PropertyRecord.com Has Gary “Citizen Kane House” Melius In Our Prayers

Obviously, at PropertyRecord.com we love real estate. And we have to keep an eye on real estate related news. Usually, that's fun for the PropertyRecord.com staff. But today we saw an item that made everyone at PropertyRecord.com sad: Gary Melius, who owns perhaps the most famous house in America, was shot by an intruder.

Melius owns the estate Oheka in Long Island. This estate is very famous for several reasons. For one, it's the second-largest private home in North America. For another, it is the home that inspired F. Scott Fitzgerald to write The Great Gatsby. Finally, it is the home used at the set of Xanadu in Citizen Kane.

Any home that could inspire both one of the most famous novels and famous films of all time is something that the PropertyRecord.com staff is going to pay attention to.

Melius was parking his car in front of his house when he was shot, police said. They said that they don't have any suspects at the time, and do not know of any motive for the attempted murder.

Thankfully, Melius survived the shooting, but he is still hospitalized. We hope he makes it through, and is back is his house soon. And we hope that whoever shot him is soon in a “big house” of their own.

We cannot imagine how terrifying it must be to have a gun pulled on you when you are safe at home. And so our prayers are with Mr. Melius.

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PropertyRecord.com Guide to Not Breaking The Law When Selling Your Home

Selling your home can be a stressful experience, and PropertyRecord.com understands. Many PropertyRecord.com customers come to us for advice on how to sell their home. What they don't realize is that it's fairly easy to break the law as a home seller, particularly if you don't use a real estate agent. So, PropertyRecord.com wants to give you some advice to help you stay out of legal trouble. We don't want PropertyRecord.com customers to end up in jail!

The easiest way to get in trouble with the law is if you get multiple offers on your property, and all of the offers are roughly in the same price range. You may simply want to sell to the buyer you like the most. But, be careful because the law is very strong on this.

If you accept a lower offer from someone you like and the person who made a higher offer, even if just by a penny, is a member of a protected class, you will have violated federal discrimination laws and you will go to jail.

And the number of protected classes are endless. They include pregnant women; people with children; gays, lesbians and bisexuals, transsexuals; anyone of any race other than your own; unmarried couples; and people of a religion that is different than your own. In other words, if they are not exactly like you and you refuse to sell to them, you could be breaking the law.

The second-most common way to break the law is by not providing to the home buyer all the documents you have related to the home. It doesn't matter if you think the paperwork is for a minor issue; if you don't disclose it and the buyer finds out eventually, you could go to jail for fraud. Don't let that happen to you.

If you can avoid these two very common situations, you should have no legal problems when you sell your home. 

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