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Nov 20, 2024
6:53:49am

runnincoug Intervention Needed

We did this for every home we looked at and found they were everywhere

So we just bought the home we wanted.

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runnincoug

Bio page: runnincoug
Joined: May 26, 2011
Last login: Nov 20, 2024
Total posts: 37,077 (2,861 FO)

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Time

Pro house buying tip. Check for sex offenders before you buy. My friend has a

Magneto

6:14am

He can’t sell his house because potential buyers are checking the SO registry?

SuperTank

6:23am

Doubt that’s the reason. How do buyers know there is a sex offender next door?

Iman23

6:23am

You can look that stuff up

TheHop

6:23am

I know and few people actually do

Iman23

6:25am

You look it up for free on Utahs website.

Magneto

6:24am

Link

Magneto

6:24am

Nobody selling the house is going to tell the potential buyers about that.

Reasonable1

6:28am

Sex offenders: ruining lives and property values.

maxpowers

6:33am

The house is either overpriced or a piece of crap. Very few buyers are checking the SO registry before they purchase.

WDaddy

6:34am

Disagree. If you have children, you're definitely checking the SO registry.

Conan

6:42am

I don’t disagree, but I can tell you for sure that most people don’t.

Reasonable1

6:46am

Definitely? I have kids and I have never checked.

SuperTank

6:50am

We did this for every home we looked at and found they were everywhere

runnincoug

6:53am

The analysis in this thread is probably correct but

korihor

6:47am

strategic tip: hire offender. Buy house. Register. Buy up surrounding houses on

bruincoug

6:48am

I could see that working. But only in a very high turnover area.

Reasonable1

6:52am

Sounds reasonable

bruincoug

6:56am

RE: strategic tip: hire offender. Buy house. Register. Buy up surrounding houses

vagabonder

7:29am

Some people have to register as a sex offender

OutsideObserver

7:21am

But the crime they were registered for is listed in the registry.

russkiejedi

7:44am

Nothing you can do if you already live there when they get on list. Son’s house was previously

Soupie

7:21am

Honestly Sex offenders is so broad and pretty common to have one living by you

Jay_L

7:24am

Most parents aren’t going to feel great letting little Jonny play outside by

Magneto

8:18am

Sex offender registries are stupid and have been abused.

Samsonite

7:40am

Unfortunate typo there.

russkiejedi

7:42am

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