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Portland homebuyer finds locks changed, home occupied
KPTV ^ | August 21, 2014 | Simon Gutierrez

Posted on 08/22/2014 2:13:38 PM PDT by Altariel

PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) -

A Washington man who recently closed on a home in Northeast Portland was shocked to find a family had recently moved in and changed the locks.

Rod Nylund said he learned about the occupants, who he assumes are squatters, last week when a contractor he sent to do work at the home called to tell him it was occupied. Nylund called police and confronted the occupants, but said the officer was unable to do anything about it.

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TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: oregon; portland; propertytheft
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1 posted on 08/22/2014 2:13:39 PM PDT by Altariel
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To: Altariel

Lock, load and retake!


2 posted on 08/22/2014 2:15:23 PM PDT by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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To: Altariel

One would think the squatters could be charged with trespassing.


3 posted on 08/22/2014 2:18:12 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: gorush

But where do you place the “remains”? Mulch pit?


4 posted on 08/22/2014 2:19:03 PM PDT by BigEdLB (Now there ARE 1,000,000 regret.s - but it may be too late.)
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To: gorush

High wind, right direction, nighttime? Get rid of squatters. Collect insurance.


5 posted on 08/22/2014 2:19:11 PM PDT by x1stcav (Leftism is like rust. It corrodes twenty-four hous a day.)
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To: Altariel

Tear gas, flash bangs and every friend/relative he has armed with bats.


6 posted on 08/22/2014 2:20:09 PM PDT by EinNYC
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To: gorush

Move in on them and make their lives miserable.


7 posted on 08/22/2014 2:20:36 PM PDT by Louis Foxwell (This is a wake up call. Join the Sultan Knish ping list.)
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To: Eaker; humblegunner

Can you imaging if they tried this on people we know? (including ourselves)

Cost of a new door far cheaper than a lawyer and the courts.


8 posted on 08/22/2014 2:20:39 PM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer.)
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To: BigEdLB

Depends on how big the yard is. :=)


9 posted on 08/22/2014 2:20:46 PM PDT by Bob
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To: Altariel

Go to the utilities and demand that they shut off the service unless they can provide a valid deed or lease.


10 posted on 08/22/2014 2:21:51 PM PDT by Albion Wilde ("LEX REX." ("The law is the king.") -- Samuel Rutherford)
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To: Altariel

if you are the legal owner of the property you are 100% entitled to break your own doors if you want to.

And then everything inside is yours

if they claim they live there while all their stuff is on the lawn then ask them to prove it


11 posted on 08/22/2014 2:22:26 PM PDT by Mr. K (Palin/Cruz 2016)
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To: Altariel

remove the front door and the garage door? if it’s his house he an do any maintenance he wants to it.


12 posted on 08/22/2014 2:22:27 PM PDT by IllumiNaughtyByNature ($1.84 - The price of a gallon of gas on Jan. 20th, 2009.)
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To: Altariel

Hit them hard and fast. Secure transport and sell them into a slavery ring.

Won’t see them around here no more.


13 posted on 08/22/2014 2:22:51 PM PDT by Bogey78O (We had a good run. Coulda been great still.)
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To: Altariel

Costly and time consuming eviction, legal process.

Fast track in California would be 60 days. Don’t know about Oregon.


14 posted on 08/22/2014 2:24:09 PM PDT by truth_seeker
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To: Altariel

I’m thinking that this kind of thing can happen more now because people don’t get traditional copperwire phones hooked up — they use mobiles, and can even watch tv over the internet — like in our neighborhood, both Starbucks and McDonald’s have free wi-fi. So all they need is electric.


15 posted on 08/22/2014 2:24:41 PM PDT by Albion Wilde ("LEX REX." ("The law is the king.") -- Samuel Rutherford)
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To: Bogey78O

“Hit them hard and fast. Secure transport and sell them into a slavery ring.”

May I helpfully suggest we contact the cartels and see if we can sell any organs first?


16 posted on 08/22/2014 2:26:22 PM PDT by dljordan (WhoVoltaire: "To find out who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.")
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To: Altariel

I couldn’t believe the cooa wouldn’t do anything but from the comments it appears that the house was a rental before this person purchased it and probably the previous renters let someone move in. The police are treating them like renters with a signed. Contract, which obviously they are not. I would break in a window and start moving their stuff onto the lawn. It wouldn’t be breaking and entering since it is my house.


17 posted on 08/22/2014 2:26:53 PM PDT by Reddy (B.O. stinks)
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To: x1stcav

Few tanks of compressed Nitrogen gas, open a crack in a window or and let them sleep in the next morning.


18 posted on 08/22/2014 2:29:22 PM PDT by Bogey78O (We had a good run. Coulda been great still.)
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To: Bogey78O

Your friendly local chapter of the Bandidos or Hell’s Angels can make that happen.


19 posted on 08/22/2014 2:29:53 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Altariel

You only think you own your house. You don’t really. You just pay for upkeep, insurance and taxes.
If someone wants to waltz in and take what is “rightfully” theirs, well they can and will.
Of course, if they get hurt on “your” property, you will be held responsible.


20 posted on 08/22/2014 2:38:26 PM PDT by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country.)
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