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Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
Real Estate Broker Retired

No but there have been some odd things. Once my buyers & I were in a strangely shaped foyer with odd storage doors flanking the stairs. The one door slammed shut as we were standing there. We went outside as fast as we could.

Other time was in an open house & the buyer asked me if the seller had died in the house. I told her that the son told me she died in the hospital. Buyer says, well, she's standing right behind you.

Oct 28, 2021 02:06 PM
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Lynnea Miller
Bend Premier Real Estate - Bend, OR
Premier Real Estate Service in Central Oregon

There is an older historic house in town in which the oldest daughter of each family who has lived in it has died during their ownership.  I don't know if that counts as a haunted house or not.

Oct 28, 2021 01:29 PM
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Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Napa Consultants - Carpinteria, CA
Luxury Real Estate Branding, Marketing & Strategy

Marte,

One of my clients had to hire the local priest to exorcise a ghost that her buyer heard every night.  She (the new buyer)  was ready to sell the house against her agents advice.  The priest did his bit, and the ghost disappeared.  A

Oct 28, 2021 03:06 PM
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Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

Some of those foreclosures, based on their appearance, may have been haunted. 

Oct 28, 2021 02:12 PM
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Bob Crane
Woodland Management Service / Woodland Real Estate, KW Diversified - Stevens Point, WI
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Not that I know of.

Though we did have a tenant a few years ago think that the house may be haunted, it could have been drugs...

Oct 29, 2021 01:58 AM
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Kathleen Daniels, Probate & Trust Specialist
KD Realty - 408.972.1822 - San Jose, CA
Probate Real Estate Services

I do not believe in "'haunted". 

I believe in spirits.

I have been in, listed, and sold many homes where spirits were felt. 

Thank you for the offer however I do not wish to participate in contributing to a collection of stories. 

I wish you all the best with this. 

Oct 28, 2021 03:25 PM
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John Juarez
The Medford Real Estate Team - Fremont, CA
ePRO, SRES, GRI, PMN

As far as I know, I have never even been in a haunted house.

Oct 28, 2021 01:27 PM
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Karen Climer
Demetree School of Real Estate - Orlando, FL
Teaching people to pass the real estate exam

Never sold a haunted house.  But the guy who used to live next door to me worked in the funeral industry.  He had a grave marker in his backyard for a cat.  He died several years ago - and the house has sold twice since.  The marker is still there.

Oct 28, 2021 01:23 PM
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Fred Griffin Florida Real Estate
Fred Griffin Real Estate - Tallahassee, FL
Licensed Florida Real Estate Broker

       I showed a house where the name "Satan" was painted on the dog house in the back yard.  A call to the listing agent confirmed that was the name of the seller's Doberman Pinscher.  My buyer had no further interest in that house.

 

Oct 28, 2021 06:16 PM
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Anna "Banana" Kruchten
HomeSmart Real Estate - Phoenix, AZ
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Well kind of.....I listed and sold a home in Paradise Valley on about an acre.  Beautiful home and guest house plus all the bells and whistles.  Next door to the home was a cemetary with about 100 or so graves.  The line was....well the neighbors are really quiet and don't don't cause any problems. But did they?  Who knows!!!

Oct 28, 2021 04:34 PM
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Susan Emo
Sotheby's International Realty Canada - Brokerage - Kingston, ON
Kingston and the 1000 Islands Area

Personally I've not met any ghosts but our town has several homes that have been filmed by a few paranormal tv shows.   But, I did have a listing that was built in 1730 and it has a book written about it and its ghosts.  Mainly at Christmas, the spirits appear and express themselves.

Oct 28, 2021 02:39 PM
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John Pusa
Glendale, CA

Hello Marte Cliff I haven't listed, sold, or shown a haunted house yet.

Oct 28, 2021 02:23 PM
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Kat Palmiotti
eXp Commercial, Referral Divison - Kalispell, MT
Helping your Montana dreams take root

Not that I know of!

Oct 29, 2021 04:35 AM
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Wayne Martin
Wayne M Martin - Chicago, IL
Real Estate Broker - Retired

Depends on who you ask! Not me would be my answer, but some buyers have claimed otherwise. Nothing serious!

Oct 29, 2021 03:59 AM
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Buzz Mackintosh
Mackintosh REALTORS - Frederick, MD
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I have sold some very old historic homes, said to be haunted, never witnessed anything unusual myself. Our office in Historic Downtown Frederick has a ghost which many have encountered over the 40+ years we have been here.

Oct 28, 2021 05:43 PM
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Jeff Dowler, CRS
eXp Realty of California, Inc. - Carlsbad, CA
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Not knowingly Marte Cliff , but sometimes there is just a feeling in a house.

You might be interested in Mary Pope Handy's Haunted House Blog (she has not been active here in the Rain for about 5 years). She's in the Silicon Valley area.

Oct 28, 2021 04:49 PM
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
Your Greater Charlotte Realtor

Not that I know of, Marte.

Oct 29, 2021 06:18 AM
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Carla Freund
Keller Williams Preferred Realty - Raleigh, NC
NC Real Estate Transition & Relocation 919-602-848

No I haven't but like Anna Banana Kruchten CRS, CRB, Phoenix Broker mentioned above, some homes have positive energy and some have negative "dark" energy. When I enter a home that has negative energy, I don't spend much time there.

I did grow up close to a national cemetery. It was well kept and very lovely. I never saw any ghost there. Now my dad and my mother's parents are buried there.

I've had clients OK with living near a cemetery and others very much not OK with living near a cemetery. 

Oct 29, 2021 05:27 AM
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Andrew Mooers | 207.532.6573
MOOERS REALTY - Houlton, ME
Northern Maine Real Estate-Aroostook County Broker

Sure have Marte Cliff ... One in Houlton ME where a couple owners saw the same woman in a rocker who had lost a child, would not leave the house even after her own death. One owner said home was always cold, no matter what the heat setting. But when the couple had a baby, brought the bundle of joy wrapped in blue home from the hospital, the ghost left, the home became easier to heat. (They also did a lot of insulation improvements to tighten up this FmHA purchased home but we'll blame the chill on the "house guest" that checked in but would wear out her welcome.) Sold another one four times over the career, a haunted Hodgdon ME home where the helpful ghost chewed through a lot of ROLAIDS.

haunted house

Oct 29, 2021 03:04 AM
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Ryan Huggins - Thousand Oaks, CA
https://HugginsHomes.com - Thousand Oaks, CA
Residential Real Estate and Investment Properties

No, though one in my town was allegedly haunted and was disclosed as such.  A haunted house tour company bought it and rented it out to thrill seekers.

Oct 28, 2021 05:18 PM
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Susie Kay
Ultra Real Estate Dallas Fort Worth - Plano, TX
North Dallas Specialist

I have not sold one (yet) but have shown a few homes in which some of my buyers said that they felt something in the home(s), saw a dark silhouette etc.  I always respect their opinion or "gift" and we just move on to a different home that they are comfortable with. 

Oct 29, 2021 02:38 PM
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Doug Dawes
Keller Williams Evolution - 447 Boston Street, Suite #5, Topsfield, MA - Topsfield, MA
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None that I'm aware of

Oct 29, 2021 08:04 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

I was thinking of that the other day, but I don't believe so.  If I have, I didn't know it.

Oct 29, 2021 06:49 AM
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Savvy + Company (704) 491-3310 - Charlotte, NC
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No to all of the above, Marte! However, I would love to read your book when you finish compiling stories!

Oct 31, 2021 09:56 PM
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - Wanda Can!
Red Rock Real Estate (435) 632-9374 - St. George, UT
St. George Utah Area Residential Sales Agent

No but have gone into houses that were scary smelly with mystery stains smeared on the walls and carpet plus a basement that was filled with dirt, in some places mounded up and a padlocked door...creepy for sure!

Oct 31, 2021 05:54 PM
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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

Yes, I sold one of my own houses once because it was haunted

by my ex-wife's nagging - scarey stuff, had to sell! 😜😆😉 LOL

Oct 30, 2021 03:13 PM
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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

Not that I know of but I did have a somewhat "spooky" showing once in a very old, creaky and empty house where in one of the rooms there was a dried, almost black looking, rose laying in the middle of the floor. It was a bit weird. 

Oct 30, 2021 05:40 AM
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Tammy Lankford,
Lane Realty Eatonton, GA Lake Sinclair, Milledgeville, 706-485-9668 - Eatonton, GA
Broker GA Lake Sinclair/Eatonton/Milledgeville

A- I've lived in a haunted house.  I had a recurring bad dream of being killed over and over in said house that I lived in for 9 months.

 

B- I showed a house once where we (my buyers and I ) all felt "creeped out" and my buyers daughter said (she was about 10), we can't buy this house it's filled with bad spirit.  She was "pushed" by no one off the steps when we were leaving.

Nov 04, 2021 11:04 AM
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Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400
HomeRome Realty 410-530-2400 - Pikesville, MD
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Marte Cliff,  This past Sunday, my radio show, was on this topic. We had a very interesting caller.

Nov 02, 2021 08:54 PM
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Tony Lewis
Summit Real Estate Group - Valencia, CA
Summit Real Estate Group Valencia & Aliso Viejo

No, fortunately I have no knowledge that they even exist and never want to find out anything about them.

Oct 31, 2021 08:57 PM