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Squatters torment homeowners across US with no resolution in sight: 'It's a problem'
Fox News ^ | 03/21/2023 | Andrew Mark Miller | Fox News

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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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: homeowners; realty; squatters; torment; us
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Ten bucks says most of these home owners voted for this by electing morons.
1 posted on 03/21/2023 8:39:19 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

That’s not a bug, that’s a feature.

The idea is to discourage private landlords and make them sell the ChiCom backed companies buying up properties in bulk.


2 posted on 03/21/2023 8:40:25 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Property rights go hand-in-hand with 2nd Amendment right.


3 posted on 03/21/2023 8:41:18 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

There’s a resolution, all right. Might involve cleaning up afterwards, but that’s the way it is. Oh, we can always call the resolution “mostly peaceful”.


4 posted on 03/21/2023 8:42:02 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: ChicagoConservative27

<y wife showed me a video where the owner got inside in the morning when they were out and moved HIS stuff in, and HE started squatting on the squatters! Brilliant. It worked. He soon brought in unsavory friends who put the other people’s belongings outside where they were stolen. They left within 2 days.


5 posted on 03/21/2023 8:42:03 AM PDT by montag813
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Where is Black Water when you need them.


6 posted on 03/21/2023 8:42:58 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is ████ █ ██████ ███████ ███ ██████ ██ ████████. FJB.)
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To: Tell It Right

One would think the Castle Doctrine would take care of most of this.


7 posted on 03/21/2023 8:46:16 AM PDT by Rlsau1
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To: Da Coyote

8 posted on 03/21/2023 8:46:43 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: Da Coyote

dump gallons of skunk essence near their encampment- raise africanized honey bees near them too-


9 posted on 03/21/2023 8:47:44 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: ChicagoConservative27
...and eventually had to be removed by police.

I would have hired Guido and his friends............much quicker.........

10 posted on 03/21/2023 8:49:28 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Way back in the early oughts, there was a local story where some immigrants moved into an empty rental house. It took the owner over two years and $$$ to clear them out.

Looking back, that was one of the first times I knew my country was not what I thought it was, and that we were going down.

Seems quaint now.


11 posted on 03/21/2023 8:50:40 AM PDT by americas.best.days... ( Donald John Trump has pulled the sword from the stone.)
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To: Da Coyote
"...we can always call the resolution “mostly peaceful”."

Yup. A late-night visit might very well give them a "different perspective".

12 posted on 03/21/2023 8:50:51 AM PDT by Psalm 73 ("You'll never hear surf music again" - J. Hendrix)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Practicing your golf swing or batting swing indoors, or maybe cleaning your gun in the intruders face *might* work.


13 posted on 03/21/2023 8:51:31 AM PDT by quantim (Victory is not relative, it is absolute. )
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To: Rlsau1

It will.


14 posted on 03/21/2023 8:53:42 AM PDT by DeWalt (Nostalgia ain't what it used to be.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Don’t rent out property unless you’re willing to squat on the squatter.

How do hotels handle this? You’d think that problem would be much more prevalent.


15 posted on 03/21/2023 8:54:04 AM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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To: montag813

I watched that video just yesterday.
was pretty enjoyable.

Some people sure have some nerve.
unbelievable..


16 posted on 03/21/2023 8:54:21 AM PDT by mowowie
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To: Da Coyote

Servpro will take care of it.😎


17 posted on 03/21/2023 8:54:22 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Most of these legal ‘oh it’s a quandary, very difficult to resolve’ are legal scams run by, for and to the benefit of lawyers.

Houses are valuable assets. That’s why lawyers are attracted to them.


18 posted on 03/21/2023 8:57:26 AM PDT by Justa (If where you came from is so great then why aren't Floridians moving there?)
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To: Psalm 73

wait until they are gone

Have the local dojo go in and remove their items. Put in your items.

have locksmith immediately change locks.

move into the building immediately.

Do not leave it empty.

Remove Mail box for that home or apartment.


19 posted on 03/21/2023 8:59:49 AM PDT by Chickensoup (Genocide is here. Leftist extremists are spearhheading the Genocide against conservatives. )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Find a local biker gang. Make an eviction deal with them.


20 posted on 03/21/2023 9:00:07 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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