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Banty

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On Jun 17, 11:34=A0pm, richard wrote:

Would you even be able to give away any of the nearby houses once it
became common knowledge? Or, if a realtor made efforts to conceal this
fact when selling a neighboring house, do the buyers have any recourse?

So you're a card carrying member of NIMBY huh?

Of course my scenario was hypothetical, but are you saying you'd be
fine with it if you for example had small kids and found out you just
bought a house next to someone who'd done a stretch for pedophilia
related crimes?

Or someone famous for having murdered a bunch of people at some point
because "the voices" told him to?

Even if you did find out, there is no legal recourse you can take to
force him to move elsewhere.

I was thinking of recourse against the realtor and/or seller for not
disclosing the information.

You're asking "for a friend" huh?

Richard is right. You can't expect to be protected against everything you don't
like, or might maybe be a danger.

Banty