As a third-worlder, it absolutely baffles me how this is even an issue. If that happened here, those squatters would be dragged out to the streets and beaten by me and all the neighbors.
@@johndowe7003 My brother moved from the US to rural Guatemala. It can be a better place to live depending on your mindset. For most people, probably not. But for some it is nice. Where he lives it's like being 300 years in the past but a little more dangerous than Europe was I reckon, but that's probably just because of the different biospirit there
It’s absolutely criminal that squatters are even protected to their choice to live in a space paid for by someone else, property taxes paid by so I’ve else, utilities paid by someone else. I’m not hateful about “homelessness” but disgusted by the filth, the vandalism, open drug use and literally taking up illegal residence on property they don’t pay property taxes to destroy.
Do you think people would actually vote this in?... Goes to show you how we have no say in our elections. We don't choose our politicians and we don't chose the laws they sign in. It's all an illusion of freedom. It's time to take our country back.
The internet has made squatting popular. Also many states have squatters rights. Here in Oklahoma if you squat on a piece of land or home for more than 7 years with utilities paid you can claim that property. By the way it's not as easy as it sounds One must go through legal hoops. And I understand if an owner hasn't stepped foot on that property in 7 years it can be considered abandoned. You would be surprised at the number of people who die with no family and no one to claim the property and that is a squatters fantasy.
You really need to become "hateful" about the homeless. They are not warm and fuzzy members of society. They are drug users and criminals and an industry has grown out of "helping" them. Are all of them this way? Almost. Over 90% are and the actual 10% that are not are pretty easy to sort out, if politicians are voted out and laws are changed.
It looks like squatters aka thieves are more protected by our 'legal' system than the children our schools. That's why it's called criminal justice, the criminals get more protection and justice than regular folks. Just take a look at what's happening in regards to that mobster ex prez.....now there's a full fledged criminal being protected by his criminal buddies when his fat cowardly azz should be in prison right now.
When you can show that it's your house, your property and you pay the bills and the police still can't take any action, you know its time for some law reform.
And then you will have joos who will move someone in legitimately but not pay and get joo lawyers to sue over being rightfully evicted by the landlord. I think its more of a tennants right situation than a "squatters" situation unless there are legitimate "squatters" laws in the books that aren't just those 1700s laws that are made for legitimately abandoned properties that only exist to facilitate better farming output for agrarian societies, but thats not really squatting in the way this is.
It's absolutely absurd and asinine how squatters can't be charged and removed at once. Instead they appear to have more rights than legal owners. That's totally insane and laws need to be changed immediately. Totally asinine. 😡😡😡
Land owners and home owners used to treat renters with horrific policies where they could kick them out with 0 notice and dump all their belongings on a random Wednesday, for any reason at all. The renters were treated so horribly even families with small children, there needs to be protections in place for them.
@@atrax27OT That's true, but legit renters and squatters are not the same thing. I'd prefer _more_ protections for renters; I have a friend who I helped move to a new house, and the landlords wrung her for every red cent they could: they charged her a $200 cleaning fee that _didn't_ come out of her security deposit (my understanding is that it should've!), and I strongly suspect they kept all of her security deposit, even though I helped her clean up her house while she was moving out. Squatters aren't renters, though, so being able to kick them out would actually be taking the renters' side: it'd let them move in sooner.
Putting an alarm system on an empty home is a great way to avoid this. Anyone not legally residing there tries to enter and the alarm notifies the police. Keeps anyone from setting up residency. Far less expensive than evictions.
In order to beat a squatter, you have to become one yourself. Watch and wait till everyone is out of the house and then go inside and change the locks. If they call the police to say that you are in THEIR house, the police will tell them it's a civil matter and they have to go through the court system.
Technically he wasn't squatting per se; he had a legal lease and all the paperwork from his mother (who owned the place), which was very much deliberate on his part: with all that paperwork, he can prove he has a right to be there---and the bad guys didn't!
I heard something about if you change the locks when someone is "legally squatting" that violates the rights and the actual homeowners could get illegal trouble.... Obviously ridiculous if that's true
@@B-RaDD Maybe if the owner told the police that they changed the locks. But, maybe the more believable truth is that the locks were never changed at all and the person 'legally squatting' was on drugs at the time and just thought they used to have keys that worked at that address. Turns out they were wrong and were just trying to break in.
We had a rental property in Vegas, and the same thing happened to us. What we did was, waited until they went to work one day. We rented a U-Haul moved all of their shit into the U-Haul and then took it to a local storage facility. We installed ring cameras and changed the locks. They had damaged the home pretty badly already. And we knew if we were to press the issue when they were still in there it was going to get even worse. So when they got back home from work, we were standing at the front door. They told us to get out of their house. We told them where their stuff was and we told them it was paid for the month. We then told them if they came back on our private property they were going to be met with something shiny and heavy and that goes boom. Needless to say they never came back again. We weren’t about to spend thousands of dollars and go through the court system to get some son of a bitches out of our home! We then sold the property and I do Airbnb now. Only the Airbnb is on my property where I can watch it every single day.
Most squatters are savvy enough to always have one person occupying the property at all times. Cut off the electricity, water, etc. Seal up the mailbox, so they can’t get mail there. Toss stink bombs into the windows. Block the driveway so they can’t drive in or out. It’s your place and you can do whatever you want. Harass them the hell on out of there.
lol. love it.i did this once. we bought a house but the renter wouldn't leave so I just began moving my stuff in. they got mad and I told them to take me to court.they left! bahah
i had a squatter in my rural home in Michigan. She kept on saying that she was a member of the local Native Tribe who would protect her for years. She did no know that I did outreach for the tribe for over a year. So we came up with a plan. My old septic system was one foot too close to the new well, a problem I knew about. So I informed her that the septic system was going to be removed and the drain field redone, which could take a few weeks, so I gave her a porta potty with plastic bags to use. Big trucks came, removed the old tank, and started creating a new septic field. They dragged this out over three weeks (they could have done it int two days) and she moved out. The tribe was great to me, giving me suggestions and even helping me to pay for the construction. I was told: she is not your problem. Raising responsible adults is the role of the tribe and we are sorry you had to deal with her immaturity.
The fact that the thieves are the protected ones, and looked at as the victim in these situations is so awful. As a home and potential rental property owner this is scary.
Why do not you put some alarm system and connect it to your phone ? The moment anyone tries to enter you get the notifications. And you can nip it at the bud
There needs to be people you can hire to do this, give them money and write them a rental agreement and they go in and take over for you to get the squatters out.
"Squatter's rights" should only be recognized when the house is actually abandoned, not just vacant. It's absolutely disgusting they are considered legal tenants and not intruders just bc they break in and no one is there. No way should their legal interests be prioritized over the lawful property owners.
Not even if it’s abandoned. The house belongs to the owner, and wether the owner does live there or not, is none of anyone’s business. They can do whatever they want with their property. Squatters are parasitic filth, they deserve to spend years in prison
@@tristan4175 if it's abandoned property there is no owner, thus, no victim. Painting people who squat with a broad stroke that they're all "parasitic filth" makes you sound way more disgusting than them. You don't know their life or the circumstances which led them to behave that way so dehumanizing them is not going to help get to the root cause of this problem. Some squatters actually follow the law and make good use of abandoned properties that would otherwise go to waste. With the way housing markets are in America, it's understandable why some people resort to this loophole in the system. Should squatting laws be updated to protect property owners who still want their properties regardless of whether they actually reside there or not? Absolutely. But the view that abandoned properties should just sit there unclaimed getting increasingly dilapidated is just as asinine as giving squatters any legal claim on someone else's unoccupied, but non-abandoned building.
@@railroad5024 I was referring to squatters who takes others homes. If there is no owner, sure then they can take it, and it’s understandable. But I stand by my claim, squatters who take other people’s homes, are parasitic filth.
@@pangmeister yes exactly. It is those city-owned (confiscated) properties that I was referring to as sometimes being better off squatted and taken over that way if done by someone who intends to take care of the property. Sometimes the previous owners of those confiscated properties are elderly who died or were put in a home, had been for years and are never coming back. They either didn't have family to leave the property to or an inheritor never claimed it for one reason or another. When attempts by the city or bank who owns the property to sell it have failed, it just sits there rotting until it gets hazardous enough to have to be demolished. This happened to a beautiful historic home that my brother used to live next to. The old lady who owned it got sick, was in a home for a while, then died. She had no family to claim it so her home, which was a good fixer-upper at first, turned into an eye sore blight over the years& city had more important things to do than worry about trying to sell it. This is the type of abandonment situation I was referring to as unfortunate waste bc if a responsible squatter took it over, they could have upkept it and eventually their residency would be legally recognized. Idk how every state squatting law is, but they should also be updated to make that squatter then responsible for the property taxes once recognized as the new owner and the only controversy would be that this person basically got a mortgage-free house.
Every city should have a legal Anti-Squatting Registration policy. Homeowners can pay a nominal fee for court costs to register their home as a never to be rented unit for one year. Thus any squatter who says they have a lease (fake from online) can be immediately removed by the home owner without going through court to prove otherwise. It's a easy way for cities to make extra revenue and ensure homeowners peace of mind.
1. All leases should be notarized. 2. Any supposed tenant should be required to produce proof that they have paid the initial deposit and at least the first month's rent.
Great idea, and the city can make money, which should be a no-brainer for any municipality. It is worth a $500 - $1000 fee or even based on a percentage fee. This could have a quick fix for the owner and the police.
I'm baffled how anyone can enter someone else's property without consent regardless if the owner is living there, and this not be and enforceable violation of the law. Squatting laws need to be updated and enforced.
I don't see any difference to if the owner is in the home or not, I saw one story where squatters entered a home within an hour of the owner leaving to go grocery shopping!!!!
Good story. Flash looks like a guy who could handle the situation. What makes people think they have the right to take what doesn't belong to them? What kind of government would support such behavior? That behavior now has extended into other parts of society. Your friendly Walmart, McD's, a park in Portland and on and on. You can be totally assured that if you came into my house and tried to take it as your own, you would leave or not survive the outcome.
I feel absolutely terrible for homeowners that have to deal with this… it’s ridiculous someone can break into your home and just live there rent free while you pay for it… those homeowners should wait until those judges go to work, and then just squat in their home and see how they like it
THEY HAVE TO GO OUT AT SOME POINT & WHY WOULDN'T THEY IF THEY THINK THEY'RE OK & THEY'RE NOT BEING BOTHERED. IT'S NOT LIKE A PROTEST, THERE'S NO SIT-IN OR TAKING TURNS TO LEAVE. WHAT THEY WANT IS A FREE LIFE, NO RENT & IN SOME CASES NO UTILITIES. IT SHOULD BE A CRIME.
No. The utility bill are the key. These 💩 get mail at the address and police can’t tell how long you’ve been there because of the bills. The police will say go to court. It’s why he got the bills first and then went.
If he went there and attacked them, he would've went to jail, but he went there with his gun and dog, waited for them to leave, and was kind enough to give them an option to take their stuff and not shooting them to death. They made sure he didn't mention him using his 2A to protect his property
I had a friend that rented a room in her home and the lady took over her entire home it was ridiculous boxes packed in the house furniture everywhere and her kitchen loaded with groceries and appliances. I told her to pay someone to pose as a renter and rent out another room to a crackhead (a friend’s brother). It worked. The lady left in 3 days. It’s tough to live with a crackhead.
@@BobbiGail I rent out a room what I did was turn the walk in closet into a kitchenette so they don’t enter main home. They have their own entrance. Great tenant. You must be selective!
Shame on every lawmaker in this country, both state and federal, for not Changing the laws to give homeowners the power to immediately and forcibly evict squatters from their property.
We have a society of "feelings" and not laws. Feeling sorry for squaters trumps the rights of property owners. Same issue with homeless. Is it more humane to let them live in their filth and squalor or force them to clean up their act? ACLU would tell you that they have rights. Rights to ruin the lives of many other people by creating a public eyesore? I think not.
Agreed. If the government doesn’t want to get squatters off my land, then I don’t need the government to get a squatter off my land. I’ll take care of it myself. ;-)
The homeowner has no right to kick squatters out of the house, but I guarantee that if the bank found the squatters, they would be removed, no questions asked! Some laws protect no one but the criminals.
I don't understand how squatters has the right to take over your house and live for free there but if the bank owns that house because of a foreclosure, then they could just call the cops and get them remove immediately. I seen this happen before many times and it is just upsetting.
In some states, like CA, if someone lives in a place for 30 days or more, they are considered a "resident," and it is next to impossible to get them out. This happened to one of our former neighbors. Not even the police could remove her. They told him that, legally, their hands were tied. He moved her out when she was out of town, and the police stood guard while she moved right back in when she returned. She also had satanic symbols painted in secret places all over the apartment, two under his bed. She was a loon. So, he was the one who wound up moving out just to get some peace of mind and his life back. I couldn't believe it, but it happened. This situation is completely insane.
I feel for these homeowners who are put in these situations and the BS they have to go thru... Love how she said what you sit on there face. Love it. Lol
I recently renovated and sold a small rental house I'd had for a long time about an hour from where I live. I made sure I was there twice a week, made friends with the neighbors and gave them my ph number, secured the property with extra locks and lights, all for the fear of someone trying to break in and squat. The laws favor them not us, the shoplifters, burglers, drug users, etc. This is what people voted for, not having consequences for crime. And then there is a certain segment of the population that gets even more leniency.
Unfortunately my own brother became a squatter and the police could not do a thing. Someone told me he went on a trip. While he was gone I arranged to sell the house.
It's nice to here that one person managed to game the people who were gaming the system. I don't understand why lawmakers have and continue to allow laws to exist that support squatters and not homeowners.
This why you should always install cameras on your property if you don't have any intent to live in it or if you are going to be leaving for a few weeks.
This was a couple years ago but a guy about 5 houses down from me went on vacation and was gone about two weeks. When he came back squatters (a man and woman) had changed locks everything. About a week later i walked by and he had one of those roll away dumpsters and was throwing all their crap in it. All their clothing, personal shit, big screen TV etc. Their car which ran and everything(nothing really wrong with it) was still their. When I stopped by and asked him where they went he just smiled shrugged his shoulders and said "IDK they just dissapeared" As we where talking a tow truck came and towed their car away. One of the squatters mom came by a few days later because her calls had been going unanswered. As far as i know they never did turn up. Lesson: Just make em "Dissapear"
I could see where waiting for the so called legal system to take action which is really a joke would drive a completely sane property owner to the point of doing this themselves or hiring a hitman before the squatters completely destroy their house 🤔.
Back in the 90's my grandfather would drag these low lifes out of his properties by the neck, we need to go back to this. Shame that people are paying property taxes and scum are moving in.
it's also insane that if your behind on your property taxes that at city county or state can take that away from you for a home that you've outright paid for, they need to understand leniency and give you time to pay that especially due to the circumstances that we've had in the past few years dealing with the covid pandemic and so many people struggling to get back on their feet from the devastation that has taken place on so many. but it seems our local governments don't care about the people, just how they can make it even more harder on the honest hard-working ones
No, the government does not owe you leniency. Either pay your taxes or risk the consequences. The time frame required to foreclose on a property due to taxes is INCREDIBLY long. It usually takes years to seize a property. You have plenty of time to resolve your responsibilities and if you can’t, then you should not own property. Period, full stop
Yeah, my uncle had this problem in Cal! it did not end well for him but he did get the squatters out! he waited till they made one mistake and rushed their grandma to the hospital when she was having a heart attack. he and his crew and friends and family came back and toss all there crap right out in the middle of the road!. got nailed by the judge with a 10,000 fine and was banned from renting out the house till he apeas the judge. ( to which my uncle roared right into the judge face, The f-ing house was not ever up for rent in the first place!) love cal!
First of all, the constant interrupting while he's trying to explain is annoying AF. Was she interviewing herself? Second, from what I could understand from his words when she didn't interrupt - he basically waited until the house was unoccupied, took over the house and put their stuff on the street. Kudos to him and thankfully no altercations occurred.
This guy is genius lol. I feel bad for the people that get scammed but not the ones that break in and obviously know they aren't renting. You really have to do your research these days and make sure you are talking to the actual person that can legally rent something to you! Most states have public records free of charge to look up who owns a certain address. Don't get scammed!
I don't understand...isn't this is what NO TRESPASSING signs are for? I always thought if you just had one of those up then no one is allowed to be there without your permission, and if they won't leave they get removed by the cops for being TRESPASSERS? What am I missing here.
For those wondering, the reason squatters have rights, it is to ensure that property that has been truly abandoned does not become unusable forever. Imagine that there's a house at the end of the street who's owner died, left it to their kids who live out of state, don't care about it, aren't going to take possession of it, aren't going to clean it up and sell it, so they just let it sit. Maybe they're not paying property taxes either. In most states if a squatter moves in, and lives there continuously for some number of years (anywhere from 5-20) makes it clear to neighbors that they are living there, maybe pays the property taxes, then they may eventually be able to take legal ownership via "adverse possession". The out of state owners can't just call up the local PD and say "hey, kick these people out". To do it legally they would need to show up, prove their legal ownership and that they have been paying property taxes themselves, and then initiate an eviction process. OR.. They show up and simply move in on top of the squatters, wait for the squatters to leave (thus breaking the "continuous occupation" requirement of adverse possession) and then change the locks and not let em back in. Then it would be on the squatters to take the owners to court and prove they had a greater legal right (perhaps they've been paying taxes for 7 years while the owners have not, and the owners would have already lost possession in that time). Obviously most squatters are not actually following this whole legal process, but because some *do* they are all granted some rights. This strategy of moving in on top of them with your own legal documents in hand, seems to be the best strategy these days. It just means you also have to be prepared for the possibility of a violent reaction.
I don't get why the law works in favor of uninvited people entering your home then you can't kick them out without going to court and such. Seems crazy.
Because the bleeding heart lefties decided to pass a law to protect the squatters, giving them rights. I've heard of it taking up to 12 years to get a squatter out of someone's home due to the court system. She kept having kids and letting her stay.
Ya, he got lucky, but we need more people to stand up against people like that. We need to change the laws in this country to protect law-abiding people who pay taxes, not criminals.
Why not tell the whole story? How did the squatters get in? Did they have the locks changed? I saw this story on another channel and they included more info, such as the guys mom drafted a lease and they got it notarized.
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When I lived in the UK squaters tried to move into a house owned by friends of my landlord and they just send the boys round with bats, put an end to that right quick.
All of that is completely wrong, forcibly intruded into somebody's civil domicile. Showing up with a lease and utility bills has no meaning, might as well have showed up with Mom's deed then. Not that it looks like there's any wrongdoing, but let's be honest all that happened was using force which is theoretically illegal.
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There's another video out there that gives more details and maybe he's being vague here in the way he went about it to not stir anything up but you can look up the other videos on it where he talks more about exactly how he did this and it's darn good information.
Showing up with a lease and utility bills has no meaning, might as well have showed up with Mom's deed then. Not that it looks like there's any wrongdoing, but let's be honest all that happened was using force which is theoretically illegal.
I had a rental property that was squatted by a whole family. In the middle of the night I crammed stuff in the water line between the meter and the house. They claimed it was illegal to shut off utility services. I straightened them out: Wrong! I didn't shut off their services, (which they were correct about) - It was obvious that my water line was not working. They demanded that I make repairs to the line. No law states that I have to make home repairs while they're squatting! I stressed that I couldn't make home repairs when I wasn't receiving rent - I just couldn't afford it! They moved out the next day...
Most states have it it is just that for some states it is harder for them to get to it. Here in Indiana they have to receive mail at the address to get squatters rights at which point you evict them.
While there are samples of this around the US, it is predominantly a problem in California. Just another example of how screwed up that state is. Other than the weather, I cannot imagine why anyone would want to live there. Everyone, absolutely everyone, I know who lives/lived there is actively moving out.
Actually. I know quite a few people (mostly relatives) in the Bay area and none of them are considering moving out although their homes are worth way more than they would be if they were located elsewhere (prop 13 protects them from excessive property taxes) and many are retired there. They love their lifestlye but if they wanted, they could sell their home and live very comfortably elsewhere.
In any minute they need to leave fir a while, it is there when you can come in and trow all their things out, change locks and call the police, they cant trow you from your home if they are out, not legal possibility.
Sadly, this phenomenon is only going to get worse because, so many people who are renting and leasing are being evicted in droves. There's literally no place for people to go anymore. Saw a video recently of a woman who talks about her boyfriend-realtor who works for a realty company. She said that she found out from her boyfriend that the company that he works for was, poised to evict THOUSANDS of tenants all at one time. Insane. Just insane.
As a third-worlder, it absolutely baffles me how this is even an issue. If that happened here, those squatters would be dragged out to the streets and beaten by me and all the neighbors.
Would be the same here but the police protect the criminals and they'll lock you up for defending your property. Pretty sad
Yes living in a third world is probably better off than living in USA (if you're not dirt poor)
@@johndowe7003 My brother moved from the US to rural Guatemala. It can be a better place to live depending on your mindset. For most people, probably not. But for some it is nice. Where he lives it's like being 300 years in the past but a little more dangerous than Europe was I reckon, but that's probably just because of the different biospirit there
My friend i would love to have you as a neighbor.
@@MrHocotateFreight Each race of peoples has their own biospirit
It’s absolutely criminal that squatters are even protected to their choice to live in a space paid for by someone else, property taxes paid by so I’ve else, utilities paid by someone else.
I’m not hateful about “homelessness” but disgusted by the filth, the vandalism, open drug use and literally taking up illegal residence on property they don’t pay property taxes to destroy.
Do you think people would actually vote this in?...
Goes to show you how we have no say in our elections. We don't choose our politicians and we don't chose the laws they sign in. It's all an illusion of freedom. It's time to take our country back.
The internet has made squatting popular. Also many states have squatters rights. Here in Oklahoma if you squat on a piece of land or home for more than 7 years with utilities paid you can claim that property. By the way it's not as easy as it sounds One must go through legal hoops. And I understand if an owner hasn't stepped foot on that property in 7 years it can be considered abandoned. You would be surprised at the number of people who die with no family and no one to claim the property and that is a squatters fantasy.
You really need to become "hateful" about the homeless. They are not warm and fuzzy members of society. They are drug users and criminals and an industry has grown out of "helping" them. Are all of them this way? Almost. Over 90% are and the actual 10% that are not are pretty easy to sort out, if politicians are voted out and laws are changed.
Democrats protect criminals
It looks like squatters aka thieves are more protected by our 'legal' system than the children our schools. That's why it's called criminal justice, the criminals get more protection and justice than regular folks. Just take a look at what's happening in regards to that mobster ex prez.....now there's a full fledged criminal being protected by his criminal buddies when his fat cowardly azz should be in prison right now.
When you can show that it's your house, your property and you pay the bills and the police still can't take any action, you know its time for some law reform.
There are squaters in government too. Reforms will not help.😊
they just changed it 2 yrs ago bc BIDEN ... u cant kick them out during cov19 .. lmao ..i hope they will change it, soon
by voting current policians out.
And then you will have joos who will move someone in legitimately but not pay and get joo lawyers to sue over being rightfully evicted by the landlord.
I think its more of a tennants right situation than a "squatters" situation unless there are legitimate "squatters" laws in the books that aren't just those 1700s laws that are made for legitimately abandoned properties that only exist to facilitate better farming output for agrarian societies, but thats not really squatting in the way this is.
@@josephmiller4616 I saw the people in Congress or whatever you call them, it looked like a nursing home.
“Sit on their face??!”
That there is *GOLD*
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PMSL
They might like that prospect!
@@jakemoeller7850 🏆
😂😂 I knew that's what she said
It's absolutely absurd and asinine how squatters can't be charged and removed at once. Instead they appear to have more rights than legal owners. That's totally insane and laws need to be changed immediately. Totally asinine. 😡😡😡
What’s worse is everyone knows and feels the same way except the politicians.
Liberal utopia
Land owners and home owners used to treat renters with horrific policies where they could kick them out with 0 notice and dump all their belongings on a random Wednesday, for any reason at all. The renters were treated so horribly even families with small children, there needs to be protections in place for them.
@@atrax27OT That's true, but legit renters and squatters are not the same thing.
I'd prefer _more_ protections for renters; I have a friend who I helped move to a new house, and the landlords wrung her for every red cent they could: they charged her a $200 cleaning fee that _didn't_ come out of her security deposit (my understanding is that it should've!), and I strongly suspect they kept all of her security deposit, even though I helped her clean up her house while she was moving out.
Squatters aren't renters, though, so being able to kick them out would actually be taking the renters' side: it'd let them move in sooner.
@@atrax27OT Not the same as squatting
Putting an alarm system on an empty home is a great way to avoid this. Anyone not legally residing there tries to enter and the alarm notifies the police. Keeps anyone from setting up residency. Far less expensive than evictions.
Doesn't deter: They rip the panel off
@@KeolahiwahiwaPham Sure, if your alarm system is from the 90's. LOL
But he should have gave them option get furniture. He let them back In
@@godbyone What he should have done is kept the furniture and had a garage sale the following weekend.
Cameras too.
“Sit on their face?” Someone was reliving a memory … 😂
😂 I heard that 😂
Seemed that way didn't it, she had quite a little laugh after saying that lol
picturing Kungbfu panda squashing Pos face
i died
100%!
Absolutely love this interviewer. She asked the right questions.
Well, she did say "sit on their face", and she appeared confused by the fact that he was born in Nevada but lived in California
In order to beat a squatter, you have to become one yourself.
Watch and wait till everyone is out of the house and then go inside and change the locks. If they call the police to say that you are in THEIR house, the police will tell them it's a civil matter and they have to go through the court system.
im sure some of the crafty ones will always keep one in the house to prevent this.
Technically he wasn't squatting per se; he had a legal lease and all the paperwork from his mother (who owned the place), which was very much deliberate on his part: with all that paperwork, he can prove he has a right to be there---and the bad guys didn't!
@@longWriter I was talking about the squatters, not the man who took back the house
I heard something about if you change the locks when someone is "legally squatting" that violates the rights and the actual homeowners could get illegal trouble....
Obviously ridiculous if that's true
@@B-RaDD Maybe if the owner told the police that they changed the locks. But, maybe the more believable truth is that the locks were never changed at all and the person 'legally squatting' was on drugs at the time and just thought they used to have keys that worked at that address. Turns out they were wrong and were just trying to break in.
We had a rental property in Vegas, and the same thing happened to us. What we did was, waited until they went to work one day. We rented a U-Haul moved all of their shit into the U-Haul and then took it to a local storage facility. We installed ring cameras and changed the locks. They had damaged the home pretty badly already. And we knew if we were to press the issue when they were still in there it was going to get even worse. So when they got back home from work, we were standing at the front door. They told us to get out of their house. We told them where their stuff was and we told them it was paid for the month. We then told them if they came back on our private property they were going to be met with something shiny and heavy and that goes boom. Needless to say they never came back again. We weren’t about to spend thousands of dollars and go through the court system to get some son of a bitches out of our home! We then sold the property and I do Airbnb now. Only the Airbnb is on my property where I can watch it every single day.
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I would have taken directly to the DUMP
But...some squatters still go to there arbnb..
Most squatters are savvy enough to always have one person occupying the property at all times. Cut off the electricity, water, etc. Seal up the mailbox, so they can’t get mail there. Toss stink bombs into the windows. Block the driveway so they can’t drive in or out. It’s your place and you can do whatever you want. Harass them the hell on out of there.
lol. love it.i did this once. we bought a house but the renter wouldn't leave
so I just began moving my stuff in. they got mad and I told them to take me to court.they left! bahah
Wow! Good for you.
The squatter worked for the California department of corrections…let the employer in on this behavior.
I was thinking the same thing
@@aquarius4life I was thinking hide / donate the uniforms.
Truth. Shameful and in her position and income, should be disciplined. She will move on for sure.
It's ridiculous the freedom we give criminals these days.
Welcome to 2023 and 2024 will probably more likely insane. Our world is gone!
Most people read the WHOLE book and not just the last page.
This reporters aura is incredible. She exudes so much strength AND kindness. Random, I know. But just what I felt listening
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God bless us all 🙏🏻
She really does! 😊
That's a nice observation to make..never forget the shilling and lies though..NEVER.
God bless and protect this man for taking in and caring for his mom.
i had a squatter in my rural home in Michigan. She kept on saying that she was a member of the local Native Tribe who would protect her for years. She did no know that I did outreach for the tribe for over a year. So we came up with a plan. My old septic system was one foot too close to the new well, a problem I knew about. So I informed her that the septic system was going to be removed and the drain field redone, which could take a few weeks, so I gave her a porta potty with plastic bags to use. Big trucks came, removed the old tank, and started creating a new septic field. They dragged this out over three weeks (they could have done it int two days) and she moved out. The tribe was great to me, giving me suggestions and even helping me to pay for the construction. I was told: she is not your problem. Raising responsible adults is the role of the tribe and we are sorry you had to deal with her immaturity.
The fact that the thieves are the protected ones, and looked at as the victim in these situations is so awful. As a home and potential rental property owner this is scary.
troi, vietnam number 1
Just know your rights... and theirs.
Why do not you put some alarm system and connect it to your phone ? The moment anyone tries to enter you get the notifications. And you can nip it at the bud
Been saying to do this for years. Bullys only want the weak. Great job my man. 😅
There needs to be people you can hire to do this, give them money and write them a rental agreement and they go in and take over for you to get the squatters out.
Good business model!! You're brilliant!
Great idea actually.
I know people who remove squatters. Just minus the paper work because they speak the squatters language and the law don't like it 😂
Yeah they could call themselves "SQUATTER BUSTERS"😂
@@Darci3333 I like "Squat Busters" a little better because you can sing it lol
This guy is great , he didn't roll over and take it up the tail pipe like so many others , good for him .
"Squatter's rights" should only be recognized when the house is actually abandoned, not just vacant. It's absolutely disgusting they are considered legal tenants and not intruders just bc they break in and no one is there. No way should their legal interests be prioritized over the lawful property owners.
Not even if it’s abandoned. The house belongs to the owner, and wether the owner does live there or not, is none of anyone’s business. They can do whatever they want with their property. Squatters are parasitic filth, they deserve to spend years in prison
@@tristan4175 if it's abandoned property there is no owner, thus, no victim. Painting people who squat with a broad stroke that they're all "parasitic filth" makes you sound way more disgusting than them. You don't know their life or the circumstances which led them to behave that way so dehumanizing them is not going to help get to the root cause of this problem. Some squatters actually follow the law and make good use of abandoned properties that would otherwise go to waste. With the way housing markets are in America, it's understandable why some people resort to this loophole in the system.
Should squatting laws be updated to protect property owners who still want their properties regardless of whether they actually reside there or not? Absolutely. But the view that abandoned properties should just sit there unclaimed getting increasingly dilapidated is just as asinine as giving squatters any legal claim on someone else's unoccupied, but non-abandoned building.
@@railroad5024 I was referring to squatters who takes others homes. If there is no owner, sure then they can take it, and it’s understandable.
But I stand by my claim, squatters who take other people’s homes, are parasitic filth.
@@railroad5024 If it is abandoned, the city owns it because it likely owe property tax. If the property tax is paid, then it is not abandoned.
@@pangmeister yes exactly. It is those city-owned (confiscated) properties that I was referring to as sometimes being better off squatted and taken over that way if done by someone who intends to take care of the property. Sometimes the previous owners of those confiscated properties are elderly who died or were put in a home, had been for years and are never coming back. They either didn't have family to leave the property to or an inheritor never claimed it for one reason or another. When attempts by the city or bank who owns the property to sell it have failed, it just sits there rotting until it gets hazardous enough to have to be demolished. This happened to a beautiful historic home that my brother used to live next to. The old lady who owned it got sick, was in a home for a while, then died. She had no family to claim it so her home, which was a good fixer-upper at first, turned into an eye sore blight over the years& city had more important things to do than worry about trying to sell it. This is the type of abandonment situation I was referring to as unfortunate waste bc if a responsible squatter took it over, they could have upkept it and eventually their residency would be legally recognized. Idk how every state squatting law is, but they should also be updated to make that squatter then responsible for the property taxes once recognized as the new owner and the only controversy would be that this person basically got a mortgage-free house.
Every city should have a legal Anti-Squatting Registration policy. Homeowners can pay a nominal fee for court costs to register their home as a never to be rented unit for one year. Thus any squatter who says they have a lease (fake from online) can be immediately removed by the home owner without going through court to prove otherwise.
It's a easy way for cities to make extra revenue and ensure homeowners peace of mind.
Or you know…have proper laws in place to protect people’s property and protect those who are lawfully occupying a space.
Maybe all leases did a seal of notary?
1. All leases should be notarized.
2. Any supposed tenant should be required to produce proof that they have paid the initial deposit and at least the first month's rent.
Great idea, and the city can make money, which should be a no-brainer for any municipality. It is worth a $500 - $1000 fee or even based on a percentage fee. This could have a quick fix for the owner and the police.
My uncles would’ve loved to defend our families homes with force. But put alarm systems on your homes, especially the vacant ones.
Putting a couple Rottweilers with bad attitudes in the house to watch it.
@@annabellesnightmares I have a chihuahua but I got rid of my welcome mats and put up a no trespassing sign. Sigh. I am 74.
I'm baffled how anyone can enter someone else's property without consent regardless if the owner is living there, and this not be and enforceable violation of the law. Squatting laws need to be updated and enforced.
Look up squatters rights. It's disgusting.
I don't see any difference to if the owner is in the home or not, I saw one story where squatters entered a home within an hour of the owner leaving to go grocery shopping!!!!
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Biden loves squatter rights especially with open boarders.
Good story. Flash looks like a guy who could handle the situation. What makes people think they have the right to take what doesn't belong to them? What kind of government would support such behavior? That behavior now has extended into other parts of society. Your friendly Walmart, McD's, a park in Portland and on and on. You can be totally assured that if you came into my house and tried to take it as your own, you would leave or not survive the outcome.
Response to the 08 crisis because no one was buying housing.
I feel absolutely terrible for homeowners that have to deal with this… it’s ridiculous someone can break into your home and just live there rent free while you pay for it… those homeowners should wait until those judges go to work, and then just squat in their home and see how they like it
Yes 🎉 One for the good guys! Congratulations on getting your Mom's home back 👏👏👏👏👏
Also, did she ask if he sat on their face? looool
I had to rewind I wasn't sure what I had heard but yes she did 😂😅 1:49
I think she's gonna have a squatter problem at her house now... who's coming with me??? 😂 I'm jk jk juuuuuust kiiidding 🤔🤭🤭🤭
We have the "make my day" law here in Oklahoma. Needless to say we don't have a squatting problem here.
The whole state of Oklahoma are squatters.
Oklahoma sounds awesome!
Boomer, sooners. Lmao.
@@eyepatch3769 LoL
This is awesome, beat them at their own game. Well done 😁
this is called a real man doing real man business. Great Job!!!
So his brilliant solution is to wait for them to leave….But isn’t that the whole problem? The squatters won’t leave!
THEY HAVE TO GO OUT AT SOME POINT & WHY WOULDN'T THEY IF THEY THINK THEY'RE OK & THEY'RE NOT BEING BOTHERED.
IT'S NOT LIKE A PROTEST, THERE'S NO SIT-IN OR TAKING TURNS TO LEAVE.
WHAT THEY WANT IS A FREE LIFE, NO RENT & IN SOME CASES NO UTILITIES.
IT SHOULD BE A CRIME.
No. The utility bill are the key. These 💩 get mail at the address and police can’t tell how long you’ve been there because of the bills. The police will say go to court. It’s why he got the bills first and then went.
If he went there and attacked them, he would've went to jail, but he went there with his gun and dog, waited for them to leave, and was kind enough to give them an option to take their stuff and not shooting them to death. They made sure he didn't mention him using his 2A to protect his property
@@cheryl5994 no, they don’t have to go out at some point.
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ANNND, YR POINT IS WHAT???
She said “sit on their face” 😂😂
She wants flash to do it
@@slackjaw2643she needs to sit in flash face because he finishes too quick, like the flash
Lmao
No shit!? Where did that come from!!???😂😂😂😂 not quite the way but i like the way she thinks!!😂😂😂
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I had a friend that rented a room in her home and the lady took over her entire home it was ridiculous boxes packed in the house furniture everywhere and her kitchen loaded with groceries and appliances. I told her to pay someone to pose as a renter and rent out another room to a crackhead (a friend’s brother). It worked. The lady left in 3 days. It’s tough to live with a crackhead.
Love this idea! So creepy now. Can't even rent out a room, but can't make ends meet on our own!
@@BobbiGail I rent out a room what I did was turn the walk in closet into a kitchenette so they don’t enter main home. They have their own entrance. Great tenant. You must be selective!
@@lshepherd6137 That's so cool! And a total blessing for someone else too! It's good to hear that great scenarios still exist.
It would be a great business model; Hire a crackhead tenant
Shame on every lawmaker in this country, both state and federal, for not Changing the laws to give homeowners the power to immediately and forcibly evict squatters from their property.
We have a society of "feelings" and not laws. Feeling sorry for squaters trumps the rights of property owners. Same issue with homeless. Is it more humane to let them live in their filth and squalor or force them to clean up their act? ACLU would tell you that they have rights. Rights to ruin the lives of many other people by creating a public eyesore? I think not.
They're the ones who changed them to what they are today. Shame on them indeed.Their agenda is to destroy our country from the inside out.
Agreed. If the government doesn’t want to get squatters off my land, then I don’t need the government to get a squatter off my land. I’ll take care of it myself. ;-)
This reporter has charisma. She's amazing.
Lmao😂 did she say sit on their face?💀
That was a GENIUS solution . Turn up as a LEGAL Occupier , therefore allowed to DEFEND your Domicile . Eliminates the Vacant Possession Loophole .
The homeowner has no right to kick squatters out of the house, but I guarantee that if the bank found the squatters, they would be removed, no questions asked!
Some laws protect no one but the criminals.
I don't understand how squatters has the right to take over your house and live for free there but if the bank owns that house because of a foreclosure, then they could just call the cops and get them remove immediately. I seen this happen before many times and it is just upsetting.
In some states, like CA, if someone lives in a place for 30 days or more, they are considered a "resident," and it is next to impossible to get them out. This happened to one of our former neighbors. Not even the police could remove her. They told him that, legally, their hands were tied. He moved her out when she was out of town, and the police stood guard while she moved right back in when she returned. She also had satanic symbols painted in secret places all over the apartment, two under his bed. She was a loon. So, he was the one who wound up moving out just to get some peace of mind and his life back. I couldn't believe it, but it happened. This situation is completely insane.
I feel for these homeowners who are put in these situations and the BS they have to go thru... Love how she said what you sit on there face. Love it. Lol
I recently renovated and sold a small rental house I'd had for a long time about an hour from where I live. I made sure I was there twice a week, made friends with the neighbors and gave them my ph number, secured the property with extra locks and lights, all for the fear of someone trying to break in and squat. The laws favor them not us, the shoplifters, burglers, drug users, etc. This is what people voted for, not having consequences for crime. And then there is a certain segment of the population that gets even more leniency.
Unfortunately my own brother became a squatter and the police could not do a thing. Someone told me he went on a trip. While he was gone I arranged to sell the house.
I lost it when she said "sit on their face"😂
It's nice to here that one person managed to game the people who were gaming the system. I don't understand why lawmakers have and continue to allow laws to exist that support squatters and not homeowners.
Can't wait to watch his full videos, this is unreal!! We have squatters right now, and his idea is genuis
Right on homeowner. If these people want a house, they should work.
“What did you do…….sit on their couch ?? Sit on their face ??” I can’t believe she said that 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
This guy was on judge Judy about this situation!! It was great 😂😂😂
This why you should always install cameras on your property if you don't have any intent to live in it or if you are going to be leaving for a few weeks.
This was a couple years ago but a guy about 5 houses down from me went on vacation and was gone about two weeks. When he came back squatters (a man and woman) had changed locks everything. About a week later i walked by and he had one of those roll away dumpsters and was throwing all their crap in it. All their clothing, personal shit, big screen TV etc. Their car which ran and everything(nothing really wrong with it) was still their. When I stopped by and asked him where they went he just smiled shrugged his shoulders and said "IDK they just dissapeared" As we where talking a tow truck came and towed their car away. One of the squatters mom came by a few days later because her calls had been going unanswered. As far as i know they never did turn up. Lesson: Just make em "Dissapear"
So you left a murderer in your neighborhood?
I could see where waiting for the so called legal system to take action which is really a joke would drive a completely sane property owner to the point of doing this themselves or hiring a hitman before the squatters completely destroy their house 🤔.
Back in the 90's my grandfather would drag these low lifes out of his properties by the neck, we need to go back to this. Shame that people are paying property taxes and scum are moving in.
Did nobody catch... What do you do....sit on their couch, sit on their face..ha ha..what do you do?😂😂😂😂
SIT ON THEIR FACE!!!!!!! 😄😁😆😅🤣 what kind of a question is that???
it's also insane that if your behind on your property taxes that at city county or state can take that away from you for a home that you've outright paid for, they need to understand leniency and give you time to pay that especially due to the circumstances that we've had in the past few years dealing with the covid pandemic and so many people struggling to get back on their feet from the devastation that has taken place on so many. but it seems our local governments don't care about the people, just how they can make it even more harder on the honest hard-working ones
No, the government does not owe you leniency. Either pay your taxes or risk the consequences. The time frame required to foreclose on a property due to taxes is INCREDIBLY long. It usually takes years to seize a property. You have plenty of time to resolve your responsibilities and if you can’t, then you should not own property. Period, full stop
@@TwilightxKnight13 Spoken like a true leech.
“What do you do, sit on their couch, sit on their FACE?” 😂😂. Ooops that had me dying
It’s beyond ridiculous that states have not changed laws to make squatting illegal and they should be removed ASAP.
Maybe we would have that if all the people saying "sIt On tHeIr FaCe LOL" were making comments like yours.
Yeah, my uncle had this problem in Cal! it did not end well for him but he did get the squatters out! he waited till they made one mistake and rushed their grandma to the hospital when she was having a heart attack. he and his crew and friends and family came back and toss all there crap right out in the middle of the road!. got nailed by the judge with a 10,000 fine and was banned from renting out the house till he apeas the judge. ( to which my uncle roared right into the judge face, The f-ing house was not ever up for rent in the first place!) love cal!
I just don't understand American law. This whole situation is CRAZY! It's pretty obvious that these thugs are intruders!
This happen's in other countries too, where sqautters have rights that seem to outweigh the legal owners.
First of all, the constant interrupting while he's trying to explain is annoying AF. Was she interviewing herself?
Second, from what I could understand from his words when she didn't interrupt - he basically waited until the house was unoccupied, took over the house and put their stuff on the street. Kudos to him and thankfully no altercations occurred.
This guy is genius lol. I feel bad for the people that get scammed but not the ones that break in and obviously know they aren't renting. You really have to do your research these days and make sure you are talking to the actual person that can legally rent something to you! Most states have public records free of charge to look up who owns a certain address. Don't get scammed!
What a great son. Kudos and blessings for you and your mom. She is a lucky lady. 💖
Take your guns. Start cleaning them in the living room, or on the porch.
What happens when they take the guns away from you?
I opened a commercial property where people were squatting. The real estate guy kicked them out saying this is zoned for business and they left.
I don't understand...isn't this is what NO TRESPASSING signs are for? I always thought if you just had one of those up then no one is allowed to be there without your permission, and if they won't leave they get removed by the cops for being TRESPASSERS? What am I missing here.
Interesting! I want to know the answer too.
What you're missing is you're apparently unaware of "squatter's rights."
For those wondering, the reason squatters have rights, it is to ensure that property that has been truly abandoned does not become unusable forever. Imagine that there's a house at the end of the street who's owner died, left it to their kids who live out of state, don't care about it, aren't going to take possession of it, aren't going to clean it up and sell it, so they just let it sit. Maybe they're not paying property taxes either. In most states if a squatter moves in, and lives there continuously for some number of years (anywhere from 5-20) makes it clear to neighbors that they are living there, maybe pays the property taxes, then they may eventually be able to take legal ownership via "adverse possession".
The out of state owners can't just call up the local PD and say "hey, kick these people out". To do it legally they would need to show up, prove their legal ownership and that they have been paying property taxes themselves, and then initiate an eviction process. OR.. They show up and simply move in on top of the squatters, wait for the squatters to leave (thus breaking the "continuous occupation" requirement of adverse possession) and then change the locks and not let em back in. Then it would be on the squatters to take the owners to court and prove they had a greater legal right (perhaps they've been paying taxes for 7 years while the owners have not, and the owners would have already lost possession in that time).
Obviously most squatters are not actually following this whole legal process, but because some *do* they are all granted some rights. This strategy of moving in on top of them with your own legal documents in hand, seems to be the best strategy these days. It just means you also have to be prepared for the possibility of a violent reaction.
Had a cop once tell me; put thier shit out on the curb and let them take you to court, they’re not going to want to do all that paperwork. 😂
He's right
This wouldnt work cuz u cant forcibly move them out the house. It would work against the owner unfortunately.
Here in Detroit a few years ago a Newsman named Charlie LeDuff did the Same Thing ALL On Camera, IT WAS GREAT To See the Look on the Squatters Face!
I don't get why the law works in favor of uninvited people entering your home then you can't kick them out without going to court and such. Seems crazy.
Because the bleeding heart lefties decided to pass a law to protect the squatters, giving them rights. I've heard of it taking up to 12 years to get a squatter out of someone's home due to the court system. She kept having kids and letting her stay.
They don't want to put police in the position of having to decide whether a lease is real. A dishonest landlord could pretend tenants were squatters
This is a great American - God bless you
Good tactic also would be remove all doors and Eliminate privacy and embrace your your birthday suite. Stop wiping if need
Put up a sign nudist house all who enter. Lol.
This reporter is awesome very charismatic and fun
In Texas we have creative ways to make sure they leave.
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Ya, he got lucky, but we need more people to stand up against people like that. We need to change the laws in this country to protect law-abiding people who pay taxes, not criminals.
Welcome to America where laws protects criminals more then honest people.
Why not tell the whole story?
How did the squatters get in? Did they have the locks changed?
I saw this story on another channel and they included more info, such as the guys mom drafted a lease and they got it notarized.
Why are these people protected? How can it be okay to move into someone else's house? I must assume the actual owner has mortgage documents? 😠
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GENIUS! Have your mother give you a legal lease then move in when they weren't there! 😂😂😂
When I lived in the UK squaters tried to move into a house owned by friends of my landlord and they just send the boys round with bats, put an end to that right quick.
He did more than that - the full story is on You-tube, If I am not mistaken. 😵💫I think It would have helped to have a security system.
Oh boy... squatters at her house riiight now like 🍽🍽🍽🤪
All of that is completely wrong, forcibly intruded into somebody's civil domicile. Showing up with a lease and utility bills has no meaning, might as well have showed up with Mom's deed then. Not that it looks like there's any wrongdoing, but let's be honest all that happened was using force which is theoretically illegal.
How did your squat? Did you sit on their face?! 🤣 😅
Thumbs up for anything with Adrienne Bankert.
My aunt had a squatter that thought he could get over....he was made to feel Very uncomfortable his stay wasn't long
Yep exactly
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The gall of some lsers. This guy has some big cahonies, good for him.
There's another video out there that gives more details and maybe he's being vague here in the way he went about it to not stir anything up but you can look up the other videos on it where he talks more about exactly how he did this and it's darn good information.
Okay because anchor over talked him the entire interview.
Smart man
Smart, use the system just like they do! Very smart homeowner.
Good for him👏👏👏👏
Showing up with a lease and utility bills has no meaning, might as well have showed up with Mom's deed then. Not that it looks like there's any wrongdoing, but let's be honest all that happened was using force which is theoretically illegal.
Did she say "sit on their couch, sit on their face or whatever"?
I had a rental property that was squatted by a whole family. In the middle of the night I crammed stuff in the water line between the meter and the house.
They claimed it was illegal to shut off utility services. I straightened them out:
Wrong! I didn't shut off their services, (which they were correct about) - It was obvious that my water line was not working. They demanded that I make repairs to the line. No law states that I have to make home repairs while they're squatting! I stressed that I couldn't make home repairs when I wasn't receiving rent - I just couldn't afford it!
They moved out the next day...
“Squatters’ rights” is just about the most dystopian thing imaginable. Leave it to Illinois and California to come up with something like it
Most states have it it is just that for some states it is harder for them to get to it. Here in Indiana they have to receive mail at the address to get squatters rights at which point you evict them.
While there are samples of this around the US, it is predominantly a problem in California. Just another example of how screwed up that state is. Other than the weather, I cannot imagine why anyone would want to live there. Everyone, absolutely everyone, I know who lives/lived there is actively moving out.
Actually. I know quite a few people (mostly relatives) in the Bay area and none of them are considering moving out although their homes are worth way more than they would be if they were located elsewhere (prop 13 protects them from excessive property taxes) and many are retired there. They love their lifestlye but if they wanted, they could sell their home and live very comfortably elsewhere.
In any minute they need to leave fir a while, it is there when you can come in and trow all their things out, change locks and call the police, they cant trow you from your home if they are out, not legal possibility.
This needs to be a business and/or a tv show.
Turn off electricity water and gas!
Legally you can’t do that.
@@joycenesselhauf1220 you can do whatever you want with your own house. you dont even have to pay the bill. the utilities will turn off eventually.
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Then the squatter sues or has you arrested.
Sadly, this phenomenon is only going to get worse because, so many people who are renting and leasing are being evicted in droves. There's literally no place for people to go anymore. Saw a video recently of a woman who talks about her boyfriend-realtor who works for a realty company. She said that she found out from her boyfriend that the company that he works for was, poised to evict THOUSANDS of tenants all at one time. Insane. Just insane.