Comments on: When Sex Does Not Sell http://blog.sellsiusrealestate.com/residential-real-estate/real-estate-price-drop-when-sex-does-not-sell/2006/03/14/ Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:46:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 By: sellsius http://blog.sellsiusrealestate.com/residential-real-estate/real-estate-price-drop-when-sex-does-not-sell/2006/03/14/#comment-131170 sellsius Wed, 03 Oct 2007 15:17:09 +0000 http://blog.sellsiusrealestate.com/residential-real-estate/real-estate-price-drop-when-sex-does-not-sell/2006/03/14/#comment-131170 Very interesting question Ed. I am not aware of any cases but it seems like a good argument. Very interesting question Ed. I am not aware of any cases but it seems like a good argument.

]]> By: Ed Rinker http://blog.sellsiusrealestate.com/residential-real-estate/real-estate-price-drop-when-sex-does-not-sell/2006/03/14/#comment-131167 Ed Rinker Wed, 03 Oct 2007 14:57:40 +0000 http://blog.sellsiusrealestate.com/residential-real-estate/real-estate-price-drop-when-sex-does-not-sell/2006/03/14/#comment-131167 I'm writing as of October-2007. We have a registered sex offender living two doors down. This is a neighborhood of homeowners, so naturally, we are affected by this man who committed six counts of indecent liberties against his granddaughter. In fact, 95% of all convicted sex offenders in North Carolina have fewer charges against them than my neighbor. Three days after his crime, he transferred joint ownership of his property to sole ownership in his wife's name. And less than a month before the Governor signed into law prohibiting sex offenders from living within 1,000 feet of a school, this man (Sam Wooten) pleaded guilty to the crimes so that he could be grandfathered in (his home is approx. 750 feet from a school, greenway, park, day care, and bus stop). Does anyone know of any legal precedents that give us the right to sue registered sex offenders that drive down property values? I’m writing as of October-2007. We have a registered sex offender living two doors down. This is a neighborhood of homeowners, so naturally, we are affected by this man who committed six counts of indecent liberties against his granddaughter. In fact, 95% of all convicted sex offenders in North Carolina have fewer charges against them than my neighbor.

Three days after his crime, he transferred joint ownership of his property to sole ownership in his wife’s name. And less than a month before the Governor signed into law prohibiting sex offenders from living within 1,000 feet of a school, this man (Sam Wooten) pleaded guilty to the crimes so that he could be grandfathered in (his home is approx. 750 feet from a school, greenway, park, day care, and bus stop).

Does anyone know of any legal precedents that give us the right to sue registered sex offenders that drive down property values?

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