Comments on: Is it legal to sell a house in California by lottery? http://legalprodirectory.com/is-it-legal-to-sell-a-house-in-california-by-lottery/75/ Free Consumer Legal Resource Tue, 22 May 2012 02:04:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: chgteach http://legalprodirectory.com/is-it-legal-to-sell-a-house-in-california-by-lottery/75/comment-page-1/#comment-120 chgteach Tue, 11 Dec 2007 22:04:38 +0000 http://legalprodirectory.com/is-it-legal-to-sell-a-house-in-california-by-lottery/75/#comment-120 Ebay charges different rates to the seller depending on the item sold. If I sell a hairdryer, ebay will take a certain percentage of my final sale price. However, if the item is either a car or real estate, Ebay will take a different percentage. So I guess if you sell an envelope, and not a house, the seller will get charged a different percentage. I have seen cars sold on ebay by stating "You are buying my rabbit foot KEYCHAIN, which also has a car key for a 1994 Toyota Corolla on it..." Or, it could be to get around some legality...again, you are selling/buying just a chance, or just an envelope, but who is to say that the house is ever actually sold? How would I know if I bought an "empty" envelope, one with a "golden ticket" of a house is actually out there? Seems like a recipe for trouble! Ebay charges different rates to the seller depending on the item sold. If I sell a hairdryer, ebay will take a certain percentage of my final sale price. However, if the item is either a car or real estate, Ebay will take a different percentage. So I guess if you sell an envelope, and not a house, the seller will get charged a different percentage. I have seen cars sold on ebay by stating “You are buying my rabbit foot KEYCHAIN, which also has a car key for a 1994 Toyota Corolla on it…”

Or, it could be to get around some legality…again, you are selling/buying just a chance, or just an envelope, but who is to say that the house is ever actually sold? How would I know if I bought an “empty” envelope, one with a “golden ticket” of a house is actually out there?

Seems like a recipe for trouble!

]]> By: FredHH http://legalprodirectory.com/is-it-legal-to-sell-a-house-in-california-by-lottery/75/comment-page-1/#comment-119 FredHH Sat, 08 Dec 2007 21:12:54 +0000 http://legalprodirectory.com/is-it-legal-to-sell-a-house-in-california-by-lottery/75/#comment-119 Probably not... for a private seller... probably legal for a church or other non-profit organization. You'd have to talk to a real estate attourney in Calif to see if its legal there. Some things are legal for charities to do (Raffles... which is more descriptive of what you are talking about then "lottery") when its illegal for the average person to do it. Probably not… for a private seller… probably legal for a church or other non-profit organization.

You’d have to talk to a real estate attourney in Calif to see if its legal there.

Some things are legal for charities to do (Raffles… which is more descriptive of what you are talking about then “lottery”) when its illegal for the average person to do it.

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