Posted on 03/23/2024 4:13:21 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Landlords are now beating squatters at their own game. They are learning how to turn the tables by squatting on the squatters.
This concept of invading the homes of the squatters was made very public by Mr. Flash Shelton: He became a national inspiration to landlords when he employed bold strategies to evict a mother-daughter grifter team from his mother’s family home.
The dramatic event was recorded by Mr. Shelton and uploaded on YouTube.
His amateur production of outwitting the mother-daughter grifter team offered a glimpse of what could be accomplished when the injured party (i.e. landlord) refuses to be handcuffed by an inept and morally bankrupt judicial system. He is a handyman by trade and used to getting the job done himself.
Landlords must have been gobsmacked by the simplicity of his strategy as evidenced by the more than two million views in less than 48 hours. The informal eviction process would prove to take approximately 24 hours.
Shelton simply staked out his mother’s home and waited for the grifters to leave: Then he proceeded to enter the premises to install security cameras, change the locks, and record the squatters’ personal property piled high in every room. The grifters appeared ready for a long and cozy stay, placing their expectations on the law-abiding landlord getting lost in the nightmare of drawn-out legal filings and costly judicial fees.
Things did not go as anticipated for the squatters.
They returned to the home to find Shelton waiting for them and waiving a lease in their face (with his mother naming him as the legal tenant) and alerting them to the changes in the house. “Ninety percent of the time,” Mr. Shelton says, “The lock-out procedure works.” That’s his strategy of choice.
One can only guess at the number of landlords watching
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The lease puts the new “tenant” on a level playing field with the squatters in any legal process.
The important thing to remember here is the old legal adage that “possession is nine-tenths of the law.” The reason squatters have been successful is that when a property is physically occupied, most laws are written in a way that the burden of proof for getting the occupants out is on the party that DOESN’T occupy it.
Once the squatters leave a property even for just a short time, the owner can simply move in or have someone else move in with their approval. The lease that is being waved at the squatters when they return just moves the burden of proof onto THEM if the law gets involved.
Didn’t think about that. It’s mind blowing that people will go to that extreme.
yeah...our system has been turned upside down for sure
I still do not understand why you cannot kill someone who broke into your home.
All of them.
Not squatters. Thieves.
They are stealing another’s property. Theft is theft.
It needs to be identified for what it is.
Which would probably make it well nigh impossible to evict them.
But then again, that is the idea.
Knees.
It’s time that Americans start doing the job the “law enforcement” crowd don’t want to do. Judge, jury and executioner for these bad actors. What would John Wayne or Wyatt Earp do? This crap has got to cease.
“Is trespassing no longer against the law? Out of all the cases I’ve read about, not once have I seen trespassing mentioned.“
To say nothing of breaking and entering.
Brilliant.
Landlords doing this should also have backup by Mr Smith and Mr Wesson.
> As a property owner you should be able to shoot squatters.
The trick is to get someone else to do the shooting.
[Is this more trans rights nonsense?]
Different definition of “squatting.”
Clever, but homeowners shouldn’t have to do that. They should be able to call the cops, show the paperwork that it’s their house, squatters are unable to produce paperwork, cops haul the squatters off to jail, the end.
That said, what that guy did sounds like a good opportunity for an entrepreneur to offer his services. A brave, strong young man good at installing security cameras, etc. might make a good living doing this.
I saw a video of a homeowner being led off in handcuffs. There was no indication she shot at the squatters. So anyone who actually shot them would be in even worse trouble.
My take on it, our rulers don’t want us to own anything, anyway. They want to replace us with illegals who have more rights than we do. So it’s their desire that illegals be able to break into any house and get to stay.
Actually in some self-defense classes, the recommendation has been not to shoot for center of mass, but to shoot for the pelvis if they are not armed with a firearm. Destroying the pelvic bone will mean you can safely walk away and they can't follow. It is also a big target area with lots of arteries, veins and nerves.
The home addresses of all DEMOCRAT elected officials should be posted with a notice that SQUATTING is available......how fast that law would change.
...plus they have a lot more trouble squatting?
This is a strategy to remove property owners. There was a reason that only property owners could initially vote. Now the person paying the mortgage, insurance and taxes must jump through hoops to take control of their property.
Very good....There shouldn’t be any question of the governor signing it. Like I said yesterday, I can’t believe there would be any NAY votes when it comes up in legislation. We have to admit the dem loons will vote down anything that does good but they’d sure look pretty stupid voting NO on something like this...It is turning into an epidemic and everyone needs to act NOW!!!
Thanks.
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