Selling the Ghosts of Galt

SAN RAMON, CA APRIL 6TH 2014 – The sleepy Northern California town of Galt is located approximately 20 miles south of Sacramento along Highway 99. The town measures less than six square miles, and it has its fair share of ghosts and haunted homes.

Just off Liberty Road sits a small, non-assuming home that is reported to have paranormal activity. Residents of the home report scratches and claw marks on their bodies, being levitated from their beds, and furniture that moves on its own.

Paranormal Investigators have experienced doors opening on their own, distinct voices, being pushed – and have even captured a picture of a full bodied apparition.  Evidence clearly suggests that the home is haunted.

The home, as well as surrounding homes, is built on Indian land that saw its share of battles over the centuries. But why is this home the only with paranormal activity?

“That’s had to say,” says Cindi Hagley, Realtor with Past Life Homes, a division of The Hagley Group, with Prudential California Realty.  “It could have everything to do with those that have lived in the home – past and present.

“There could have been an occupant or visitor of the home that was extremely sensitive, or possibly into the occult, that attracted the energy currently in the home.”

Hagley also says it could be residual energy. Residual energy is simply the replaying of events that have previously occurred on the site.

“One of the basic tenets of science is that energy can neither be created nor destroyed,” says Hagley. “That in itself is proof that residual energy can exist.”

It is very possible to sell a home like this Hagley says, but it must be marketed with care.

“The paranormal activity needs to be disclosed,” she says, “but that’s not always a turn-off to potential buyers. In fact, in a Realtor.com survey from 2013, 62% of buyers said they would buy a haunted home.”

Hagley says  a good ghost story could be a great marketing tool, if done correctly.

“If you’re going to lead with a ghost story, the home needs to be presented as light, bright, and as welcoming as possible,” she says. “At the end of the day, it’s all about curb appeal – and of course location.”

Hagley sells stigmatized homes throughout the State of California, and consults with Realtors across the country She can be reached at findingcindi@gmail.com.