Would a suicide make it harder for my home to sell after I’m gone? It’s a very nice small house

[-Tandem-]

Been considering moving across country to "start over" but I honestly believe it's a fantasy and won't actually work. I have the resources but I'm starting to think it may be best to just stop while I'm ahead.

Plan on having my family put my home back on the market. If I hang myself in my garage (I live alone), would that make it harder for them to sell the house?

 

[SASU-KE]

It's a very good question. As a landlord myself, I have thought about this several times. I believe yes, in the short run it will affect the home. In the long run, it won't. But people are more likely to worry about violent murders and the such. Suicide isn't as bad and I believe it will be forgotten eventually.

 

[Dejected 55]

Violent crime tends to skew negatively because it makes it seem like the home is in an unsafe neighborhood, i.e. you could be next! A suicide is more personal and not reflective of the property itself.

That said... I don't care what happens to any of my stuff when I'm dead. I don't have anyone in my life who will be directly affected and nobody to leave things to... so I don't care.