DIYbanter - View Single Post - Prospects of selling a house next door to a "reformed" spree killer?

Rod Speed

wrote
(Dick Adams) wrote

Let's change this to Lee (a gender neutral name), a convicted
sex offender sentenced to probation only, wants to buy or rent.

1) Who has a obligation to investigate Lee's background
before becoming Lee's agent or selling or renting to Lee?

To clarify, I'm thinking of the realtor or seller of a house
in close proximity to the killer, not the killer's realtor.

There is still no legal obligation, and if there was, they'd just
avoid finding out the information you want them to disclose.

And its just not feasible to require everyone to check on all
new tenants or purchasers of property to see if they have
ever had a criminal conviction, or have ever been a loony etc.

And the reality is that you are FAR more likely to end up with
a bad result from someone who hasnt got caught yet anyway.