We have a lot of older homes and historic buildings on our Main Street. Most of those historic Main Street buildings are reported to be haunted. Although I've never had a client request a haunted house of building. 

Nov 14, 2016 12:52 PM
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Sam Shueh
(408) 425-1601 - San Jose, CA
mba, cdpe, reopro, pe

Good luck.....

Nov 14, 2016 12:22 PM
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Lynnea Miller
Bend Premier Real Estate - Bend, OR
Premier Real Estate Service in Central Oregon

Never!   We have several haunted homes in Bend, but I have never heard of anyone asking to purchase one!

Nov 14, 2016 12:15 PM
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Savvy + Company (704) 491-3310 - Charlotte, NC
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Never but, I've had some worry that one may be!

Nov 14, 2016 12:04 PM