A coin will always have two sides and so does the real estate. If real estate business sounds nice to you the moment you have closed a great deal, you might feel otherwise when its dirty little secrets have been revealed.
Knowing that the house for lease or sale was once a venue of a horrifying crime can be a make or break deal between you and the property owner. Well, who would want to imagine the thrills of the crime creeping in all the corners of the house every single day of your stay? If the home's past was a bad memory, you'll surely don't want to keep it either.
Well, if having a property a venue of a crime scene still sounds new to you, Realty Today has gathered some real-life crime scenes that took place in some properties.
Simpson murder in Brentwood, LA
According to Realtor, an owner named Nicole Brown Simpson had been murdered in her condominium in Brentwood five months after she bought it in the amount of $625,000 in January 1994. It stayed on the market for two years and got sold for $525,000 eventually. Reports show that it underwent extensive renovation and even changed its address, allowing it to be sold again in the amount of $1.72 million in 2006.
Travis Alexander slain in Mesa, AZ
Another horrifying scene that took place was Travis Alexander's murder by shots and stabs committed by his ex-girlfriend Jodi Arias in his own house he bought in the amount of $249,920 back in June 2008. Alexander had owned the house in 2004 and was listed in the real estate market a year after his Travis' murder. The property was sold three months after it is displayed in the market in the amount of $206,000.
Murder of parents Jose and Mary Menendez in Beverly Hills
Jose and Mary had been reportedly murdered by their own children Erik and Lyle Menendez inside their Elm Drive house back in 1989. The couple once bought the house for $4 million a year before they died. In the article "Blood and Real Estate: O.J. Simpson, Murder, and Property Values," Elm Drive house was sold twice with an undisclosed price since the crime. In 2002, the house was renovated preserving its exterior looks. This house is now on the market for only $2.7 million.
To know more about the true-to-life death stories of a certain property, you may log on to DiedInHouse.com, a website that caters to users who want to know whether there was death and other horrifying crimes that took place in a particular property.
