We last sold a house in 2016 in California prior to our move East. As I recall, the disclosure form was several pages long.

We last sold a house in 2016 in California prior to our move East. As I recall, the disclosure form was several pages long, and included things like troublesome neighbors and even local wildlife. Yes, there are skunks on occasion and the deer will eat your roses.

Probably would cover previous criminal activity, A neighbor (we were in an area with 3-5 acre lots) bought a property with a very old house that had previously been occupied by a drug dealer. She knew the history and promptly tore down the old place before she started building. Even then, for a couple of years, there would be people driving by looking for the old house.

I remember speaking with a friend after the 1977 murder of loan shark, enforcer and suspected multiple murderer Ian Rosenberg and his girlfriend Joan Lipson at an upscale Forest Hill, Toronto home.

We figured, probably a good deal for the sale.

But the buyer would be advised to post a sign, "Ian Doesn't Live Here. (Or anywhere, RIP)."

Called a "stigmatized property" all states are not the same concerning disclosures. Interesting article:

https://www.maxrealestateexposure.com/disclosing-haunted-homes-murder-suicide/

"Who dat knocking" ...FYI, @worthy, is a song credited to Edwin P. Christy, Originator of Ethiopian Minstrelsy, and the First to Harmonize Negro Melodies' 1854. Culturally sensitive.

Fascinating. I was likely unconsciously referencing pop music and a Scorsese movie from my youth a century later. OTOH, I had replica Runaway Slave Posters decor in an early apartment to keep the memory of human evil close at hand.