I sat down recently with the massive new Red Light Properties: Unfinished Business compendium, and there is a lot to unpack. This is a wild mix of horror, family meltdown, psychedelic spirit work, and Miami real estate, and honestly there is nothing else like it.

Red Light Properties: Unfinished Business
Creator: Dan Goldman
Publisher: Kinjin Storylab

Red Light Properties follows the Tobin family and their strange little real estate agency in Miami, a business built on a very simple slogan: “Stuck with a haunted home? We will clear it and sell it.” Cecilia handles the clients, the contracts, the business pitch, and basically all the emotional labor. Jude, her husband, is the one who actually clears the haunted homes. He does this by flooding his system with psychedelics in order to cross what he calls “The Membrane” and speak with the dead. It sounds ridiculous when you say it out loud, but the book sells it so convincingly that you buy right into this world.

What makes the story work so well is that everything is already a mess from page one. Their marriage is strained, the business is struggling, they are behind on bills, and Jude has a secret blog where he unloads all his frustrations about their relationship. Cecilia finds out. It goes badly. And all of this is happening while the two of them run a company that literally deals with ghosts on a daily basis.

The first case we get to read sets the tone perfectly. A double hanging. A house impossible to sell. A family who has been stuck with this property for years. And RLP shows up looking nothing like the ghost experts you would expect, which is honestly part of the charm. They look almost too ordinary to be trusted with anything supernatural, and that contrast makes the first haunting even more gripping. Then Jude starts hearing voices and seeing the spirits. Suddenly you realize they are the real deal (yes, I admit, I was skeptical).

From here the world expands fast. Zoya, the photographer with “magic fingers,” is the only person who can capture actual spirit images on camera. The agency uses these as proof for clients and skeptical investors. Cecilia tries to network with old Miami real estate ladies, hoping to push affordable housing by selling cleansed haunted homes that nobody else can keep occupied. Jude keeps upping his drug dosage to handle the spirit plane. And while all of this is unfolding, their kid quietly starts showing signs of sensitivity to the supernatural too, hinting at a bigger future role.

One of the most interesting cases in the book is the one that turns out to be not exactly supernatural. Something happened there that left behind trauma, not ghosts, and Jude’s ritual helps him uncover the truth. It adds depth to this world and reminds you that hauntings can be emotional, psychological, environmental. Not everything is a spirit waiting to be freed, and I love that nuance.

The book moves between clients, hauntings, family disasters, business collapses, psychedelic sequences, shady real estate politics, and personal betrayals. It feels like a TV show in the best way. Scene to scene, character to character, always shifting. And the length lets everything breathe. It is a dense world, but it is never boring.

What I loved the most about this book is how grounded it is despite being full of spirits. I went in expecting something closer to a ghost-hunting adventure, but what I found was more personal, more complicated, and very human. The setup is fun and unique, but the emotions hit harder than I expected.

I really enjoy when supernatural stories treat ghosts as something more than scary things lurking in corners. Here every spirit has a story, a past, and a problem that needs to be resolved. That adds a lot of heart to the horrors. Jude’s method of talking to ghosts through drugs is wild, messy, and dangerous, but it makes sense in this world. And the relationship with his dead father is surprisingly touching. The two of them talk more now than they ever did when he was alive, which is both sad and funny.

Cecilia is the real backbone of the book. She is exhausted, frustrated, trying to keep this business afloat while her husband is half in another realm, and she also has to raise their kid. And this family drama is honestly one of my favorite parts. There are money issues, marriage issues, business disasters, clients who vanish, drug dealers, spiritual crises, all while their son is quietly struggling at school and sketching things he really should not be seeing. It is chaotic, and that chaos makes it entertaining. You never get the feeling that the story is repeating itself, even at more than three hundred pages. That was one of my worries, but the book keeps shifting and surprising.

The art is rough, in the best way. Everyone looks tired, flawed, human, messy. It fits the tone so well. There are sequences where Goldman mixes illustration with photographic backgrounds, creating these eerie collage moments that feel unsettling and beautiful. Some scenes feel almost documentary style. And I love the choice.

One haunting in particular involves a chaotic party gone wrong. I will not spoil it, but let’s say the cleanse is wild and unforgettable. There is humor in this book too, but it is the kind that comes from pain and dysfunction. Right up my alley.

Overall, I think the strongest part is the world building. There is so much lore but it never feels heavy. You learn things naturally through cases, clients, neighborhoods, drugs, rituals, ghosts, and even local real estate politics. It is a world I genuinely want to return to. I would love more stories in this setting.

Red Light Properties: Unfinished Business is a sweaty, emotional, psychedelic, deeply human tropical horror saga that deserves this oversized (and gorgeous!) compendium that you can get here. It’s available in standard, deluxe or digital edition, and you can even get the physical book signed by the creator (follow him on Bluesky or Instagram!). You can also read more about the series here and subscribe to new stories! If you want something original, something with heart and weirdness (a lot of it) and flawed people trying their best, this is the book.