@@TheSkete Exactly. I keep seeing all these comments regarding her being a crook. But this kind of thing happens everyday including people online selling property that doesn’t belong to them
@@Materialgirl_3 why you get contracts notarized by a bank especially if it's partial payments and I'll pay you the rest later Always get any kind of contract notarized for free at a bank. That lease doesn't mean "squat" unless it's notarized or has a witness
Honest question? Why can you just bust in their weapon in hand and asking them what they are doing breaking and entering in the home You own, Holding them at gunpoint until police arrive and have them arrested?
Everybody knows she’s black and she knows she will get favorable treatment. Take back your own home. Get friends and relatives and neighbors and have them watch you and record everything. Call the police and have them witness.
Sad part is if she has a lease then the name should be on the lease of the person who signed it..So for the Police to recognize that lease as legit then they should be fired….As far as the homeowners I’d take matters into my own hands…Esp if I have the proof and documents to prove my case…🤦🏽♂️
It’s crazy how squatters have more legal rights than the actual owners do. A regular person would have been evicted so fast but not the freeloaders refusing to leave.
Recently there was a woman on the news who not only lost custody of her child conceived by rape the judge ordered her to pay child support to the rapist. Yeah go figure.
going to see a lot more of this.. eventually we'll have more houses empty then with people in them, whole a few people/corps will own 100,000s of houses. weird time to be alive.. end of empire, end of easy resources grabbed from elsewhere... end of bretton woods reserve currency for oil will be the last straw.. our currency will lose velocity and value
If the home owner is not the person named on the lease as the landlord, then the lease should be invalid. Anyone can type up a fake lease with a fake landlord name. This is ridiculous.
I'm not a lawyer, just speculating here, but I would assume the lease *is* invalid, but the problem is that the determination has to be made by an eviction court, not the police, and that this takes time and money. So (as with most potential court cases) parties try to avoid going to court, as with the $2000 offer to GTFO and the $8000 counteroffer. Why it is such a slow process when it comes to real estate, I have no idea. Our legal system is barely functional.
@@someguy6075 see and that's just it, it's slow and they know police won't do anything to them legally, so they squat a house and essentially hold it hostage for ransom, if they don't get the ransom money they get free home to live in, if they get the $ they move onto the search for the next place to hold hostage. These people are the scammers, the script about how they got scammed is just to avoid full responsibility and create a basis for sympathy, but it's just manipulation.
Now wait. You know better not to pay somebody can $3000 she never show the lease to the news report or to the home owner. False lease. I just paid a rental company in check so I can have a bank receipt. Plus talk to someone upfront as many times as I need plus check out reviews on the property and with management. That's is how it is done. Ahe lie now she feel sorry because it hit the news. She needs to find another place to go. So let the community as well as herself fine a place so these people can have they place back. Better yet the home owners can change the locks again so she can't get back in.
@Survival Monkey it’s both parties, they’re the same it’s a duopoly that dgaf about you. Stop being partisan and divisive. Both parties let wallstreet crash the economy and steal people’s houses in 08 then bailed them out, they’re about to do the same thing next year.
The first broadcast a few weeks ago the trespasser stated she paid $8,000 to move in now she saying it's $3,000 but wants the $8,000 to move out. Unbelievable, the government sucks regarding protection of homeowners.
It's real simple and uncomplicated. You break down the door of your house and physically take out any trespassers in YOUR home. That's how it's done. You don't go through the courts that complicate the matter. You have to take the bull by the horns.
@@franktorres633 Exactly! The trespasser will press assault charges on you and your next home will be the jail house. Then you'll have to post bond and hire a lawyer, and what if you're found guilty? It's a totally messed up situation.
They should also crackdown on these scams. I’ve been hearing about these online home scams. Did she give the people the number she called? She showed them a lease, who signed it, although bogus? So many unanswered questions. Wow!
A few hundred years ago some people came to someone’s land and made it their home, scammed races of people for free work, and created false documents proclaiming land to be rightfully theirs yet it’s considered a civil matter. That’s America!
You can choose whether or not to believe her, but the exact scam the squatter described is very common. If it's true, she neither broke in nor forged documents, and she and the owner are both victims of the scammer.
@@someguy6075 That doesn't give that freak the right to STEAL someone else's house that's CLEARLY in someone else's name! If that thing signed ANY lease then WHY LIE and say you can't contact the contractor?!?!?!? 🤨 PLUS, this story DOESN'T add up! In the last video the squatter claimed to have paid $8k! NOW, its $3k! And then had the nerve to demand $8k to move out!
@@marissa._ Do you not understand that the scammer sets up a fake front to present the lease and collect a deposit, and abandons it once they have they money? Also you said "contractor" and I think you meant "landlord". You clearly don't have the slightest clue how any of this works.
Takes some nerve for the squatter to demand 8k to move out!! I'm fairly certain she didn't pay 3k cash to move in, conviently lost lease, where's her rent receipt? I cannot stand scammers I'd camp in front yard, minute that leaves house, change locks
@@darjohnston4222 If she signed a lease, I did lol. She's lying about everything. She changed those locks herself and moved in, and I'd bet this isn't her first time.
There’s nothing to work out. She needs to go. I’d like to see the owners get private security that will go in and physically remove these scammers out.
She knows what she is doing that is why she is refusing to get out or show her face on TV. A decent person does not take ownership of what is not theirs. When she says she wants to "work something out" it means she wants money. It's incredible that this is allowed. Lawmakers are failing working-class citizens continuously.
That’s exactly my thought. If she isn’t a scammer, then she would’ve come out to tell her side immediately & named the person she says gave her the lease. It’s ridiculous!
I don't necessarily agree. I wouldn't want to be on camera they spin the story anyway they want to. However, in this case I don't believe the squatter at all. Shes more than likely done this before
@@biancadoss11 She laughed in their faces when they offered her 2000. She demanded 8000. That alone shows that she's not a victim of a scam, she's the scammer. I bet she didn't want to be on TV.
I was thinking the same thing then wanting $8000 to move out of a house she had no right to be in the first place nah she just squatting there, because if her story was true for one and she was actually paying them money for staying there they probably won't be so upset and what landlord change the locks on the property they already on
I had that happen. The woman destroyed my wood burning stove, my brand new furnace and my hot water heater in a matter of the six weeks that it took me to get her out of my house. She was a squatter. The house was condemned by me myself, because otherwise I couldn't evict her. Once it was condemned she had to leave. Of course then I had to deal with uncondemning my home, repairing my home and then taking a loss on the final sale because, even though I took the deadbeat to court, she was living in someone else's house at that time and up and vacated it and disappeared. So just keep in mind if you ever come across someone with the name of Janice Hannon, a greying red-haired woman. Cross to the other side of the street.
if they broke the law moving in why should they expect you to do a legal eviction instead of getting "thugs are us" to do it the quick way same day service.
Get this...here in Canada it's actually illegal to post the names of people who write bad cheques, as in a store by the cashier. Canada loves it's little criminals. I personally hate this cuntry and would leave if I had the $. Yes, cuntry.
This happens in Mexico, Australia, Chile and Argentina as far as I know. My sister had the same happen to her back in Mexico. My sister had to pay a tenant to leave her house after going two years without paying rent
It doesnt make any sense. If you steal someones property whether big or small you should go to jail. "Squatters rights" is a big issue in the US and politicians are doing nothing about it.
she's putting up with what she wants to put up with!!! she hasn't got the real dangerous crew together and extract her up out of there!!!! and the police would be threatened to stay out of it because they had the chance to make it right!!!!!
This has been happening for years now. As an agent in my state, I’ve encountered this a few times where locks were changed on foreclosed properties. The tenants have paid what seems to be the norm, $3000 and provided a lease. A couple showed me the lease and said the same thing, they cannot contact the landlord and only had a P.O. Box to send payments. They were very distraught and cooperative, and asked if allowed a few hours to remove their belongings.
These people are unbelievable. They're punishing the owner not the person who they say scammed them. They need to get out now and if necessary removed by police.
When police pull over a car that's stolen, it's a felony stop, meaning they approach with guns drawn. Homes and cars are given similar protections under law, so if your property is stolen (car, house, etc). If should be treated the same. Just because this squatter was scammed doesn't give her the right to defraud the rightful owner.
Sounds to me like these people are the scammers. They were offered at least $2000 to leave which they didn’t even deserve then proceeded to basically try to extort money to tune of $8000. Sounds fishy to me. Perhaps they should be looked at more intensely. Might be doing this on a regular basis.
@@wanaraz Same here. I managed rental properties for years and had someone done that to me, I would have come in with the police, a locksmith, and a moving company to send her on her way. Cost of a locksmith and 2 Guys and a Truck would be worth every penny!
What a load of BS when you get scammed of us 3k you illegally sqaut and then demand 8k from the owner. This is by no means a victim this a classic scamster.
This story magnifies why there are so many citizens so upset at our dysfunctional government. You can thank our politicians and lawyers for this kind of lawlessness. They don't care about the law-abiding citizens.
So you move into a house for a few thousand dollars and you never have to pay anyone anything else again? Now you know something isn't right about that. What did she think was going to happen when rent was due? They're not asking her the right questions or something. Was it too hard to prove who actually owned the house? The owner herself couldn't have gotten away with not having to prove the house was hers hiw could this woman? I keep hearing about this happening to people, this is not the first time, and l guarantee it won't be the last with t crooked laws like this. As it is transients are taking over people's store fronts in some places. They wouldn't just let anybody take over a politician's property. Some members of my church just went to look at some million dollar homes and got ran off, and that's no lie. I guarantee no one couldn't have just moved into one of those homes and nothing have been done. Yet just everyday tax payers doing the right thing get the shaft. Great laws people's, and all while they're staying in her home she better be paying her taxes and mortgage if there's one.
Supposedly signed a lease and paid cash. Except they give you keys to your new rental after signing, and this woman is out here changing locks. She's the scammer.
I went on a deployment 10 years back. I disconnected my water and power and drained all my water lines knowing i was going to be gone for 8 mouths and don't want my house to get damaged due to utility failure on my part. How they lived with no power and water is beyond me. When I came back a squatter moved in. 13 army cavary scouts with flash bangs and paintball guns repelling threw the windows got them out. They did take me to court and lost. If I let the court deal with it, They probably would have burned my home down as revenge. The courts have failed, I've seen it so many times on the news. I donate what people say, if your in my home illegally, I'm not being nice.
@@BrayBray78 Just leave it at that. He got away with it easy. I imagine it was uninsured and any damages the squatter did would have come out of his pocket. You have to make tough choices in a situation like that.
One time I had a friend of mine call me one day and told me she was homeless and needed help. Out of the goodness of my heart I let her move in she had her own room it was completely platonic but within a week she got up one morning and told me I had to move out because she was taking over my home that I actually owned. When I called the county to see what I'd have to do to get her out they told me it could take me months to get her out. But within an hour I moved her out and from that day to this I've never let another human being set foot inside of my home...
Thankfully she didn’t have mail coming to your address either. It’s a shame that we can’t even help out friends. I’m glad you were able to move her out.
I let a friends daughter (rent) a room in my home. After 3 months she still hadn't looked for/found a job. I packed her up THAT DAY and drove her back to her Mama. No discussion, no warning. The agreement was she would find a job pay rent, get on her feet and get her own place. She didn't even try. Bye bye loser.
The owner has no obligation to “ work anything out” with her. THEY HAVE NO CONTRACT!!! What happens if the owner just busts the window out , goes in her OWN house, changes all the locks, has someone come in to protect the property and has all of the trespassers belongings MOVED OUT!? This is ridiculous
She couldn't move the other woman's belongings because they aren't her property, and forcing somebody to leave could venture into criminal territory as well (not quite sure what). That is considered a "self-help eviction" and it is illegal, even if someone has broken a lease, failed to honor an eviction order, or, like this woman, never had legal right to live there in the first place. Like it or not, the "squatter" has rights as well, and only a court order along with law enforcement has the authority to remove someone from a place they are living (legally or not) and they often must be given reasonable notice (usually 30 days). Rights are a thing that people have regardless of their behavior. Even criminals under arrest have rights. Without recognizing those rights this country would not be what it is.
Something is really backward and wrong when the squatter and con artist calls the police on the OWNER for trying to come inside the house! If I were the owner, or the owner's neighbors, I would help her out by knocking on the doors and windows constantly, day and night. Make her life miserable.
@V. P. N I do know, I live on the South Side of Chicago. The squatter is an invader, she may not even be "from there." But the neighbors are "from there."
@V. P. N that.. is not a ghetto.. you apparently have never been to a ghetto before.. that is a well well kept, decent neighborhood. Just because they’re Black and Hispanic people, doesn’t mean they all live in the ghetto, you fool.
@@meganbrady280 When the police show up, explain you were just knocking on the door to borrow a cup of sugar. The squatter didn't answer so then you were knocking on the window. You need the sugar at 3 a.m. because your baby is starving.
As a Tenant Advocate, I can say that there are many people who are watching empty houses, and when no one appears to be upkeeping it and/or does have the house listed for sale, they will break into the home, change the locks and make several minor fixes or updates as to convince the neighborhood residents that they are the rightful owners as well as seeing if the rightful owners show up. After a period, if no opposition happens the thieves/scammers will post the house, normally on Craig's List, for rent. The scammers will have the person pay them in cash or deposit the money into a bank account or by Cash App or some other electronic payment source. However, in this case, the tenant is either known for this, may have a warrant, hiding from someone, knew it was ascam, and/or totally lying. The reason for this is that a person who believes they were scammed generally and quickly calls the police before they did when the Statesmen and News person were there. The fact that the woman changed ALL the locks of a "rental" seems shady and questionable in itself. In addition, a person who felt scammed would reveal ALL they know about the person that scammed them and would not be hiding their face unless one of the other scenarios applies, instead, she tries to employ the heartstrings of the Councilmen and Ward representative. The News Lady states that there was more than one adult in the home and the fact that no adult took a stand to come out, including, from what we're told, neither adult showed any sympathy to the real homeowners makes them seem more criminal that victim. The adults in the home could have requested to be interviewed in "black shadow," and showed the lease so that others could be warned of the name of the person and the business name they used to scam them. From my experience, the "so-called renter" is highly questionable.
This was the first thing I said to my husband- they didn’t just see the for sale sign one day & show up. The scammer stalked this property and did recognizance on it. Not random in any way. All the more reason the police should be involved!
How is it the owner of the homes fault that this occupier was scammed? The owner should legally be able to have the locks changed any time she wants and enter at anytime she wants.
She Knew What She Was Doing Because She Changed The Locks. The Laws Need To Be Changed!! You Go Into The Home Without Permission or A Lease Signed By Current Owner Should Be Arrested Immediately.
Yes. But since noone has a video or proof of who changed the locks, that's the problem. Cameras on the outside of house and inside or even a cheap ring doorbell should be bought by everyone.
I change my locks even when i was in an apartment. i give that key to the office. i don't trust that someone changed the locks from the last resident. could be 20 copies of those keys walking around.
All the neighbors should be protesting on the property . Take back your neighborhood . If it's happening to your neighbors . It could happen to you . " No justice , no peace " .
Something needs to be done. She knew this was a scam, anytime the person leasing the home ask for cash it is a scam. If they don’t run a credit check it is a scam.
It was clear the “community leaders” were only interested in protecting the squatter, not the homeowner. They made sure they weren’t “thrown out in the street” and they even got the squatter some airtime. I guarantee they only got involved to make sure the homeowner didn’t get anyone else involved.
@@texassaxet4893 THEY NEED TO GET A LOCKSMITH, OPEN THE DOORS, THEN REMOVE ALL THE DOORS, LEAVING THE HOUSE WIDE OPEN. PEOPLE INSIDE WILL NOT REPLACE THE DOORS. THEY WILL LEAVE.
The lady inside should go to jail for creating a fake lease. No renter moves in and changes the locks on the door. Thats the landlord responsibility. She is bouncing one home to another with a fake lease she created.
How on earth can someone just break into your house and take over??!! This makes no sense to me. The homeowner has to sign a lease too, and if there's no signature, then the lease is fake, PERIOD!! Something isn't adding up about this...
This makes no sense and I don't believe that woman paid anyone, any $3K in cash. How can ANYONE go on vacation or out of town for business and leave a house vacant? It appears breaking and entering, then drafting a fake lease is the new way to obtain free housing. This is becoming all too familiar.
Anyone leaving a home unoccupied should have an alarm system installed for instant police response. It will work as long as the squatter doesn't have time to change the locks.
@@zteia7060 Police and others who deal with this type of thing told the owners to do that as the easiest & fastest way to get the squatters out of the owner's house. Otherwise the owners would have to wait months until it was their turn in court to legally prove the squatters had an invalid or fake lease. In the meantime, while the squatters are in the owner's house, the squatters can do all sorts of damage to the house and the owner's only remedy would be to take them back to court, prove they did the damage, and somehow get them to pay. Believe me...the owners sure didn't want to offer squatters money to leave their house...but the owners are desperate to get them out and they won't leave.
@@bettywith2girls The police also spoke to her and told her what she needs to do. There are landlords scamming and taking advantage of people. Then you also have squatters.. This is not cut and dry the owner said, the offered to return 2000.00 of her money. A real tenant interferes with their scam..
It’s not illegal to act in good faith. If someone steals your car and sells it, the person who bought the car doesn’t have to turn it back in if they bought on good faith
@@Jay-rg5mt Yes they do, its stolen property, prove ownership with a title. They still dont get to keep the car. The one whom has the lease, they need to sue, small claims court, the person they made the agreement with, and press criminal charges. The only person at a lose is the property owner.
But someone can get in a car and take a joy ride can get arrested but you take over someone's house and you get to stay ? . To the owners I hope you can find a good attorney to sue her and the city because it doesn't seem like they're trying hard enough to get her out , and she can hang it up about not being a bad person because she is!
People like this should not have any rights you got scammed that doesn't give you the right to stay once you know you are not to be there. Get your stuff and get out.
Whether she was scammed or not, it’s not the homeowner’s fault. She’s the one who fell for the scam. I thinks it’s insane that they are treating this as a civil matter. I’ve actually heard of this happening before.
Agreed. If she was scammed, that’s terrible, and law enforcement/the government should work to find the scammer and punish them. But that’s not the homeowners fault & she’s losing money and sanity dealing with this. She shouldn’t have changed the locks though; that’s simply not something someone who’s innocent does… if you’re scammed, you let the rightful owner know this and work to maybe try and buy the house from the owner selling it or ask if maybe they can workout a rental agreement. You don’t change the locks & refuse to pay rent.
@@earthandwind820 Actually, part of these types of scams is the scammer changing the locks and then creating phony rental agreements. Also, people who come to homes to change locks like this should make absolutely certain the home belongs to the person they’re changing the locks for. It’s like the only person who has no fault at all, the homeowner, is the only one paying consequences.
She's lying. She didn't pay no one a penny. These people's are being hustle. Moving into a place of mine. and see what happen. You're going to get your wig push back
By all means take back your property and get that person out but who says just because its a woman; she'll be wearing a wig?? What if she has naturally long auburn or blonde hair. What if she has curly and full black hair like her grandma Goldstein?? Just trying to point out that you shouldn't assume. I've seen squatters both White and Black and the black ones had natural hair and not a wig. Just saying...
@@wanaraz I had no idea she had been seen?? If so, I stand corrected. My bad. I live hundreds of miles away and didn't realize she has been publicly seen? What is a BT2000???
Nah I disagree because something is missing from this story. You only have 1 side. First was there not anyone checking on the house every few days. I mean you are in Chicago and if that would have occurred you could ha e seen moving trucks. Also there was no alarm on the house. This is major fishy. I believe what happened was this tenant stopped paying rent and now this women is claiming Squatter. Some people believe anything.
@@MentalPistol most landlords hire a property manager so tenant more than likely did pay someone. So like I stated it is to many things that don't make sense. A property gets listed, shown by someone that has a key, lease signed, moving trucks, locksmith, utilities turned on and the owner knows nothing. On the flip side if things happened as reported and this person is a squatter you could pull up at any house, condo, apartment, commercial building and do the exact same thing. People would do it everywhere. Like I said that is where the story breaksdown for me. Sounds like owner is going to start a gofundme
@@lordkrythic6246 Execute the two women and child in the house? I bet you would volunteer to take on that responsibility, right Lord Krythic? 3 bullets to the brains of the two women and small child. Problem solved. Let someone else take care of the corpses. Imagine a society where you can execute anyone you want for anything. It's the utopia that Lord Krythic's been waiting for.
@@lordkrythic6246 These so-called squatters rights need to be abolished, just as the 2 Amendment should. We live in modern times, after all, and they do not fit in with the 21st century.
@@TheDarkDresser The United States is a system of checks and balances. The 2nd amendment is the ONLY check and balance to the government. How else do you suggest we overthrow Democrat Tyranny? And Leftist Rage? Sticks and stones? Unicorn farts? The world is not sunshine and rainbows; humans are evil. Governments are responsible for the worst atrocities in human history. You're brainwashed into hating your own rights. You really need to see that. People who're ignorant like this drive my anxiety through the roof, because I truly want to believe no one is willfully this ignorant. You're right about squatters, though.
@@lordkrythic6246 I thought in America, the citizens do not overthrow the government, but vote the government out. Your way sounds like anarchy and tyranny. Not all humans are evil, but you see the world through those lens which account for your worldview. I move through this world in good spirits, and do not believe I'm better than anyone, and even meet people who are in some ways better than I am. It's my responsibility to live a crime-free life and also peaceful one, even if it means walking away from conflicts, especially over trivial things. I dont walk the streets at 2 am, and I secure my home by not making it vulnerable to intruders, among other things. I don't want to live in the wild, wild west and believe that when you treat people with respect, even when you disagree with them, it goes a long way in promoting peace. My only concern are the mentally ill people who sometimes commit random crimes using guns, such as the Las Vegas mass shooter who killed 60 and injured hundreds; no gun could have saved those lives, since he shot them from a hotel window. The city/urban crimes are usually beefs that people have with each other, but again, I don't involve myself with crime and only associate with people who share my values. I don't understand your fear, anger and cynicism, even though I've had a very difficult life. A gun did not save that grandfather and his grandsons who recently were killed, using their own guns, including an AR-15, by a Texas escape convict. Also, more older white males are dying by suicide using their own gun, and having a gun in the home risk a child getting his/her hands on it and also it's often used in domestic violence incidents. Having a gun in the house or on a person, make them likely to reach for it in haste and regret it later, that is if they didn't use it to commit suicide.
@@MzBrazilian87 i'm 14 and i know a lot about life rich ppl steel from poor so i think its ok she pay $3000 for the house she can move in its her house i'm going to be a lawyer so i watch a lot of law movies
The squatter states she “leased the house and paid $3,000,” that’s probably a big lie and made up her own fake lease. Get out squatter! You should be ashamed!
Exactly, wouldn't she know who she paid the money to? Even if it was online, she would've had to provide identification and ssn. Their name would be in the headliner of the agreement.
Just sad and scary that this happens to a homeowner. People don’t care what they take or do to other people. This squatter knows what she is doing. This story is not adding up.🧐
I didn't get that impression at all. I know that if I'd just paid $3000 cash, rented a truck, placed utility deposits, and moved, I'd be struggling to start over if it turned out to be a scam and the person disappeared with my money. It's not unreasonable to ask for help, so she can move to a legitimate rental and the homeowner can take back possession of her home. For many, losing all their deposits, rent, and moving money can put them on the street.
@@SheilaR.08 Her story sounds like fake nonsense, especially with the homeowners offering her money to move out and her 'counteroffer' of $8k is proof that this is not her first rodeo doing things like this.
As someone who experienced something like this myself.. I can tell you I FELT VERY ALONE AND THEY HAD MORE RIGHTS THAN ME . PEOPLE LIKE THAT KNOW THE LAW AND WORK IT TO THERE ADVANTAGE. IF YOU CHECK THAT WOMAN OUT ITS PROBABLY NOT THE FIRST TIME SHE HAS DONE THIS I FEEL FOR THE HOME OWNER.
I know so many people who make their homelessness other people’s problem. It’s amazing how the brain of a person like that works. In their logic, they’ll leave when they “get on their feet”, but in reality, it’s nobody else’s responsibility to aid you while you get your life together. What a waste of space.
So basically because the Squatter was stupid enough to fall for a scam, the actual homeowners are being locked out of their own house and having the cops called on them?? Make it make sense
This is possible. I bought a home and while I was moving in, a lady pulled in the driveway and said she supposed to be moving in here. I told her she must of been scam because I own this home. She said paid someone in cash and they gave her the 🔑 and a lease. I told her don't ever pay to for anything in cash always have a paper trail. She left and never came back. I'm glad I had family there when this happened, the way people are set up this could have went left.
Honestly as a renter you should do you due diligence and ask for proof of ownership. Still disgusting that people would take advantage of those that are vulnerable but its a harsh lesson to learn.
@@DavidKen878 The original poster stated we need to start standing up for ourselves, and the most empowering way to do so is to be legally armed to defend yourself. I live in a state where, if I prove residency, I can walk into a store, pick out a firearm (including 'evil' semi-automatic rifles as well as large capacity magazines), submit to a background check, and when cleared, walk out--with my new firearm. Furthermore, I do not need a permit to carry in a holster or concealed carry. You do realize people besides felon gangsters CAN buy firearms, and walk around with them. I am guessing you are a mere subject of a liberal state where you cannot buy and own a firearm without jumping through a lot of hoops. If you look under an old account, culcun, there is one video I uploaded shooting my rifle. I do not carry that around, however, because I cannot conceal it easily.
This calls for some legal creativity. file a charge of presenting a forged instrument. Schedule home repairs, and charge her if she refuses access to prevent damage to the property. File a charge of possible child neglect and have CPS stop by. This calls for ungentlemanly warfare.
This is unbelievable. This is my biggest fear. Walk into your house and there’s a squatter in there n they refused to leave. Like how can she not be removed from the home?? Like they broke into somebody else’s property which is a crime yet nothing happened. Funny how she paid cash for the place and there’s no receipt and obviously no record from credit card or check.
What they're saying is basically any burglar can come in sit down and pretend that they lease any home they break into Good job to the people that wrote these laws you're highly intelligent & super logical thinkers way to leave as many loopholes open within the law
It’s unbelievable. I understand not wanting to put somebody out on the street but they obviously didn’t have a key in the first place so obviously there would be forced entry. Then they change the locks. Her story doesn’t make sense. You’re telling me it wasn’t shady that the person who “leased” you the home didn’t have a key? Cmon man.
@@ponygirlusa you walk in & call in a disorderly on the squatters or a domestic dispute I doubt you would get a “pink slip” over it or call it an abuse of service Especially if there is a heated conversation about it That’s a domestic dispute the moment voices get loud basicslly
This is a common con. A good real estate agent would have warned the owners to put someone in the house before putting it on the market. In addition, a good alarm system would have warned the owners of the break in. Professional squatters usually break in at night. The alarm would have allowed the owners to contact the police before she was able to move in and change the locks. Once the person has moved in with their fake lease there is nothing the police can do. Hopefully the owners will be better prepared for their next flip. I wish the reporter had gotten pictures of the squatters. I bet they have pulled this con before.
All facts. The squatter was probably keeping an eye on the house as the owners moved out for the best time to run her scam. Homeowners should not have to go to court for this type of robbery.
@@DarknessFalls29 Squatters have no shame. The squatter is actually using another old con to claim to be a victim. I wish the reporter had gotten pictures of the squatter. I bet she has done this before and ruined another person’s dream.
I take calls for a utility company. Several homeowners have told me about having to deal with this. It's so weird. Basically, don't leave a house empty unless you have no choice. People will be moving in, vandalizing it, stealing wiring, or other things.
Get large males who work as security guards and have martial arts and firearms training, to bust into YOUR HOUSE. Then pay them to cohabitate til the idiots leave.
My sister couldn't get rid of a guest she had in her home. This guest called the police on my sister, they came, my sister told them she wanted her to leave because she was threatening them physically, the police said there was nothing they can do because she was getting her mail there. Until one cop asked my sister, has she ever washed dishes, taken out the trash, or cleaned the house? My sister said no, which was true, and "Out the streets she went." It took this one question to get her out of the house after almost 2 years of putting up with her. If your live in squatter has never contributed to any house work, that violates the squatters rule and this gets their ass thrown onto the streets. FYI
My boss had a squatter move into a rental when he was getting it painted and cleaned for a new tenant. He had no idea how to handle it because California freaking LOVES squatters. He finally decided to remove all the windows and the doors-- he and a group of contractors showed up around 4 a.m. one day and removed it all while the couple inside shrieked. They also took apart the a/c b knowing the temp would get to 100+ degrees that day. The squatters ended up breaking a lot of stuff but they did leave.
If she was an honest person who had been scammed she would open a case with police and leave the property. She is doing none of that. Laws need to change that allow squatters more rights than homeowners.
I'm not in support of this lady but where should she go? Like once she leaves where does she go? If she truly gave someone her $3,000 dollars and it's just gone in the wind, where does she go? Homeless to the streets?
@@TheUglyEgo it is so wrong what she is doing. If she paid a scammer then she could lay a charge with police. She must know who it is. She can give the cops the details and that can investigate if she opens a case. She wants money from the owners. She is not honest the way she is carrying on. Why should the owners carry more cost? She is living there for free.
@@heathercloete7450 you said alot of words and none of them answered the question, where is she supposed to go? Laying a charge with the police doesn't get a roof over her head tonight. I'm talking about if what she is saying truly happened. She possibly gave someone her last 3K, where does she go tonight, tomorrow or how ever long it takes her to find a new place to rent. I don't know where you live but here where I live this is a pretty common scam. I'm not saying it's not terrible what's happening to the home owner because it 100% is.
This can happen to any homeowner. If a person presents a lease, you have to go to court. The only issue is you don't know the person's name to file against. If the homeowner gets her evicted, the squatters husband, sister or another relative can draw up another lease and move in. This can go on forever. They need to change the laws.
There should be a law that private two-party non-commercial leasing arrangements have to be registered with the county. That way if a squatter waves around a piece of paper they say is a lease, it has to be accompanied by a notarized certificate or the sheriff can put you out in the street.
That sounds like a HER problem. She IS a bad person. Then she wants 8k to move out? She's not only a bad person, she's a damn criminal. She belongs in jail.
These kind of stories have been making headlines for about 15 years and still no lawmakers have done anything about it This is a criminal matter and should be dealt with accordingly. Why should a scam artist be allowed to just walk in and squat in someones home? Maybe they should move her into the governor's mansion and see how fast they act.
Even though they can't afford an attorney they should still file papers and get in the eviction court line. She should also file a lawsuit. Even if they don't have a lawyer there are ways to file without one. I suggest they wait until a day they leave and change the locks back. When she calls the police tell them she has false documents and she should be arrested for fraud.
They should make it even harder for people that do this to get a place to live so that in the end they'll have to be forced to live under government assistance because they're non-trustworthy individual Not trustworthy means government regulation
That's the thing...they make sure that one adult is always squatting in the house. They said there was a woman & a man holding a child in the house. And they have already gone over that when the squatters first moved in and changed the locks...the owners were told by the police that they couldn't do anything because it was a "civil matter".
I was looking for a house to rent in toronto canada about 6 years ago. I found a deal online that was almost too good to be true I tried to go and look at the place. They told me they were temperarily out of the country I could pay them first and last months rent and they would send me they keys for the lock box on the door. I decided to go look at the place and I saw a for sale sign on the lawn. I called the agent and I asked them if they were renting the house and they said no. I told them someone was trying to rent out there house online and up until this point I though maybe I had helped someone else like me get ripped off, however I may have stopped a home owner from this nightmare!
This is possibly what happened in this case too, but I just think the woman is lying. But to think someone could steal the key out of the lock box make a copy then rent out someone else’s home unbeknownst to the owner is truly frightening.
I don't know if the people residing in the house are lying or not, but what I do know is that properties here in Houston, Texas have not only been leased, but also sold to individuals by scammers.
Good to see the Alderman willing to step in and help. These cases are outrageous in the harm they bring to the homeowners. Squatter gets their foot in the door and the homeowner is left to incur the stress and costs of dealing with the bureaucracy, and not to mention mortgage, property-taxes, insurance etc. Frequently by the time the matter is resolved the property has incurred 10s of thousands of dollars in damage. Got to be a better way.
This will cost the homeowner more money in the end. I’m sure they’ll deliberately destroy any and everything they can inside the home, making it impossible to sale without major renovations.
if you own the house you should be able to kick in the door and physically remove any trespassers legally
Yup! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
I agree
I would, legally or not.
I would've found out if that was legal the first day.
@@GoldenLady1007 Well, it's not, but hey, you gotta do what you gotta do. 🤷😁
She broke in, changed the locks, and is squatting. Period. She is a crook
...Or, it could've happened like she said. Someone set her up. Either way, it has to go through the eviction courts now.
@@TheSkete Exactly. I keep seeing all these comments regarding her being a crook. But this kind of thing happens everyday including people online selling property that doesn’t belong to them
@@Materialgirl_3 why you get contracts notarized by a bank especially if it's partial payments and I'll pay you the rest later
Always get any kind of contract notarized for free at a bank.
That lease doesn't mean "squat" unless it's notarized or has a witness
Honest question? Why can you just bust in their weapon in hand and asking them what they are doing breaking and entering in the home You own, Holding them at gunpoint until police arrive and have them arrested?
Everybody knows she’s black and she knows she will get favorable treatment.
Take back your own home. Get friends and relatives and neighbors and have them watch you and record everything.
Call the police and have them witness.
Move in with her , give her hell. U have a right to live in your house.
How tf can the cops say, “oh she presented a lease.” When the actual HOMEOWNER said that it’s false documents?! How?!
Hint: cops don't care
Sad part is if she has a lease then the name should be on the lease of the person who signed it..So for the Police to recognize that lease as legit then they should be fired….As far as the homeowners I’d take matters into my own hands…Esp if I have the proof and documents to prove my case…🤦🏽♂️
@@Deddrong1 She'd be begging to leave my house.
@@annettep.1605 Exactly.!!…
anyone can print up or go to office depot and purchase a lease...I would of done the same😊
It’s crazy how squatters have more legal rights than the actual owners do.
A regular person would have been evicted so fast but not the freeloaders refusing to leave.
Just like criminals have more rights than the people they violate
@@JoDo777 what is this country coming to? SMH
Recently there was a woman on the news who not only lost custody of her child conceived by rape the judge ordered her to pay child support to the rapist. Yeah go figure.
Why even spend on property just for someone to take it for free. This country punishes the working and middle class.
@@user-kr2ty9vk5n how are they punished?
She broke into someone's property, took it over, refuses to leave, and also wants you (the public) to know she's not a bad person.
going to see a lot more of this.. eventually we'll have more houses empty then with people in them, whole a few people/corps will own 100,000s of houses. weird time to be alive.. end of empire, end of easy resources grabbed from elsewhere... end of bretton woods reserve currency for oil will be the last straw.. our currency will lose velocity and value
she needs to go to jail
@Save 🇺🇸 you know what they call people who are against democracy? Fascists.. stay fit stay frosty ya'll
I wouldn’t have called the cops and taken all the doors off the hinges. Good luck living there with no doors.
@@Thisplaceisaprison3912 Yep.
Squatters should not even be allowed EVER!!!
I can’t even begin to tell you how angry this makes me!! That poor homeowner!
If the home owner is not the person named on the lease as the landlord, then the lease should be invalid. Anyone can type up a fake lease with a fake landlord name. This is ridiculous.
The said part is these rental scams happen alot. Especially in the tight real estate market
Unfortunately, the courts are backed up from a lack of funding so they will have to wait their turn to be heard legally.
I'm not a lawyer, just speculating here, but I would assume the lease *is* invalid, but the problem is that the determination has to be made by an eviction court, not the police, and that this takes time and money. So (as with most potential court cases) parties try to avoid going to court, as with the $2000 offer to GTFO and the $8000 counteroffer.
Why it is such a slow process when it comes to real estate, I have no idea. Our legal system is barely functional.
@@someguy6075 see and that's just it, it's slow and they know police won't do anything to them legally, so they squat a house and essentially hold it hostage for ransom, if they don't get the ransom money they get free home to live in, if they get the $ they move onto the search for the next place to hold hostage. These people are the scammers, the script about how they got scammed is just to avoid full responsibility and create a basis for sympathy, but it's just manipulation.
Exactly, shouldnt the ownerd name and signature be on it? And her bank acct since the supposed victim should be paying rent to her
So she says she refuses to leave now, even though currently she isn't paying rent to anyone. Isn't that the definition of squatting?
Right she’s a squatter she stated that she couldn’t contact the alleged person that she gave $3k too
@@brandon7913 shes lying, she knows what to say to make herself the victim.
Now wait. You know better not to pay somebody can $3000 she never show the lease to the news report or to the home owner. False lease. I just paid a rental company in check so I can have a bank receipt. Plus talk to someone upfront as many times as I need plus check out reviews on the property and with management. That's is how it is done. Ahe lie now she feel sorry because it hit the news. She needs to find another place to go. So let the community as well as herself fine a place so these people can have they place back. Better yet the home owners can change the locks again so she can't get back in.
Who owns the house? Seems its still theirs. I'd charge back rent as well as a create a rent to high to meet.
How she taking it for free?
@@weareimmortalaskgod510 The lady talking is the owner.
How is this STILL going on!! The homeowner gets screwed everytime 🤦🏻♀️
I wounder what the police would do if that happened to one of them
What’s really scary about this story is that it’s easier to steal someone’s house than their purse or car.
@Survival Monkey it’s both parties, they’re the same it’s a duopoly that dgaf about you. Stop being partisan and divisive. Both parties let wallstreet crash the economy and steal people’s houses in 08 then bailed them out, they’re about to do the same thing next year.
BUT she can not leave...if she leaves it's gone
@@breakingames7772 Thats the point, the homeowners are evicting her so she should be finding another place to rent.
@Survival Monkey This has been going on for ages, nothing to do with politics....
As owners you gotta go ballistic on day 1 and treat it as breaking and entering.
The first broadcast a few weeks ago the trespasser stated she paid $8,000 to move in now she saying it's $3,000 but wants the $8,000 to move out. Unbelievable, the government sucks regarding protection of homeowners.
I THOUGHT I remembered her saying that!
🤨 That's what I hearrrrrrd....8K
When ppl lie.... it's lie after lie and more lies
Exactly. Even then my thought was 8k was way too much for
@@drinkwatereatmelons7048
Tell the truth & shame the devil
Yesssss, I thought she said $8,000.00 during the first time this was aired. This is crazy
It's real simple and uncomplicated. You break down the door of your house and physically take out any trespassers in YOUR home. That's how it's done. You don't go through the courts that complicate the matter. You have to take the bull by the horns.
THANK YOU FOR SAYING THIS.
This will only work in Texas.
And you end up in jail and probably loose your house,Unfortunately is not that easy.
@@franktorres633 Exactly! The trespasser will press assault charges on you and your next home will be the jail house. Then you'll have to post bond and hire a lawyer, and what if you're found guilty? It's a totally messed up situation.
The party behind the door could have a gun though!
They should also crackdown on these scams. I’ve been hearing about these online home scams. Did she give the people the number she called? She showed them a lease, who signed it, although bogus? So many unanswered questions. Wow!
Breaking into someone’s place, scamming, and falsified documents yet somehow this is a civil matter. That’s insane
The police in Chicago are useless. So is the totally incompetent city government. But they accept all tax dollars.
A few hundred years ago some people came to someone’s land and made it their home, scammed races of people for free work, and created false documents proclaiming land to be rightfully theirs yet it’s considered a civil matter. That’s America!
You can choose whether or not to believe her, but the exact scam the squatter described is very common. If it's true, she neither broke in nor forged documents, and she and the owner are both victims of the scammer.
@@someguy6075
That doesn't give that freak the right to STEAL someone else's house that's CLEARLY in someone else's name!
If that thing signed ANY lease then WHY LIE and say you can't contact the contractor?!?!?!? 🤨
PLUS, this story DOESN'T add up! In the last video the squatter claimed to have paid $8k! NOW, its $3k! And then had the nerve to demand $8k to move out!
@@marissa._ Do you not understand that the scammer sets up a fake front to present the lease and collect a deposit, and abandons it once they have they money? Also you said "contractor" and I think you meant "landlord". You clearly don't have the slightest clue how any of this works.
Mrs. Cruz isn’t obligated to work anything out! Showing up with the cops was the safest thing she could’ve done.
Yep!
I think the squatter called the popo.
Lol squatters rights
Takes some nerve for the squatter to demand 8k to move out!! I'm fairly certain she didn't pay 3k cash to move in, conviently lost lease, where's her rent receipt? I cannot stand scammers I'd camp in front yard, minute that leaves house, change locks
@@darjohnston4222 If she signed a lease, I did lol. She's lying about everything. She changed those locks herself and moved in, and I'd bet this isn't her first time.
There’s nothing to work out. She needs to go. I’d like to see the owners get private security that will go in and physically remove these scammers out.
Yeah. Force can be an amazing incentive to this trash.
These little houses are just adorable .
She knows what she is doing that is why she is refusing to get out or show her face on TV. A decent person does not take ownership of what is not theirs. When she says she wants to "work something out" it means she wants money. It's incredible that this is allowed. Lawmakers are failing working-class citizens continuously.
Definitely. She's trying to scam them out of their property or money. Knew was a lie the moment she laughed at them offering her 2k.
@@poeticsilence047 Exactly!! Why should they have to offer her ANYTHING AT ALL!?!
Even had the gall to ask for $8k
extortion, plain and simple. if she showed her face on camera, what do you want to bet that someone would step forward and confirm prior bad acts....
@@klb2513 Definitely, if you were innocent you would have NO problem showing your face.
If what she said is true, why didn’t she come out in the open and tell the lady she was scammed?
It’s difficult to believe her claim.
That’s exactly my thought. If she isn’t a scammer, then she would’ve come out to tell her side immediately & named the person she says gave her the lease. It’s ridiculous!
I don't necessarily agree. I wouldn't want to be on camera they spin the story anyway they want to. However, in this case I don't believe the squatter at all. Shes more than likely done this before
@@biancadoss11 She laughed in their faces when they offered her 2000. She demanded 8000. That alone shows that she's not a victim of a scam, she's the scammer. I bet she didn't want to be on TV.
I was thinking the same thing then wanting $8000 to move out of a house she had no right to be in the first place nah she just squatting there, because if her story was true for one and she was actually paying them money for staying there they probably won't be so upset and what landlord change the locks on the property they already on
A serial squatter in search of a big pay out.
I bet she has a history of this, and a bank account to match.
I had that happen. The woman destroyed my wood burning stove, my brand new furnace and my hot water heater in a matter of the six weeks that it took me to get her out of my house. She was a squatter. The house was condemned by me myself, because otherwise I couldn't evict her. Once it was condemned she had to leave. Of course then I had to deal with uncondemning my home, repairing my home and then taking a loss on the final sale because, even though I took the deadbeat to court, she was living in someone else's house at that time and up and vacated it and disappeared.
So just keep in mind if you ever come across someone with the name of Janice Hannon, a greying red-haired woman. Cross to the other side of the street.
if they broke the law moving in why should they expect you to do a legal eviction instead of getting "thugs are us" to do it the quick way same day service.
Get this...here in Canada it's actually illegal to post the names of people who write bad cheques, as in a store by the cashier. Canada loves it's little criminals. I personally hate this cuntry and would leave if I had the $. Yes, cuntry.
Getting the federal government institutions and prosecutors and holding them accountable
This couldn't happen nowhere else in the world but America. This person should be arrested and charged with burglary. How is this even possible 😳
This happens in Mexico, Australia, Chile and Argentina as far as I know. My sister had the same happen to her back in Mexico. My sister had to pay a tenant to leave her house after going two years without paying rent
It doesnt make any sense. If you steal someones property whether big or small you should go to jail. "Squatters rights" is a big issue in the US and politicians are doing nothing about it.
It happens in England too
It happens everywhere in the world
@@maridee4476 you beat me to it..I heard it's even worse for owners over there..
This is ridiculous, the homeowners shouldn’t have to put up with this insanity.
she's putting up with what she wants to put up with!!! she hasn't got the real dangerous crew together and extract her up out of there!!!! and the police would be threatened to stay out of it because they had the chance to make it right!!!!!
This has been happening for years now. As an agent in my state, I’ve encountered this a few times where locks were changed on foreclosed properties. The tenants have paid what seems to be the norm, $3000 and provided a lease. A couple showed me the lease and said the same thing, they cannot contact the landlord and only had a P.O. Box to send payments. They were very distraught and cooperative, and asked if allowed a few hours to remove their belongings.
These people are unbelievable. They're punishing the owner not the person who they say scammed them. They need to get out now and if necessary removed by police.
When police pull over a car that's stolen, it's a felony stop, meaning they approach with guns drawn. Homes and cars are given similar protections under law, so if your property is stolen (car, house, etc). If should be treated the same. Just because this squatter was scammed doesn't give her the right to defraud the rightful owner.
yup come into my house and ill pull a gun on them a squatter would be out the door in no time
Exactly
Sounds to me like these people are the scammers. They were offered at least $2000 to leave which they didn’t even deserve then proceeded to basically try to extort money to tune of $8000. Sounds fishy to me. Perhaps they should be looked at more intensely. Might be doing this on a regular basis.
@@CorinnaD Where is the lease document?
How were the owners offering a thousand dollars or more to the lady to help her move out but can't afford a lawyer?
There's nothing to work out. Get out it's not your house! She's a conartist plain and simple.
What happens in America if you were to drag her out of the house?
Correct. Let her go find the mystery person and sue them. As far I am concerned I am going in and tossing her out.
@@wanaraz Same here. I managed rental properties for years and had someone done that to me, I would have come in with the police, a locksmith, and a moving company to send her on her way. Cost of a locksmith and 2 Guys and a Truck would be worth every penny!
@@jacks4009 I'm not sure. However, if she was in my house I would find out.
@@jacks4009 By law or by her hair?
What a load of BS when you get scammed of us 3k you illegally sqaut and then demand 8k from the owner. This is by no means a victim this a classic scamster.
She needs to go to jail PERIOD!
This story magnifies why there are so many citizens so upset at our dysfunctional government. You can thank our politicians and lawyers for this kind of lawlessness. They don't care about the law-abiding citizens.
To be fair you can't predict every loophole. Just have to make laws stricter the more people misbehave.
You voted for them.
They don't care about NONE of you.
So you move into a house for a few thousand dollars and you never have to pay anyone anything else again?
Now you know something isn't right about that. What did she think was going to happen when rent was due?
They're not asking her the right questions or something. Was it too hard to prove who actually owned the house? The owner herself couldn't have gotten away with not having to prove the house was hers hiw could this woman? I keep hearing about this happening to people, this is not the first time, and l guarantee it won't be the last with t
crooked laws like this. As it is transients are taking over people's store fronts in some places. They wouldn't just let anybody take over
a politician's property. Some members of my church just went to look at some million dollar homes and got ran off, and that's no lie. I guarantee no one couldn't have just moved into one of those homes and nothing have been done. Yet just everyday tax payers doing the right thing get the shaft. Great laws people's, and all while they're staying in her home she better be paying her taxes and mortgage if there's one.
@@vaanipapadakis2226 There is nothing fair about this!!!!!!!
Not a bad person but you try to blackmail 8k out of the rightful owners?! Yeah you're not a good person lady. Get out of their house!
exactly!
ASAP!
People feel they have a right to people property
I'm glad someone else caught that.
I dont believe that at all.... sounds like BS.....
Supposedly signed a lease and paid cash. Except they give you keys to your new rental after signing, and this woman is out here changing locks.
She's the scammer.
I went on a deployment 10 years back. I disconnected my water and power and drained all my water lines knowing i was going to be gone for 8 mouths and don't want my house to get damaged due to utility failure on my part.
How they lived with no power and water is beyond me.
When I came back a squatter moved in. 13 army cavary scouts with flash bangs and paintball guns repelling threw the windows got them out.
They did take me to court and lost. If I let the court deal with it, They probably would have burned my home down as revenge.
The courts have failed, I've seen it so many times on the news. I donate what people say, if your in my home illegally, I'm not being nice.
The fact that they took YOU to court like what??
@@BrayBray78 Just leave it at that. He got away with it easy. I imagine it was uninsured and any damages the squatter did would have come out of his pocket.
You have to make tough choices in a situation like that.
One time I had a friend of mine call me one day and told me she was homeless and needed help. Out of the goodness of my heart I let her move in she had her own room it was completely platonic but within a week she got up one morning and told me I had to move out because she was taking over my home that I actually owned. When I called the county to see what I'd have to do to get her out they told me it could take me months to get her out. But within an hour I moved her out and from that day to this I've never let another human being set foot inside of my home...
Yep. Once you get them it it’ll take an act of God to get them out.
Thankfully she didn’t have mail coming to your address either. It’s a shame that we can’t even help out friends. I’m glad you were able to move her out.
I let a friends daughter (rent) a room in my home. After 3 months she still hadn't looked for/found a job. I packed her up THAT DAY and drove her back to her Mama. No discussion, no warning. The agreement was she would find a job pay rent, get on her feet and get her own place. She didn't even try. Bye bye loser.
I hope you helped her through the WINDOW exit
You were very lucky
The owner has no obligation to “ work anything out” with her. THEY HAVE NO CONTRACT!!! What happens if the owner just busts the window out , goes in her OWN house, changes all the locks, has someone come in to protect the property and has all of the trespassers belongings MOVED OUT!? This is ridiculous
@@305Alligator that's crazy 😧 makes no sense
She couldn't move the other woman's belongings because they aren't her property, and forcing somebody to leave could venture into criminal territory as well (not quite sure what). That is considered a "self-help eviction" and it is illegal, even if someone has broken a lease, failed to honor an eviction order, or, like this woman, never had legal right to live there in the first place. Like it or not, the "squatter" has rights as well, and only a court order along with law enforcement has the authority to remove someone from a place they are living (legally or not) and they often must be given reasonable notice (usually 30 days). Rights are a thing that people have regardless of their behavior. Even criminals under arrest have rights. Without recognizing those rights this country would not be what it is.
That woman in the house is a scammer, imo.
Ugh. What a nightmare for the owners...
Something is really backward and wrong when the squatter and con artist calls the police on the OWNER for trying to come inside the house! If I were the owner, or the owner's neighbors, I would help her out by knocking on the doors and windows constantly, day and night. Make her life miserable.
@V. P. N I do know, I live on the South Side of Chicago. The squatter is an invader, she may not even be "from there." But the neighbors are "from there."
But then technically they could get in trouble for harassment
@V. P. N that.. is not a ghetto.. you apparently have never been to a ghetto before.. that is a well well kept, decent neighborhood. Just because they’re Black and Hispanic people, doesn’t mean they all live in the ghetto, you fool.
@@meganbrady280 When the police show up, explain you were just knocking on the door to borrow a cup of sugar. The squatter didn't answer so then you were knocking on the window. You need the sugar at 3 a.m. because your baby is starving.
Lol
As a Tenant Advocate, I can say that there are many people who are watching empty houses, and when no one appears to be upkeeping it and/or does have the house listed for sale, they will break into the home, change the locks and make several minor fixes or updates as to convince the neighborhood residents that they are the rightful owners as well as seeing if the rightful owners show up. After a period, if no opposition happens the thieves/scammers will post the house, normally on Craig's List, for rent. The scammers will have the person pay them in cash or deposit the money into a bank account or by Cash App or some other electronic payment source.
However, in this case, the tenant is either known for this, may have a warrant, hiding from someone, knew it was ascam, and/or totally lying. The reason for this is that a person who believes they were scammed generally and quickly calls the police before they did when the Statesmen and News person were there. The fact that the woman changed ALL the locks of a "rental" seems shady and questionable in itself. In addition, a person who felt scammed would reveal ALL they know about the person that scammed them and would not be hiding their face unless one of the other scenarios applies, instead, she tries to employ the heartstrings of the Councilmen and Ward representative.
The News Lady states that there was more than one adult in the home and the fact that no adult took a stand to come out, including, from what we're told, neither adult showed any sympathy to the real homeowners makes them seem more criminal that victim. The adults in the home could have requested to be interviewed in "black shadow," and showed the lease so that others could be warned of the name of the person and the business name they used to scam them. From my experience, the "so-called renter" is highly questionable.
This was the first thing I said to my husband- they didn’t just see the for sale sign one day & show up. The scammer stalked this property and did recognizance on it. Not random in any way. All the more reason the police should be involved!
I agree with you.
I’ve been a victim of this scam before. Luckily I found out before I moved in.
Exactly and the fact that they offered to give her 2,000 dollars to just leave but she wanted 8,000 definitely included in the scam.
You need to be an attorney or private investigator if not already, great comment🎯🙌🏾👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
I can’t believe this is okay…this is so upsetting
How is it the owner of the homes fault that this occupier was scammed? The owner should legally be able to have the locks changed any time she wants and enter at anytime she wants.
She Knew What She Was Doing Because She Changed The Locks. The Laws Need To Be Changed!! You Go Into The Home Without Permission or A Lease Signed By Current Owner Should Be Arrested Immediately.
Yes. But since noone has a video or proof of who changed the locks, that's the problem. Cameras on the outside of house and inside or even a cheap ring doorbell should be bought by everyone.
This ☝🏾
@@dianecelento4974 It's clear the squatters the one who changed the locks when she has key access and the homeowner no longer does.
I change my locks even when i was in an apartment. i give that key to the office. i don't trust that someone changed the locks from the last resident. could be 20 copies of those keys walking around.
All the neighbors should be protesting on the property . Take back your neighborhood . If it's happening to your neighbors . It could happen to you . " No justice , no peace " .
100% agree there should be more protesting for this!
There ya go...
EXACTLY! This is unacceptable!
Sooo you can’t use physical force to protect your property?
Something needs to be done. She knew this was a scam, anytime the person leasing the home ask for cash it is a scam. If they don’t run a credit check it is a scam.
She'd better change those locks on her on property and call her brothers, not those ineffective community leaders.
seriously. the owner has every right to pull that family out by their hair.
It was clear the “community leaders” were only interested in protecting the squatter, not the homeowner. They made sure they weren’t “thrown out in the street” and they even got the squatter some airtime. I guarantee they only got involved to make sure the homeowner didn’t get anyone else involved.
@@texassaxet4893 THEY NEED TO GET A LOCKSMITH, OPEN THE DOORS, THEN REMOVE ALL THE DOORS, LEAVING THE HOUSE WIDE OPEN. PEOPLE INSIDE WILL NOT REPLACE THE DOORS. THEY WILL LEAVE.
exactly I would have done the same thing she did to me..break in and change the locks
@@daschundloverable hang on a minute that's kinda smart.....
The lady inside should go to jail for creating a fake lease. No renter moves in and changes the locks on the door. Thats the landlord responsibility. She is bouncing one home to another with a fake lease she created.
It would have been the fake landlord that would have changed the locks and then given her keys for the new locks.
Exactly 💯
How on earth can someone just break into your house and take over??!! This makes no sense to me. The homeowner has to sign a lease too, and if there's no signature, then the lease is fake, PERIOD!! Something isn't adding up about this...
If she thought she had a legitimate lease, why did she change the locks?
This makes no sense and I don't believe that woman paid anyone, any $3K in cash. How can ANYONE go on vacation or out of town for business and leave a house vacant? It appears breaking and entering, then drafting a fake lease is the new way to obtain free housing. This is becoming all too familiar.
Anyone leaving a home unoccupied should have an alarm system installed for instant police response. It will work as long as the squatter doesn't have time to change the locks.
Many don't believe the owners, especially willing to give 2000.00 of her money back.. Now they wanna cry victim.. Yeah!
@@zteia7060 Police and others who deal with this type of thing told the owners to do that as the easiest & fastest way to get the squatters out of the owner's house. Otherwise the owners would have to wait months until it was their turn in court to legally prove the squatters had an invalid or fake lease. In the meantime, while the squatters are in the owner's house, the squatters can do all sorts of damage to the house and the owner's only remedy would be to take them back to court, prove they did the damage, and somehow get them to pay. Believe me...the owners sure didn't want to offer squatters money to leave their house...but the owners are desperate to get them out and they won't leave.
@@bettywith2girls The police also spoke to her and told her what she needs to do. There are landlords scamming and taking advantage of people. Then you also have squatters.. This is not cut and dry the owner said, the offered to return 2000.00 of her money. A real tenant interferes with their scam..
@@bettywith2girls I'm pretty familiar with tenents and the potential financial aftermath..
The lease wasn't with the owner. It isn't a legal document. Isn't there laws against accepting stolen property?
It’s not illegal to act in good faith. If someone steals your car and sells it, the person who bought the car doesn’t have to turn it back in if they bought on good faith
@@Jay-rg5mt Yes they do, its stolen property, prove ownership with a title. They still dont get to keep the car. The one whom has the lease, they need to sue, small claims court, the person they made the agreement with, and press criminal charges.
The only person at a lose is the property owner.
But someone can get in a car and take a joy ride can get arrested but you take over someone's house and you get to stay ? . To the owners I hope you can find a good attorney to sue her and the city because it doesn't seem like they're trying hard enough to get her out , and she can hang it up about not being a bad person because she is!
@@Jay-rg5mt You’re lying.
Yes, they do. You don’t get to just keep stolen merchandise just because you state that you bought it “in good faith.”
@@webcomment8895 right..jay is tripping..
Paying Tenants don’t change the locks and $8000 deposit for a house like that isn’t normal. This woman is lying.
People like this should not have any rights you got scammed that doesn't give you the right to stay once you know you are not to be there. Get your stuff and get out.
Whether she was scammed or not, it’s not the homeowner’s fault. She’s the one who fell for the scam. I thinks it’s insane that they are treating this as a civil matter. I’ve actually heard of this happening before.
Exactly! The squatter should've done her due diligence.
People are saying they're doing this with AirBNB's rent online and don't leave at the end of the rental. The homeowner has to go through the courts.
@@boxesbinslidsllc For real? To me, if someone falls for a scam, they are the ones who should have to deal with the repercussions.
Agreed. If she was scammed, that’s terrible, and law enforcement/the government should work to find the scammer and punish them. But that’s not the homeowners fault & she’s losing money and sanity dealing with this.
She shouldn’t have changed the locks though; that’s simply not something someone who’s innocent does… if you’re scammed, you let the rightful owner know this and work to maybe try and buy the house from the owner selling it or ask if maybe they can workout a rental agreement. You don’t change the locks & refuse to pay rent.
@@earthandwind820 Actually, part of these types of scams is the scammer changing the locks and then creating phony rental agreements. Also, people who come to homes to change locks like this should make absolutely certain the home belongs to the person they’re changing the locks for. It’s like the only person who has no fault at all, the homeowner, is the only one paying consequences.
She's lying. She didn't pay no one a penny. These people's are being hustle. Moving into a place of mine. and see what happen. You're going to get your wig push back
Exactly!
Gypsy scam
By all means take back your property and get that person out but who says just because its a woman; she'll be wearing a wig?? What if she has naturally long auburn or blonde hair. What if she has curly and full black hair like her grandma Goldstein?? Just trying to point out that you shouldn't assume. I've seen squatters both White and Black and the black ones had natural hair and not a wig. Just saying...
@@heartstrings7814 She's black and it's a wig. She's a BT2000
@@wanaraz I had no idea she had been seen?? If so, I stand corrected. My bad. I live hundreds of miles away and didn't realize she has been publicly seen? What is a BT2000???
If she moved in legally, why is the first thing you do is change all the locks?. She fabricated the lease and she is there illegally .
That lady lied. Why change all the locks if you aren’t squatting?..
The reporter did an excellent job in reporting the facts! Kudos to her!
I disagree. She should have asked the squatter why she thought the homeowner should suffer over her falling for a scam.
Nah I disagree because something is missing from this story. You only have 1 side. First was there not anyone checking on the house every few days. I mean you are in Chicago and if that would have occurred you could ha e seen moving trucks. Also there was no alarm on the house. This is major fishy. I believe what happened was this tenant stopped paying rent and now this women is claiming Squatter. Some people believe anything.
I agree completely 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
@@haroldblack1923 Why would the tenant then say that they say paid someone to be able to move in?
@@MentalPistol most landlords hire a property manager so tenant more than likely did pay someone. So like I stated it is to many things that don't make sense. A property gets listed, shown by someone that has a key, lease signed, moving trucks, locksmith, utilities turned on and the owner knows nothing. On the flip side if things happened as reported and this person is a squatter you could pull up at any house, condo, apartment, commercial building and do the exact same thing. People would do it everywhere. Like I said that is where the story breaksdown for me. Sounds like owner is going to start a gofundme
More must be done to protect property owners!
It's called the 2nd amendment.
@@lordkrythic6246 Execute the two women and child in the house? I bet you would volunteer to take on that responsibility, right Lord Krythic? 3 bullets to the brains of the two women and small child. Problem solved. Let someone else take care of the corpses. Imagine a society where you can execute anyone you want for anything. It's the utopia that Lord Krythic's been waiting for.
@@lordkrythic6246
These so-called squatters rights need to be abolished, just as the 2 Amendment should. We live in modern times, after all, and they do not fit in with the 21st century.
@@TheDarkDresser
The United States is a system of checks and balances. The 2nd amendment is the ONLY check and balance to the government. How else do you suggest we overthrow Democrat Tyranny? And Leftist Rage? Sticks and stones? Unicorn farts? The world is not sunshine and rainbows; humans are evil. Governments are responsible for the worst atrocities in human history. You're brainwashed into hating your own rights. You really need to see that. People who're ignorant like this drive my anxiety through the roof, because I truly want to believe no one is willfully this ignorant.
You're right about squatters, though.
@@lordkrythic6246
I thought in America, the citizens do not overthrow the government, but vote the government out. Your way sounds like anarchy and tyranny.
Not all humans are evil, but you see the world through those lens which account for your worldview. I move through this world in good spirits, and do not believe I'm better than anyone, and even meet people who are in some ways better than I am.
It's my responsibility to live a crime-free life and also peaceful one, even if it means walking away from conflicts, especially over trivial things. I dont walk the streets at 2 am, and I secure my home by not making it vulnerable to intruders, among other things.
I don't want to live in the wild, wild west and believe that when you treat people with respect, even when you disagree with them, it goes a long way in promoting peace. My only concern are the mentally ill people who sometimes commit random crimes using guns, such as the Las Vegas mass shooter who killed 60 and injured hundreds; no gun could have saved those lives, since he shot them from a hotel window.
The city/urban crimes are usually beefs that people have with each other, but again, I don't involve myself with crime and only associate with people who share my values.
I don't understand your fear, anger and cynicism, even though I've had a very difficult life.
A gun did not save that grandfather and his grandsons who recently were killed, using their own guns, including an AR-15, by a Texas escape convict.
Also, more older white males are dying by suicide using their own gun, and having a gun in the home risk a child getting his/her hands on it and also it's often used in domestic violence incidents. Having a gun in the house or on a person, make them likely to reach for it in haste and regret it later, that is if they didn't use it to commit suicide.
$1k to move? Absolutely not! Take it to civil court.
She picked the right homeowner. This could never be me.
She saw a opportunity. Everybody knows what's going on. She's lying lying lying
When she countered with $8000.00, I knew she was lying. This isn't her first rodeo.
Exactly.
When news crews first spoke to her (squatter) she said she paid $8000 to move in. This liar is a professional 🫠
Of course she lying
@@MzBrazilian87 i'm 14 and i know a lot about life rich ppl steel from poor so i think its ok she pay $3000 for the house she can move in its her house i'm going to be a lawyer so i watch a lot of law movies
The squatter states she “leased the house and paid $3,000,” that’s probably a big lie and made up her own fake lease. Get out squatter! You should be ashamed!
Exactly, wouldn't she know who she paid the money to? Even if it was online, she would've had to provide identification and ssn. Their name would be in the headliner of the agreement.
And arrested!
@@suzanneweary9739 not only that, but who cashed the checks, or which account did it go into? It’s a simple paper trail!
A lease & mortgage are 2 different things! If that woman stops paying the bank then what?!
I love how this is so hard to fix, when all the evidence shows how she took over by force.
Just sad and scary that this happens to a homeowner. People don’t care what they take or do to other people. This squatter knows what she is doing. This story is not adding up.🧐
Absolutely love how This squatter believes she is entitled to everybody paying her way.And the police don't do anything really sickening on their part
I didn't get that impression at all. I know that if I'd just paid $3000 cash, rented a truck, placed utility deposits, and moved, I'd be struggling to start over if it turned out to be a scam and the person disappeared with my money. It's not unreasonable to ask for help, so she can move to a legitimate rental and the homeowner can take back possession of her home. For many, losing all their deposits, rent, and moving money can put them on the street.
@@SheilaR.08 Her story sounds like fake nonsense, especially with the homeowners offering her money to move out and her 'counteroffer' of $8k is proof that this is not her first rodeo doing things like this.
As someone who experienced something like this myself.. I can tell you I FELT VERY ALONE AND THEY HAD MORE RIGHTS THAN ME . PEOPLE LIKE THAT KNOW THE LAW AND WORK IT TO THERE ADVANTAGE. IF YOU CHECK THAT WOMAN OUT ITS PROBABLY NOT THE FIRST TIME SHE HAS DONE THIS I FEEL FOR THE HOME OWNER.
@@SheilaR.08 she's lying all squatters say that anyone with dignity and morals would leave it's not her home
I know so many people who make their homelessness other people’s problem. It’s amazing how the brain of a person like that works. In their logic, they’ll leave when they “get on their feet”, but in reality, it’s nobody else’s responsibility to aid you while you get your life together. What a waste of space.
So basically because the Squatter was stupid enough to fall for a scam, the actual homeowners are being locked out of their own house and having the cops called on them?? Make it make sense
This is possible. I bought a home and while I was moving in, a lady pulled in the driveway and said she supposed to be moving in here. I told her she must of been scam because I own this home. She said paid someone in cash and they gave her the 🔑 and a lease. I told her don't ever pay to for anything in cash always have a paper trail. She left and never came back. I'm glad I had family there when this happened, the way people are set up this could have went left.
Honestly as a renter you should do you due diligence and ask for proof of ownership. Still disgusting that people would take advantage of those that are vulnerable but its a harsh lesson to learn.
Someone said that in another interview she said she paid $8000 upfront so I think she’s just lying.
People need to start standing up for themselves, the law is all about money now and if you don't have it you aren't getting justice.
its always been about money.
For self-defense I carry my pistol wherever I go.
@@culcune What does this have to do with self-defense? I highly doubt you have a pistol.
@@DavidKen878 The original poster stated we need to start standing up for ourselves, and the most empowering way to do so is to be legally armed to defend yourself. I live in a state where, if I prove residency, I can walk into a store, pick out a firearm (including 'evil' semi-automatic rifles as well as large capacity magazines), submit to a background check, and when cleared, walk out--with my new firearm. Furthermore, I do not need a permit to carry in a holster or concealed carry. You do realize people besides felon gangsters CAN buy firearms, and walk around with them. I am guessing you are a mere subject of a liberal state where you cannot buy and own a firearm without jumping through a lot of hoops. If you look under an old account, culcun, there is one video I uploaded shooting my rifle. I do not carry that around, however, because I cannot conceal it easily.
@@culcune She meant standing up for yourself regarding the law.
Don’t forget to report on the fact that there are 2 vacant homes for every homeless person in the country.
This calls for some legal creativity. file a charge of presenting a forged instrument. Schedule home repairs, and charge her if she refuses access to prevent damage to the property. File a charge of possible child neglect and have CPS stop by.
This calls for ungentlemanly warfare.
This is unbelievable. This is my biggest fear. Walk into your house and there’s a squatter in there n they refused to leave. Like how can she not be removed from the home?? Like they broke into somebody else’s property which is a crime yet nothing happened. Funny how she paid cash for the place and there’s no receipt and obviously no record from credit card or check.
What they're saying is basically any burglar can come in sit down and pretend that they lease any home they break into
Good job to the people that wrote these laws you're highly intelligent & super logical thinkers way to leave as many loopholes open within the law
You "encourage" them to leave before bothering cops with your "civil" matter.
It’s unbelievable. I understand not wanting to put somebody out on the street but they obviously didn’t have a key in the first place so obviously there would be forced entry. Then they change the locks. Her story doesn’t make sense. You’re telling me it wasn’t shady that the person who “leased” you the home didn’t have a key? Cmon man.
@@ponygirlusa you walk in & call in a disorderly on the squatters or a domestic dispute
I doubt you would get a “pink slip” over it or call it an abuse of service
Especially if there is a heated conversation about it
That’s a domestic dispute the moment voices get loud basicslly
Very convenient
This is a common con. A good real estate agent would have warned the owners to put someone in the house before putting it on the market. In addition, a good alarm system would have warned the owners of the break in. Professional squatters usually break in at night. The alarm would have allowed the owners to contact the police before she was able to move in and change the locks. Once the person has moved in with their fake lease there is nothing the police can do. Hopefully the owners will be better prepared for their next flip. I wish the reporter had gotten pictures of the squatters. I bet they have pulled this con before.
All facts. The squatter was probably keeping an eye on the house as the owners moved out for the best time to run her scam. Homeowners should not have to go to court for this type of robbery.
I was thinking don't these owners have alarm systems and a ring or surveillance cameras? Problem solved! It's still unfair though
Exactly!!
@@DarknessFalls29 Squatters have no shame. The squatter is actually using another old con to claim to be a victim. I wish the reporter had gotten pictures of the squatter. I bet she has done this before and ruined another person’s dream.
@@DarknessFalls29 The house was on the market, all they had to do was browse the for sale properties on any of the MLS listings.
Paying someone to leave your property? They'd be leaving out of my house bagged up and laid on something with wheels on it.
That woman is insane.
If this happened to a cops house do you really think the police would say it’s a civil matter ?? Haha 😂
That reminds me of when cops kicked in a retired officers door and they paid for it.
@Attila’s son nothing much I think. They paid for his door lol. But if it were you or I… it would be a different story.
Wow, I cant believe someone could break into someone's place and claim to be a tenant. This is ridiculous. Where is the justice in this.
I take calls for a utility company. Several homeowners have told me about having to deal with this. It's so weird. Basically, don't leave a house empty unless you have no choice. People will be moving in, vandalizing it, stealing wiring, or other things.
America is WILD.
Get large males who work as security guards and have martial arts and firearms training, to bust into YOUR HOUSE. Then pay them to cohabitate til the idiots leave.
My sister couldn't get rid of a guest she had in her home. This guest called the police on my sister, they came, my sister told them she wanted her to leave because she was threatening them physically, the police said there was nothing they can do because she was getting her mail there.
Until one cop asked my sister, has she ever washed dishes, taken out the trash, or cleaned the house?
My sister said no, which was true, and "Out the streets she went."
It took this one question to get her out of the house after almost 2 years of putting up with her.
If your live in squatter has never contributed to any house work, that violates the squatters rule and this gets their ass thrown onto the streets.
FYI
My boss had a squatter move into a rental when he was getting it painted and cleaned for a new tenant. He had no idea how to handle it because California freaking LOVES squatters. He finally decided to remove all the windows and the doors-- he and a group of contractors showed up around 4 a.m. one day and removed it all while the couple inside shrieked. They also took apart the a/c b knowing the temp would get to 100+ degrees that day. The squatters ended up breaking a lot of stuff but they did leave.
If she was an honest person who had been scammed she would open a case with police and leave the property. She is doing none of that. Laws need to change that allow squatters more rights than homeowners.
I agree … I’d be mortified … she is probably the scammer
She's likely a professional squatter. I watched a clip of one in florida who stayed in the house close to a year.
I'm not in support of this lady but where should she go? Like once she leaves where does she go? If she truly gave someone her $3,000 dollars and it's just gone in the wind, where does she go? Homeless to the streets?
@@TheUglyEgo it is so wrong what she is doing. If she paid a scammer then she could lay a charge with police. She must know who it is. She can give the cops the details and that can investigate if she opens a case. She wants money from the owners. She is not honest the way she is carrying on. Why should the owners carry more cost? She is living there for free.
@@heathercloete7450 you said alot of words and none of them answered the question, where is she supposed to go? Laying a charge with the police doesn't get a roof over her head tonight. I'm talking about if what she is saying truly happened. She possibly gave someone her last 3K, where does she go tonight, tomorrow or how ever long it takes her to find a new place to rent. I don't know where you live but here where I live this is a pretty common scam. I'm not saying it's not terrible what's happening to the home owner because it 100% is.
This can happen to any homeowner. If a person presents a lease, you have to go to court. The only issue is you don't know the person's name to file against. If the homeowner gets her evicted, the squatters husband, sister or another relative can draw up another lease and move in. This can go on forever. They need to change the laws.
Pretty much.
But it’s not they’re house to it doesn’t matter if they present a lease or not. Squatters should have no rights
There should be a law that private two-party non-commercial leasing arrangements have to be registered with the county. That way if a squatter waves around a piece of paper they say is a lease, it has to be accompanied by a notarized certificate or the sheriff can put you out in the street.
Who has she been paying rent to?
@@bayyinahzhaxx7620 now ain’t that an excellent question!
That sounds like a HER problem. She IS a bad person. Then she wants 8k to move out? She's not only a bad person, she's a damn criminal. She belongs in jail.
She is trespassing and trying to extort money, she is playing the victim, she needs to be arrested and pay the consequences for her actions.
These kind of stories have been making headlines for about 15 years and still no lawmakers have done anything about it
This is a criminal matter and should be dealt with accordingly. Why should a scam artist be allowed to just walk in and squat in someones home? Maybe they should move her into the governor's mansion and see how fast they act.
I was just thinking the same thing. Wait til the Governor or some other political big wig goes on VACA... then,...
Unfortunately, these issues aren’t “big point getters” when it comes to election, fundraising, and political endorsements.
Even though they can't afford an attorney they should still file papers and get in the eviction court line. She should also file a lawsuit. Even if they don't have a lawyer there are ways to file without one. I suggest they wait until a day they leave and change the locks back. When she calls the police tell them she has false documents and she should be arrested for fraud.
this lady is going to leave this property and bounce to ANOTHER property and do the same thing.
You really don't need an attorney you can represent if you educate yourself
They should blacklist her just like an eviction posting on your record
They should make it even harder for people that do this to get a place to live so that in the end they'll have to be forced to live under government assistance because they're non-trustworthy individual
Not trustworthy means government regulation
That's the thing...they make sure that one adult is always squatting in the house. They said there was a woman & a man holding a child in the house. And they have already gone over that when the squatters first moved in and changed the locks...the owners were told by the police that they couldn't do anything because it was a "civil matter".
That’s is a scammer 😠😠😠
If it's a fraudulent lease, why isn't that trespassing? The owner doesn't even know her.
I was looking for a house to rent in toronto canada about 6 years ago. I found a deal online that was almost too good to be true I tried to go and look at the place. They told me they were temperarily out of the country I could pay them first and last months rent and they would send me they keys for the lock box on the door. I decided to go look at the place and I saw a for sale sign on the lawn. I called the agent and I asked them if they were renting the house and they said no. I told them someone was trying to rent out there house online and up until this point I though maybe I had helped someone else like me get ripped off, however I may have stopped a home owner from this nightmare!
This is possibly what happened in this case too, but I just think the woman is lying. But to think someone could steal the key out of the lock box make a copy then rent out someone else’s home unbeknownst to the owner is truly frightening.
I don't know if the people residing in the house are lying or not, but what I do know is that properties here in Houston, Texas have not only been leased, but also sold to individuals by scammers.
It's a low down, dirty, genius $cam.
Good to see the Alderman willing to step in and help. These cases are outrageous in the harm they bring to the homeowners. Squatter gets their foot in the door and the homeowner is left to incur the stress and costs of dealing with the bureaucracy, and not to mention mortgage, property-taxes, insurance etc. Frequently by the time the matter is resolved the property has incurred 10s of thousands of dollars in damage. Got to be a better way.
Is that his last name or a title? What does he do?
she don't know how to gangster up on her!!!!
she don't know how to gangster up on her!!!!
@@susanfudge1737 Alderman = Councilman in some cities.
A well placed 40 and not a squatter anymore. Then their a dirt nap taker.
The city officials and reporters act like the scammer / squatter is some kind of respectable citizen. That's weird
This will cost the homeowner more money in the end. I’m sure they’ll deliberately destroy any and everything they can inside the home, making it impossible to sale without major renovations.
Even if what the "tenant" is saying is true - how many months rent does that $3000 cover? Seems like she is the scammer now.
Watch out for airb&b too. People are renting and not leaving!
Hmmmmm……
Take her to court and force her to show her lease..then get her the fk outta there.
All LEASES SHOULD BE SIGNED AND NOTARIZED BY RENTER AND HOME OWNER! Push for laws to be updated to require change!!