Tommy DobczykOpportunity Zone Advisor, OZ Wizard · Director of Development | Certified Opportunity Zone Advisor

Dead Bodies in Backyards? Chicago's Wildest Property Risks! #shorts

26 Jun 2026 · 1 min

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Chicago property sales are sold as-is, meaning buyers inherit any environmental liabilities, including human remains. If you uncover a dead body on your land, you're legally responsible for it. One speaker joked that selling the story to Netflix might be the only way to recover costs.

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Some of the major risks are the environmental liabilities. The city transfers the land as-is with all faults, and that includes any environmental indemnification, meaning if there's a dead body on the property, you're responsible for it. Like legit. Oh goodness. Okay. It is. It's 100%. I, cause what's crazy is in Chicago, they used to bury people in people's backyard. And so like, And so you end up doing some digging, you find some bones, and you just found Jimmy Hoffa. You're stuck on that property for a minute. So you better sell your story to Netflix because that's all you're going to make your money back on.