Hey fellow realtors! Got any good ghost stories from your years of showing homes?
Like the post says. Anyone got any good ghost stories over the years, or heard any from any of the older veterans in the business?
I'll go first. Not a ghost story per se, just one that creeped me out. About 25 years ago I was listing a home that was a power of sale through a bank. It was way out in the country about 15 minutes south of Rockland. I drove out there to put my sign up, take photos and put the lockbox on.
I got to the home and immediately got an eerie feeling about it. It was just really dark inside and most the curtains were closed and it was a totally isolated home. Power of Sales are usually pretty rough around the edges to begin with and this one was no different. I put my sign up, slapped the lockbox on the door and went inside for my first look. There was nothing crazy on the first level except that it looked like people left in a hurry and random stuff was left behind. I started snapping photos of the home and then went downstairs.
I couldn't find the light swtich at the top of the stairs so the basement was dark as I headed down. I immediately had the hairs stick up on the back of my neck (and they are again as I type this) as I walked to the bottom of the stairs. I flicked on the light switch and the entire basement was gravel floor (as far as I could see). Think, Blair Witch Project ending, kind of basement! It was a long hallway with concrete block walls and 4 doorways with curtains hanging in each door. The one light didnt make it to the end of the hallway so the far end of the hallway was totally black. I took about 3 steps into the basement and before I got to the first curtain I just noped the f*** out. I literally walked backwards up the stairs keeping an eye on the basement... (I feel stupid even typing that, but its the truth) and left the basement light on. I walked to the front door, locked up and drove back to my office never to see the home again expect to take my sign down and remove the lockbox a few months later.
I'm sure nothing was wrong, but I just couldnt bring myself to go all the way into the basement! I've shown lots of homes that had murder/suicides over the years and they don't bother me, it was just something about that house that I've never forgotten!