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Do You Have A THING Manifesting Itself In Your Home?

Do you have a THING in your Clarksville home?? Sounds like a strange question, one I have never heard of in my 4 year career but believe it or not home buyers, I’m sure, have thought about it or wondered if we knew of any houses we were viewing either had a death, suicide or paranormal occurrence! I often ask myself that question

Tennessee  Statute 66-5-207 defines the responsibility of the Realtor and Seller regarding disclosure of homicide, suicide, deaths and HIV or AIDS infection in any occupant of the property. It appears that this statute protects the owner and Realtor from causes of action for failure to disclose psychological impacts.

Psychological impacts under the statute encompass the fact that a prior occupant was afflicted with HIV or other disease highly unlikely to be transmitted through common occupancy, or that the property was the site of:

1.  An act or occurrence which had no effect on the physical structure of the real property, its physical environment or the improvements located thereon; or
2. A homicide, felony or suicide.

I would appreciate the warning of a house I was considering buying being permeated by unspeakable evil!! Wouldn’t you??? You know that if there is something out of the normal realm in a home you have bought, well, you will probably know about it the first night, if you believe in it. But if the paranormal moved out with the seller, you will hear about it from your neighbors sooner or later. Then your view of the Agent would be soured and you might even wonder if your Agent knew. Still, no matter what, the fact remains, the Seller and Realtor do not have to disclose according to Tennessee Statute 66-5-207.

My take – Some people believe in paranormal occurrences and some don’t. I wouldn’t take the first step to disclose it but if I was asked, I wouldn’t lie about it.

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