So you wanna live in a haunted house?
Marianne Bornhoft was locking up after an open house showing when she heard a faint cry: “Help me!”
Following the cries downstairs to the basement, the veteran real estate agent ended up in front of what appeared to be a concealed door. She pushed on it. It sprang open, and a panicked woman rushed out.
“She told me she went down to look at the root cellar and the door closed behind her,’’ says Bornhoft, who called her husband soon after from the living room to relay what had happened. As she talked, a chandelier in the room began swinging for no apparent reason. And then a bathroom door closed on its own.
“I don’t believe in ghosts,’’ says Bornhoft, “but I do think there are spirits among us. And this house definitely had spirits.”
The Spokane, Washington-based agent and commercial developer, who specializes in historic homes, antiques and estate sales, says she later learned that at least three people had died in the house. Those events made the home a “stigmatized” property — meaning a house that prospective buyers might shun based on an event, such as a murder or suicide, that happened there.
Stigmatized properties can pose challenges for sellers and opportunities for buyers who either don’t believe in ghosts or are more spooked by bidding wars than friendly spirits.
So what do you need to know about homes with a ghostly reputation and the people who buy them?
The rest here :
https://www.zillow.com/learn/buying-a-haunted-house/
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