I may come off a little too strong on this one but, we have a one of these felons half a block away and my daughter is 13. It is constantly in the back of my mind.

Wow... if that were here in Indiana his only charges would have been buying her drinks. Not that I agree with it or anything... but that is the law here.

Personally, I think it would be hard to find a house that fits what they have to move to. There are schools on every corner, children on most every street... and just because there might not be one now, what happens if in the future somebody moves next door with a lot of kids? Would they have to move again?

Unless they're planning to move to the country I see this as almost impossible to find them suitable housing.

If this person harmed someone you love, you'd still help them? If they harmed your mother, daughter, sister, nephew, etc., you'd let it go and take a paycheck?

Some of us take this to heart and that's why we can't help someone who harmed someone ELSE's loved one. It doesn't have to be my own. I can't represent this person because I'd realize that they hurt another human being in a horrible way. I'd feel disgusted by them.

Bad people need a place to live, so they're going to have to work with an agent who doesn't feel as angry, sad, digusted or upset about what they did. I feel I'm doing the client a favor by not working with them.

I was on the opposite end of this situation. I had the listings, another agent sold it. A couple of weeks after closing I noticed in the paper a list of the local sex offenders that had registered a new address. There was my listing. I had a couple of other agents in our office mention it to me, but I have not heard from the neighbors.

I don't know how I would have felt if I had known this information ahead of time.

This is a no brainer for me. No I would not work with them. The best I could do for them is pray.

Lots of prayer from me on this one, too. I feel very strongly against child molestors, believe me. But I don't believe what he did was an intentional crime against a child. I've seen some 14 year old girls that could pass for 22, and use that to get what they want. It's a 2 edged blade... It's come down to looking in the country, but we are having trouble getting his parole officer to answer basic questions (like what if someone moves in next year and opens a daycare next door?)
It will all work out as it is supposed to...

Dee
"If this person harmed someone you love, you'd still help them? If they harmed your mother, daughter, sister, nephew, etc., you'd let it go and take a paycheck?"

I hope the laws get more tough and the state gives them a prison cell. Its not a question of paycheck at all. Its a question of being fair. How would I know who is going to do what? By the way I had a incident in my family. I think the death penalty for child molesters is fine. I just cant predict the future of any individual. With this logic I should help no one. Anybody can turn out to be a violent person hurting another. I must admit I cannot tell a good person from bad my crystal ball is broken.

"Some of us take this to heart and that's why we can't help someone who harmed someone ELSE's loved one. It doesn't have to be my own. I can't represent this person because I'd realize that they hurt another human being in a horrible way. I'd feel disgusted by them."

I do take this to heart allot more than you know. I am concerned for others. So we know for sure who is going to hurt who? That is my problem no way of knowing. If they just would execute a child molester then we do not have to find them a home. You have to admit eventually even if no one helps the molesters they will end up in a home someplace. The real solution is tougher laws in my view.

"Bad people need a place to live, so they're going to have to work with an agent who doesn't feel as angry, sad, digusted or upset about what they did. I feel I'm doing the client a favor by not working with them."

Well I understand how you feel and agree these folks are scum but the laws need to get allot harder before we can feel safe. Something happened to my son with a family member. Did you know 80% of child molesters know the victim? Sure I want to kill the guy but that is against the law. I have to ask myself how to best protect my son and raise him. 100 years ago this would not be a problem becuase child molesters where hung by a rope until dead. I wonder who in there great wisdom decided we can rehabilitate these type of offenders. They are 100% wrong these guys always do it again.

I agree with most of the most that I personally would not work and let someone in the office take over.

How comfortable and confident you will working for this client?

Good Luck