Posted on 03/21/2023 8:39:19 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
Homeowners across the country tormented by squatters find themselves tied up in lengthy and expensive legal battles to get control of their properties back – and one expert warns many others can find themselves victims.
Real estate lawyer Jim Burling told Fox News Digital that any home unoccupied for a stretch can be a target of squatters.
"I think it's a fairly big problem and I think it's pretty hard to avoid," said Burling, who is vice president of litigation for Pacific Legal Foundation. Burling said squatters took over a neighbor's home after the owner died and eventually had to be removed by police.
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Get a couple of friends and move them out! Why wait on police? I don’t believe one would get in trouble for manually evicting squatters. If I am incorrect in this assumption then something has gone horribly wrong with our system.
3S rule: shoot, shovel, shut up
China is taking over the US without firing a shot. I hate these traitors who have sold our country out!
Local wildlife will take care of the problem
Horn speakers, very efficient, a few watts goes a long way.
Does wonders here in LA on the Metro Trains - the homeless do not like continuous classical music
Squatting in a residence is something that he talked about. The context of how it fit into the state CCL was what can a private citizen do to evict a trespasser from home or property. In NC the answer is not much. Call the police or sheriff and they won’t evict without a court order. Try to do it yourself and you’re likely to end up on the receiving side of some variety unlawful detention or assault charge.
The NC solution is to hire a private security officer. This isn’t cheap. They work for you. They have the power to arrest a squatter or trespasser on the spot, transport to jail and book them into jail on whatever charges fit the circumstances. YMMV…
We’ve got some hardware that gets rid of unwanted guests on demand. No police notification required.
play classical music over your outdoor speakers?
That would work. We have a dear friend whose husband was in a motorcycle gang (he passed about 5 years ago). He lived hard, in and out of jail over the decades. He always told me to give him a call if I had any problems with neighbors, and he would bring a bunch of his buddies on their bikes. Never had to call him, but appreciated the offer.
A long time ago when I lived in another neighborhood, a friend had a problem with a neighbor. He asked his biker gang friend for help, and a few of them got into the neighbor's home and cleared out the furniture. Neighbor came home to an empty home. He had no clue what happened, and no one got caught.
I know a landlord that rents crappy houses. As soon as they miss a payment he goes in and evicts them himself. He throws all their stuff in a dumpster. Changes the locks.
Those type of people don’t have the resources to sue him and it is cheaper that way anyway.
Most likely it’s due to time they “lived” there.
If it’s only a couple days or a couple weeks the laws don’t apply. But after 1 month or 2 months it’s an issue. So hotels don’t have that issue as they make you pay up front and they can’t afford a 1 month or 2 month stay.
Squatters don’t operate within the law, and the best solutions to squatters lie outside the law as well.
Hotel doors have electronic locks. IF you leave after 11am on your day of checkout your key no longer opens the door. They have a pass key that opens all doors.
Happened to me in Mexico. We asked for a late checkout for our room. They said no problem. We got back at 11:30 and the door would not open with our card key.
This is exactly what the 2nd amendment is for.
Yep, you’re right about the electronic locks. I stay at hotels enough and forgot about that.
We had a squatter move in to a rental the day after we left. Tore the place apart. The landlord blamed us despite the fact we had 15 people from church who helped us move and clean… they were out the door with us.
Resolution in sight: RELEASE THE DOGS
Scosh Chingos work well. Bed Bugs!
And large pythons!
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