{"id":727,"date":"2016-12-19T12:45:32","date_gmt":"2016-12-19T20:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/julianalee.com\/blog\/?p=727"},"modified":"2016-12-19T18:55:00","modified_gmt":"2016-12-20T02:55:00","slug":"house-sells-for-more-because-it-is-bugged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/julianalee.com\/blog\/house-sells-for-more-because-it-is-bugged\/","title":{"rendered":"House Sells For More Because It Is Bugged"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">With the widespread use of baby cams and security cameras it was only a matter of time before stories of home owners using them to spy on prospective home buyers appeared. In an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.inman.com\/2016\/12\/16\/sold-house-money-bugs\/\">article on inman<\/a> a Cincinnati\/Chicago real estate agent tells how one of his sellers bugged his own home for sale so that he could listen to prospective buyers. A buyer&#8217;s real estate agent showed the house to her clients and they discussed making a full price offer while in the house. The owner\/seller called his real estate agent and told him to expect a full price offer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Later an offer was received for $20,000 below asking price. Because of the knowledge the owner\/seller had gained by bugging his house, the seller held firm on his asking price. A purchase contract was signed within 12 hours at the full asking price.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Generally recording a conversation without permission is illegal. The fact that the conversation took place in the owner&#8217;s own home enabled him to justify his eavesdropping to himself.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8220;&#8230; it&#8217;s a wild world, It&#8217;s hard to get by just upon a smile &#8230;&#8221; (by Cat Stevens)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the widespread use of baby cams and security cameras it was only a matter of time before stories of home owners using them to spy on prospective home buyers appeared. 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