![]() Right by the Texas Giant, there is an old barn that has been converted into a candy shop. A lot of the old buildings you see are old farm houses that had been moved to the park and apparently some of the old inhabitants are still there. It seems you don't have to just go in October to see ghosts though.Six Flags has a plethora of ghosts roaming the grounds. Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington has Fright Fest this time of year. They should be familiar with the laws in your state to help you safely navigate the disclosure. If you aren't sure whether you need to tell possible buyers and/or tenants about spirits in your property, ask your agent. What if you advertise ghosts and the person who bought the house doesn't witness any apparitions or strange bumps in the night? How do you know that a ghost just doesn't like you as much and just wants to stay in the attic? I just imagine everyone in court going to the house and the judge and lawyers using a Ouija board to find out. Since you can't prove if a house is haunted or not, I wonder how the case law will come out. Shows like Ghost Adventures and Ghost Hunters have made it kind of cool to live in a haunted house. You might be able to turn a ghost into a selling point instead of a determent. In other states, like New York, you have to disclose a possible haunting. However, if your house is widely to be reported as haunted (think Amityville Horror house) you might want to consider being upfront since sellers are likely to find out anyway. He got it for a steal because they failed to disclose there had been a meth lab!īut hauntings are a real blurry line.most states (like Texas) you only have to reveal physical deficiencies, and a haunting can be really hard to prove. Think when Jesse Pinkman bought the house from his parents on Breaking Bad. Some stigmatization requires disclosure, like known drug activity. These are properties that buyers are wary of purchasing for a non-condition related reason. Properties were a death has occurred, might be considered haunted, or was the place of drug activity, are referred to as stigmatized properties. But what about if the house is believed to be haunted? In Texas, the answer is no unless the death was caused by a condition of the property (like the roof caving in, etc). In a previous Ask an Agent, we discussed whether a s eller is required to disclose a death on the property. ![]()
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