[Tax-chick]

the vacant house she was selling without her knowledge

Interesting trick, that.

[GraceG]

Oh noes.... there is a bug infestation, as property owner we need a bug tent around the house and noxious insecticide used to get rid of the bugs....

[Mouton]

12 gauge eviction.

[G Larry]

Well, if you take the responsibility of defending you, your family, and property, then you confront the threat with a carefully aimed weapon and let them know they have 3 seconds to leave.

Call the cops after the threat has departed.

[grobdriver]

the family found it listed for rent on Craigslist, they signed a lease by fax, paid their rent via money order...

... but didn't get a key? Had to smash their way in through a window?

Something's fishy here...

[Cowboy Bob]

A lawyer who handles these cases told Cavitt that in real estate, possession really is nine-tenths of the law and the homeowner will have to go through the painful eviction process, which could take four to six weeks.

That's not what the expression says...

It's "nine points" of the law.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Don’t go to the police next time. Hire some Mafia guys.

[Tax-chick]

After finding someone living in her home

How is "a vacant house she was selling without her knowledge" also "her home"? It's her house, but if it's a "home" to anyone, it would be the squatters.

[lee martell]

Who received the $3000. deposit?
They should return the money, since the owner apparently didn’t authorize the sale.

[arthurus]

Maybe I am reading it wrong but it seems the folks in the house paid for a lease and rent.

[Teotwawki]

Instead of calling the police and getting all this mess, can’t a person simply enter their own home, that they have title to, and then, discovering strangers in the house, the castle doctrine would allow them to shoot said strangers or at least force them from the house at gunpoint. Once they’re outside, call the police and have them thrown off your land for trespassing.

[plain talk]

[fuente]

Take the doors off of the hinges and sue the utility companies for aiding and abetting a felony.

[Husker24]

Play some hells angels a 1000 bucks to go in there rough them up and throw them out.

[Lazamataz]

I actually see the squatter’s side. Though they are in adversarial possession, in tenancy, possession is 9/10’s of the law. A legal eviction truly is the required action here.

[Georgia Girl 2]

In real estate possession may be 9\10 of the law but a Ruger P89 held to the head is instant eviction. Never call the cops to do a job you can do or pay a gangbanger $200 to do.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

Maybe she could hire some very large squatters to move in and make it undesirable ...

[Lurker]

It’s called a “shotgun”.

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[deport]

She says the family found it listed for rent on Craigslist,
they signed a lease by fax, paid their rent via money order,
never saw the ad poster and only learned there was a problem
when Everman called the police.

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This needs to be explained.

[PAR35]

Cash for keys can be cheaper than an eviction, even if the ‘tenants’ are there illegally.