question...

[imwalde]

Ok, so my friend Marko put an offer on a condo. He found it for a good price, but it's not a once-in-a-lifetime-must-purchase deal. But when he noticed that the people selling it weren't the name on the documents, he Googled the guy.

And, it turns out HE WAS MURDERED. IN THE CONDO. (It's his parents who are selling.)

Marko is a little creeped out by this, especially as he now remembers that, like, one part of one wall was reeeeeeally recently painted. Which is ooogy. And he's thinking about withdrawing his offer, because it's not so cheap that's it's a no-brainer, although it is in a good location.

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Also, could someone please send me Apolo Anton Ohno giftwrapped? Yum.

Comments

[dkissam.livejournal.com]

Huh. I wouldn't be able to live in the condo, myself. Is it a good enough deal he could keep it as an investment property? I could maybe deal with that, but I'd be afraid that I'd continue to run into people who, like me, just couldn't deal with living where a guy was murdered, and I wouldn't be able to hide that from them for ethical reasons, so...I dunno.

I had a somewhat similar situation, my husband and I were so tempted to buy a house in our neighborhood that was selling *so cheap* but it was because - and I remember driving by the day after it happened - a father had killed his two little girls and himself in the home, because he was despondent over his finances. Even though it was a good deal and I think we could've very cheaply fixed it up and made a nice profit we were afraid we'd end up not being able to sell it at all.

[imwalde.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's so sad! Yeah, I couldn't have bought it either.

He's not really in a position to buy an investment property, but while it's cheap, it's not quite that cheap.