Homeowners enlist "Squatter Hunter" to get back their homes
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- Опубликовано: 24 июн 2024
- "Squatters' rights" laws often protect those who are illegally occupying a property. Carter Evans shows who some property owners are turning to when the law is no help.
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Send some squatters to politicians' houses and see how laws change overnight.
Go ahead.
It’s true. Riots were happening left and right all around the country & all was well.
Once it happened at Capital Hill, they all came together and put a stop to it 🤣
That would unironically work.
Politician houses would be watched and occupied, so probably not
Not gonna happen. They’ll use our tax money to move them somewhere else… and then blame right wingers.
What I find amusing, a car gets stolen they get caught and go to jail on a felony charge. But take over a house that doesn’t belong to you, they get rewarded and get to stay.
Thank you!! I’ve been thinking the same thing for a while now.
Well, I generally agree with you, a car is different than a domicile
@@Agtsmirnoff "It's different" doesn't explain _how_ it's different or _why_ the difference is or should be meaningful.
@@Agtsmirnoffthen why do homeless people live in cars? That would make it a domicile. Try again.
Sort but not really. The problem with a "fair" system is there's going to be flaws. Just like how a rape survivor has to go to court because we have the right to see our accuser, a tenant with a lease is given the benefit of the doubt; the problem is when the lease has the name of someone that isn't even the owner or an authorized party of the owner. I like what Florida did where a landlord can sign an affidavit confirming to the courts "they have no valid lease, they're trespassers and fraudsters" (essentially) so the police are then forced to do their job.
In reality the police CAN choose to evict trespassers if they wanted; they just prefer to call the criminal trespassing, fraud/forgery, and breaking and entering a civil matter so they can go back to eating donuts or whatever it is the police do. Because it sure as hell ain't investigate real crimes.
He knocks up a girl has five dogs and says times are tough. Bro you got to be better at making decisions.
He's lazy. Doesn't want to provide for his family.
Times are tough when you don't want to actually work.
The loser has no interest in ever working, just living off other peoples backs.
He’s more than likely a narcissist. 😂
@@Bread996 100% correct
"Times are hard." Got 5 dogs !!!
and he's trashing the place while having pregnant wife.
right?? also ive had hard times but always had time to clean
How can someone afford 5 dogs with no job?
If it's anything like the UK they'll get extra welfare for those dogs.
Can tell by how he answered the question they have a place to stay but rather choose to live in filth for free at someone else's house
those are not SQUATTERS, those are TRESPASSERS
They are both.
@@yellowbird5411 trespassers FIRST, THEN squatters
They are homeless. Have some compassion.
@@CarlosRamirez-wb7zu that is NO excuse for criminality, NONE........have some common sense...........for once
@@tooge47 I know who YOU would be in Le Miserable...
Why are squatters typically hoarders who trash up a property they have no lease to occupy? That airbnb apartment looks like a total mess.
Lack of respect for themselves and others. "If I can't have it, nobody can" attitude.
Hoarding is a real sickness. Long time ago had a roommate who was a total hoarder, he was out of his mind
I suppose they are usually homeless people without jobs, so they do whatever it takes to survive.
I think the disorganization indicates the state of being. I think it less likely that a person that is well organized and has a clean home and car would be a squatter. This is why businesses and landlords use credit checks as a screening tool.
Drugs
Squatters should have absolutely NO RIGHTS!
And neither should Land Lords!
@@nelsonhunter-valls3206why not?…if I own my house I should get rights.
@@nelsonhunter-valls3206why? They don’t own the property nor do they pay for the right to use the property.
All squatters should be assumed to be hostile
@@6vxtecate7ghe’s talking about billionaires that own many properties to inflate the market
He's not on the verge of homelessness, him and his gf ARE homeless and stealing someone's property. Htf is this not an offense worthy of arrest?
I don't understand how he's homeless. He seems perfectly capable of getting a job.
Well, they called it America when it was done in the 17th thru 21st centuries
@@garyjohnson8327 I heard a Rage Against The Machine song about that once, for real though.
No freakin' shame whatsoever.
Water seeks it's own level. He is victimizing another person. He knows what he is doing.
Time to have Rocco and Guidio help him find his wallet.
That or... a suggestion he cannot refuse.
Squatter should have ZERO rights!!!! this is insane
In my world they have 0 rights to anything including Breathing MY air!!!
Agreed. Every non indigenous person here is a squatter
@@mr.stonerUDX714 exactly
@@garyjohnson8327 not quite
Squatters have no rights. They only have privileges given to them by corrupt courts and government.
They can afford five dogs but can’t pay rent?
@@chestyvulva I’m not seeing the connection. Please elaborate sweetie.
They almost certainly aren't receiving adequate care
And a baby on the way! I have never had kids, but I've heard that they cost a lot of money to raise.
Wouldn’t be surprised if they are breeding them to sell, the dogs not the unborn child.
Who says he can afford 5 dogs? A homeless person shouldn't have that many dogs. He probably hoarded them while he was squatting.
Squatters are just thieves with extra steps.
People so passionate to defend real-estate firms and landlords who have so much property that they can't even tell when someone has been living on their properties.
@@cosmicmegafaunapeople defending the squatters is the reason why rent is so high someone has to pay for the damage
@@jackmeoff9299That’s just crazy talk. Next you’re going to tell me the reason an ER visit is so expensive is because patients with insurance and taxpayers have to pay for all the other patients (homeless for example) who don’t have the means to pay but know that the ER legally can’t deny service
@@christians131 that's not crazy talk I'm a landlord I can tell you exactly why rent is so high it is a combination of taxes inflation and Catering to squatters and people that do damage to rentals
@@christians131 I live in New York and have many rentals I know exactly why rent is high
The law needs to change. Squatters rights are absolutely ridiculous.
The cops and laws allowing landlord investors to get away with serious crimes against even disabled or elderly paying tenants and make them homeless need to change. Because as it stands according to the cops who said "its not a crime" to threaten, harm, steal home and property. Sadly it means just that, "its not a crime" if the same harm and acts are done back to them and their family... or any rent paying tenant
@@olecamohatmcgilicudy4256 You're speaking nonsense. That's a whole other problem, not to mention the squatter in this video was in his late 20's perfectly capable and able body to have responsibilities like pay rent and not steal people's homes. Don't twist an extreme narrative to make excuses for people like this.
Squatter: i’m not going anywhere
Homeowner : I know……
(Opens basement door)
Nice.
Now youse can't leave.
It puts the lotion on the skin
I used to think that squatters were simply people who were fighting greedy landlords or staying in vacant buildings but in reality they are breaking into homes
Most landlords are mom and pop owners with one property.
@@cardinal8268 Same mom and pop using Yieldstar to inflate rental prices? This is more then a mom and pop problem. This is a nation wide issue, brought on by selfish NIMBYS and finished off by Yieldstar. WE LACK HOUSING!!!!!! WE NEED MORE HOUSING!!!
@@cardinal8268 I'm a renter and I refuse to rent from professional landlords who are too lazy to work
Legally breaking into homes is something our four fathers didn’t see coming back in the day.
Definitely wrong now
Typical excuse: we will move out as soon as we find a place to go. Well, you didn't look for a place when you knew the lease was ending, so what are you saying that's new?
What lease, this was an air b n b
How the hell can a squatter have more rights the a home owner and most of the time they are destroying while they are there that is messed up. Good to know states like Florida are taking a common sense stand.
Squatters have no rights. They only have privileges given to them by corrupt courts and government.
Ah so this is Florida? Usually squatter rights don’t kick in unless you’ve been squatting for 5 years while no one else claims rights. Idk how you just rent an a b n b and just not leave.
Unbelievable the maneuvering and catering done to people who want to live rent free.
Not the hoarding of livable space by few
It's a shame you have to hire a contractor to enforce the law.
It's worth every penny.
and sadly that's what these bottom feeders look for; to move place to place live free and get paid to move out
why dont the property owner just come in and move in and change the locks like the contractor does??
@@StonerKitchenyou can actually get sued for that by the squatter I believe.
@@superiortoall22not if he mysteriously disappears
Don't be so quick the judge because that same law will throw you out on the street without any reason.
On the verge? The guy is homeless, he doesn't have a home, he is squatting illegally in a home he does not have any legal right to.
Don't these people have parents they can mooch off of?
Home invasion!!! Home invaders!!! Period!!
The whole thing sounds messy
Was anyone home? Nobody lives there?
Free real estate😊
Home invasion and squatting are two different things, a home is occupied and lived in
@@whatabouttheearth huh???
So if I go lay up in your home and claim it as my own while you are on vacation you would not feel like I’m invading YOUR HOME? Be honest and think long and hard
@@myphd-myprisonhistorydiplo691
🤦 That is home invasion you somnambulist
LEGALLY "home invasion" is when someone trespasses in a home, somepl that someone lives in, wether they are there or not.
A rented property that is not being used is not a "home". "Squatting" is not a charge, and the charge for squatting is not "home invasion" because squatters BY DEFINITION are not home invading, the charge of you get in trouble for squatting is trespassing.
It is LEGALLY different because going inside of someone's residence, where they freaking live (home invasion), is seen as worse then going inside an empty place that are renting or have abandoned.
Squatting: staying in an abandoned or unused rental, etc
Home invasion: literally staying in someone's residence.
Air BNBs = quickest and easiest way for a squatter to gain access and control of your property.
Good
And greed got in the way. Unintended consequences.
Good. Stop hoarding rental properties you don't live in and this wouldn't be a problem.
Why do squatters always make a mess?
They have no respect for anyone, including themselves.
It's not their property. If they're willfully trespassing and squatting, why would they care enough to refrain from causing damage?
Resentment.
Blacktivities
Not all do
If you are on the brink of being homeless, the last thing you need is a mountain of stuff and multiple animals to care for. Sell or discard everything that isn't absolutely critical and become as minimalist as possible.
you can afford a pregnant gf and 5 dogs but cant get a place to stay for yourself? Sounds like quite the catch from the dating pool.
Squatter went missing in everglades or ocean.
Nothing of value was lost.
You want the quickest and easiest way to get rid of squatters? Here's how. Years ago (back in the 80's) this happened to a friends parents. They came back from vacation to find some people in their home. After a few weeks with no help from law enforcement my buddy and I bought a keg of beer, took it to the local Hells Angels chapter and told them the story. The house was cleared out in in couple of hours.
Agree. Just move in with them
I’ll take things that didn’t happen for $400 Alex.
@@apolloomd4939 many are using this technique. It helps to have big loud friends
you misspelled "trespassers"
You are describing a crappy police department who does not want to do their job. Its not a trespass issue.
The guy from Northern California who moved into the apartment to get the person out , I think I seen a video of how he got the squatters out of his property and the person squatting just happened to be a corrections officer. He ended up just moving into his house and moved her stuff (correction officer) onto the driveway. Now he has a business removing squatters.
Law needs to change so that they are arrested immediately and mandatory 5-year sentence to prison. 2nd offense 10-year sentence and progress up the scale.
No thanks. Then we are still paying for their room and board. Your harsh sentencing is uncalled for.
@@Spiritof_76 Probably cheaper than having the state support them on unemployment and benefits!
There should be at least some consequences to breaking the law.
Right now it’s a reward.
@@Spiritof_76 Why are owners being punished for owning a home and not allowed to live in it?
Imagine they squat in their jail cell when it's time to be released
@@monicalara1115 It's often rental or vacation property, or investment property. But I have zero respect for squatters. Okay, you moved in without permission. Get out now, and no more protection from any laws. They know they trespassed and need to be immediately evicted.
Two squatters moved into a house on an elderly persons property on my st. The police said there was nothing they could do. A fairly large group of men went over and "convinced" the squatters it would be in their best interest to leave. The squatters moved out within the hour.
Squatters and other criminals know the law is on their side.
It was when they founded America, but of course they made up the law
Free real estate
Imagine paying property taxes on a property that has squatters in it and you can't do anything about it.
Then when the taxes are not paid, then the State kicks them out...
Imagine paying utilities as ŵell
Imagine owning a home you don’t live in and getting mad someone used it
@@mookieblaelocker6504Sounds like justification for any crime by a criminal. Imagine nobody using a car so I’ll just take it. That money in your wallet isn’t being used so let me help. The fact that anyone would post like this means they were raised in a monkey house
What's funnier is you will pay taxes on something your entire life that you will never own. Instead of attacking your fellow man, go after the system that creates these problems.
I used to rent homes n I NEVER allowed anyone to stay 1 day past what they had paid. I'm so glad someone has finally made a business out of this. Although I had a twist on this. The police always back up the person physically in the house so you have to physically get them out. I would use bug bombs and as they ran out my guy with the gas mask would go in and change the locks, he had a legal lease. Now when the squatters called the police and the police showed up my guy was the one on the inside and they told the squatters they have to take it to civil court.
Duck and squat when the 357 mag starts talking.
Tough guy
Now when people decide to go on vacation they need to make sure someone is preventing squatters from moving in so they don’t come home to a disaster
It's disgusting that it's come to this. Can't even go on vacation 🤦🏾♀️
Lmfao fail😊
That's not squatting, that's home invasion
That's not squatting, that's home invasion
I've heard if you offer them a lease for an $1/month, most will jump at it, then you have a lease where you can legally evict them. With conditions on the lease of course, lots of conditions where they can't possibly meet them....but the real deal is to abolish that ridiculous old law.
when they now have a legitimate lease they gain lots of new landlord/tenant rights.
When you're trashing a house and leaving several cups of what appears to be urine in cups on a counter top, you have bigger issues.
From an attorney
“Burglary and breaking and entering are both serious offenses characterized by unauthorized access to private property. If an individual discreetly enters another person's home at night without permission to steal valuables, this is classified as burglary. On the other hand, breaking and entering could involve a person forcefully entering a locked property, not necessarily with intent to steal, but perhaps out of curiosity or for shelter. Both actions are illegal and carry different legal ramifications.”
I don’t get it. Isn’t squatting clearly illegal , under the Breaking and Entering clause??
So if I Break and Enter and then occupy the property I can’t be arrested or removed and am in fact protected by law. But if I Break and Enter and maybe steal a sandwich 🥪 from the refrigerator I’ve now committed Burglary and then can be arrested?
Hmm 🤔 WTH! 🤦
the squatters usually show a fake lease and probably some fraudulent documents along with showing the cops they have personal items inside which brings in landlord/tenant laws which protect legitimate tenants from slumlords.
@@bc1969214 yeah absolutely absurd. The law as I read it clearly states it’s illegal as “intent for shelter” But these squatters are allowed to stay even without producing any documents. This is happening in all states too. It’s clearly illegal breaking and entering.
@@geoleo2597 I'd say you would need to check on the laws in that state or city. I think sometimes it's what the individual officers feel like doing. If it was my property I think the first thing would be a stop by the police station to see what the roadblock is along with an attorney consult on local laws. Depending on the state's adverse possession laws (there's the difference between squatting and trespassing), someone could make a claim if they've been there for sometime.
That said, it seems like having a security system, camera footage on all entry points and a helpful neighbor watching the property is good insurance. Long story short, if they can't get in, no squatter situation.
@@bc1969214 yeah local laws vary but it seems nation wide squatters can legally just take over a property and claim it for themselves. But again I’d assume by most states laws it’s clearly breaking and entering. It doesn’t make sense
But they didn’t break or enter. They didn’t show any documentation. They rented a room and just never left. That is neither a squatter nor a home invader. Legal grey areas. What are hotels allowed to do if you don’t pay?
Used to own rentals. Had x2 deadbeats who did not pay rent. Almost every squatter has a car or bike or something they use. You disable their car they cannot work or do things. Mine had a trailer and they Collected scrap metal for money. I stole their trailer and dumped it down a gully. They moved out.
this is the way
That's inventive!
Without his trailer he used for junking he’d never be able to afford rent. How did it get him to move out? Also you dumped a trailer in the gully? Illegally?
@@Squintiseveryone is a tough guy in these comments lol
Anyone who can’t remove a squatter is lacking creativity. 😏
Squatting Enforcers would be a great idea. Get in, clean out the freeloading animals and get out. Nice and easy. But these guys were too nice. Having a pleasant conversation with the freeloader over tea and biscuit and paying for his hot and storage is stupid. Get him out!
They were on camera. I imagine the conversation would be quite different otherwise.
Tough guy
These politicians are all talk no action.
You just now figured that out?
Fixing homelessness
3:13
You are in fact WRONG. The quickest and cheapest method is to assign yourself a lease to the property as the tenant for a month, move in; move their stuff out, change the locks; and if they try to come back in. Well this is America, we have the right to defend our homes with lethal force when someone is attempting to break in.
It's not that easy. Were you to do that then the property that you move into becomes your primary residence and the property that you primarily live in becomes a secondary property which causes property insurance complications. Because your secondary property, in the eyes of the insurer, will not be occupied full time its risk factor increases and the insurance industry uses that to charge you a hefty sum for insurance.
It's not that complicated. It's one month lease the time to get in change the lock and regain control of the property. As far as the insurance is concerned it's not different from going on vacation.
@@lyndaek99 it is complicated because savvy squatters make sure that one of them is there at all times. this causes problems when you try to get them out they call the police.
Wow this story was so crazy it almost made me feel bad for the landlords... except for the whole other stories of landlords using software to illegally coordinate rent increases across the country or having companies buy up residences to ensure that a permanent segment of society can only ever be renters in perpetuity or how land developers often say they can't be bothered to build more housing b/c rent is just way to low for them to make a 1000% profit once they pay for permits
Boom
There's just no compassion, common sense, or care for the fellow man in the world anymore.
When I was a young woman living with my two children in Arkansas, early 80's, I recall people being evicted and all it took was a notice posted by the sheriff on the door that the resident had two weeks to leave the property or they would be subject to arrest for failure to vacate. I do not recall anyone staying past two weeks because the sheriff would be there asap. My how things have changed.
Why do you have a baby when you are homeless?
No planning or responsibility was involved in the starting of life they can't afford. The state is going to be raising that kid.
I had an employee who own several apartments and had a renter just stop paying rent. It took her almost a year to get the squatter out because they knew how to work the system. Every time a court date would be imminent they would request and receive a delay for a variety of fraudulent reasons. This and other situations convinced me never to be a landlord. After missing the second payment I would have thrown their stuff out on the curb and changed the locks regardless of the law.
I had ancestors who were driven out of what is now Tennessee and Georgia by squatters
@@garyjohnson8327 Well played, sir.
what were the fraudulent reasons, seems like present that to the court and they're in violation of a court order which works for them because they get a new place to live and the cops will take them there.
Tenant/eviction issues are not squatters.
@@redwolfexr When they stop paying rent, what's the difference?
Where are the laws barring hedge funds from owning non commercial/residential property?!!
Ive known so many ppl who are poor but don't seem to understand that having kids & animals is not a good idea without money.
Sanjay your going to make a great dad and provider for your family...see you under a highway overpass with a newborn 😮...Grow up dude
October 2023, Umami Burger founder Adam Fleischman squatted an elderly woman's house in Hollywood until this guy stepped in.
Not all squatters are poor.
They don't need to be homeless. They can reside in the county jail where they belong!
God bless this man
Please stop wearing tennis shoes with a suit.
I don't feel bad for AirBnB owners.
This guy went from having to deal with his own squatters to helping everyone else deal with them. Hes an absolute hero i remember the original video
No witnesses = no crime.
Lmfao tough guy
Real estate fraud is the problem. Those people don't own that property
depending on the state law, people can do an adverse possession claim. More common are neighbors thinking they know where the property boundaries are and using your property until a survey is done, hopefully soon enough.
@@bc1969214 Those people have no legal basis for any claim to be there. They never asked the property owner and do not have his permission ever to be there.
@@bc1969214Yep. California though has a higher bar of requiring unpaid property taxes. Property must generally be defended to remain yours. Finding distressed properties owing back taxes not in foreclosure or pre-foreclosure in states other than California and then using adverse possession to acquire them is a thing, but not all that common.
i often wondered when watching these situations why the homeowner didnt just pay someone to lease the property legitimate for 60 days that would be someone the squatters wouldnt want to be in the house with. i can think of a few folks.
In Italy that has become a practice. They hire local tough guys to move in and intimidate the hell out of the squatters. It seems to work.
Or install security cameras ! As soon as the squatters move in , call the cops and get them arrested
@@barnettmcgowan8978 "If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire, The A-Team” 😉
It's funny how this doesn't work if I just up and decide to live in your car.
Thankyou very much❤
SJCs squtter removal services are unmatched. in less then 3 hours he had a proffesional squatter out
When are they gonna have the squatter series??
In 3-6 months on A&E or Nat Geo...
Never ever ever identify a squatter to the police. You are putting power to their name as a tenant. Always just enter the home & act like you have a lease in another room in the house. Usually if you blast music & become a nuisance yourself, they will leave.
Watch out when those "individual" property owners become "corporate" property owners. Thanks Citizens United!!
Of all these videos of squatters, not one has told how this is not just plain trespassing!
Here is the basic premise. Tenant rights laws were passed due to abusive landlord practices such as kicking out tenants with no notice, or forcing rent increases. These practices were so egregious that legislation was oassed to protect tenants from being removed from their homes without due process. Unfortunately, the law assumes the tenant is a legal occupant and there is no recouse in the law for illegal squatters.
@@AWKward-Forty-Two And this does not take into consideration of when you let somebody stay or stay with you, you can't tell them to leave without court order process. You invited them in.
@@AWKward-Forty-Twothere you go. Because technically they aren’t squatters and this has nothing to do with squatter rights.
Under law they’re considered tenants without a lease because they paid the airbnb fee to be there. And now they just aren’t paying. A tenant who cannot pay rent. The problem is, there should be separate laws for motel, hotel, and airbnb but there isn’t.
They can keep charging you. Maybe get police involved if they’re damaging or disturbing other people. But that’s up to the local authorities on how they want to handle a situation like that. In the end, everyone needs to go somewhere. And there’s no new projects or shelters being built. So people do stuff like this. They don’t want to. You legit have a record. You fail to pay rent, every other renter knows.
Rent is theft. Down with landlords
Facts
Leftists aren’t people.
Ditch or helicopter?
Housing costs are out of control
“Times are hard, let’s have a kid”
Why you can’t use the trespass law and remove the squatters?
Because our laws our written to protect the squatter's which is stupid.
@@Omar_ZazzleThe laws had a good purpose originally but they are outdated and need to be changed. Squatter's rights are what settled the west.
Because they are neither trespassers nor squatters.
It’s like if you paid for a motel and just didn’t leave. Still wrong but not the same. Different laws.
@@Squintis what you saying is I could go and rent an apartment and never ever pay rent, the landlord can’t evict me right?
@@chuckxu5910 well not ever. After about 6 months the court lets you get the cops to physically move you.
And then, your renters record will forever show that, so you’re going to have a very hard time finding another apartment.
Squatters should be illegal,and should go to prison.
This is the inevitable result of the housing crisis. As a landlord I think that these loopholes in the law should be closed but we also need to address the bigger problem.
We need rent control and barriers from owning property you don’t even live in
@@mookieblaelocker6504 ooo, landlord zing! America has been just fine for centuries with landlords and tenants. The problems now are the lack of a living minimum wage and house prices that are too high. Giant corporations have caused all of this and need to be locked out of real estate. Bring down the cost of entering home ownership and the rent prices will come down, too.
Thank you. 🎉
Homeless with 5 dogs? Dont mean to judge but….
And a pregnant girlfriend 👀
That's still stupid. Pay $2500 to get someone out of your house who is there illegally. California truly sucks. Glad I'm getting out!🤬
Did you not see the entire segment? It's across America.
@@P.90.603
America is built on squatting on Native Land 🤪Native Americans used to squat on each others land 🤪🤣
@@itzamia I'm just explaining why the laws is the way it is. You complaining about Natives squatting on Native land is exactly the reason why current laws protect squatters.
@@P.90.603 None of that has anything to do with people not leaving other peoples homes. The comparison you were implying was about Colonialism against Native Americans, which has nothing to do with low lives that squat at other peoples property.
@@itzamia 😆😅🤣. You didn't even make any argument. The squatting laws came directly from colonialism and when Europeans/Americans were forcing Natives out of their homes. This is why current laws protect squatters. The laws protect the overwhelming majority of Americans while only hurt a minority of Americans who can afford multiple homes.
At least make an argument.
Lawmakers and judges need to stop this legal insanity.
Don’t pay crap for them, out or in handcuffs. Add in restitution as well.
As a Cherokee, I find this deeply ironic. This country was founded on squatters
That is an interesting point!
Most of the continent was unoccupied.
"As a Cherokee" what century do you live in??
I expect the my ancestors defense to work about as well as the sovereign citizen defense.
@@jrobbin24 Tribe is still here
Only in America can you own your own property and have someone come in and live for free. All while YOU have to pay utilities and taxes
If you don’t live there you wasting your money anyways
Ya'll ever think that maybe the problem is that people own so much property that someone can move in for months on end before the "owner" finds out?
That part
I’ve worked at a hotel for almost 5 years. We occasionally have people who check out late which isn’t a big problem. We had a few individuals who refuse to leave and won’t pay for the extension on the stay. We had one mentally challenged knit wits and his credit card was charged when he stayed. The next day , he did the same thing but froze his credit card. The assistant manager gave him a choice to leave or the police would assist him to leave. The police arrived and he decided to leave on his own. He was served a ‘ No Trespass ‘ notice. What is the difference between squatters and our problem child ?
That is the question that should be asked. Why can’t it just be a trespasser charge? I guess cause technically an Airbnb isn’t a commercial property? So they still fall under tenants? Cause you are technically subleasing an Airbnb.
Do we need "Landlord Hunters" ?
To assist the homeless victims of landlord crimes? To find where they live? To repeat such acts onto them that the cops allowed them to do, that way you know its legal and allowed
The bigger question is why are there so many vacant houses sitting unused for extended periods of time?
Who cares? When you can afford more than one residence come talk to us.
None of your business!
There are a wide variety of reasons, and most have nothing to do with a greedy property owner. Life is complex, and people find themselves in all manner of situations they never imagined they would be in. The bottom line is don't steal from people, because stealing is bad.
Contract work?
Airbnbs or the rent is too high. A lot of these subdivisions being built now are just houses for rent. There's two subdivisions being built in my area and both of them are for rent only. Gen A / Whatever generation after them will not be homeowners.
I’ve heard of this happening at Airbnb’s too. People stop paying and never leave. And the owners have a horrible time getting them to leave. Laws should protect homeowners. Squatters should be forcibly removed if needed.
Cry more
Squatter - “who are you??”
Hired help - “I’m your new Roomate”
Whoever signed the "Squatter" rights laws into effect should should be IMPEACHED & IMPRISONED.
They are long dead. This is a thing from the 1800s
u should move to china if u dont like rights
squatter rights have nothing to do with this scenario. These people aren’t squatters. They aren’t squatting. They rented an arbnb and refuse to leave. That’s a tenant. Or a customer. A squatter can only squat in a seemingly abandoned residential. They can lay claim after 5 years of living there so long as no one else lays claim.
It was a law put in place for people who needed homes and people would unalive and have no one to leave them too.
But hey, maybe they changing the definition to use as propaganda to upset people enough to change the law and let the bank take it back instead. Maybe.
I would like to point out that this is one of the rare instances where private enterprises are fixing areas the government has failed to do so. A win for capitalism?
The biggest thing people don’t talk about with squatters is that there is nothing stopping you from moving in with the squatters.
Deadass if you don’t live there why you mad lol
Now you can’t kick out the hunter because he has a lease lol
If there is a squatter on your property it’s technically self defense in any action of you are the owner in a free state. They are the threat
No. Just no.
You can't claim self defense in a circumstance you created. You can't start a fight and then cry self defense even on your own land.
Your home was unlived in.
Free state.
This ridiculous situation has emerged because rich people have bought up most of the property ... think about it. Does it make sense? No! Why? Because the system we have doesn't make sense to begin with.
But idiots gonna flock to defend their overlords because one day it could be them!
Having a kid like that is a damn shame. If you can't take care of yourself don't have kids.
I though a Squatter Hunter was a guy who seeks those who crap in public.
More sides to a story than just the property owners...
Why don't we start paying people enough to afford things like rent and food not just one or the other?
Why don't we change property taxes so as to encourage building homes and not empty parking lots?
Why are we allowing massive corporations to buy up hundreds of houses for water rights or HOA's?
Why can you afford a roof, but a guy trying to raise a family struggles just to rent one?
Why not show some empathy, or change some laws for the people suffering!?
Shame on those who lack perspective!
If you can’t afford housing, you shouldn’t be “raising” a family no matter the cause.
While I agree that all of those issues are of vital importance, they are completely irrelevant to the issue of squatting. The property owner has no control over the laws or the economy. Whatever social injustice the squatter my be suffering, the property owner didn't do it to them. They have no justification for stealing someone's property. They are thieves. They are victimizing someone. They are wholly in the wrong, and the injustices of society don't in any way justify them to victimize someone as you suggest. They deserve no empathy the moment they choose to victimize someone. If they are sleeping in their car or in a tent on public property and the cops want to run them off, I have total sympathy, because they would not be victimizing anyone.
"Why don't we start paying people enough to afford things like rent and food not just one or the other?" Yeah, why don't YOU?
Until you can have someone under your payroll , on those fair wages you heralded , be advised to keep your trap shut. Your remarks well written, to the point , are well intentioned , and mostly unwelcoming.
@@barnettmcgowan8978mmm nope. Life is complex as you stated.
Free real estate is free real estate.
Stop hoarding livable space.
Am I the only one who sees the whole "squatter hunter" concept ridiculous? It's a business that relies on squatters. Who's to say some of these so-called "hunters" and squatters couldn't have some sort of backdoor deal to extort these homeowners?
That's a pretty big stretch. You must really like conspiracy theories. That's an amount of effort and also then having to split profits, risk lawsuits, etc that isn't needed because there are already plenty of real squatters.
@@ian3580 How is it such a big stretch? Why is it more believable that politicians collude with big business, but something like this is farfetched?
@@tech-bore8839 Do you think local hardware stores collude with tire stores to sell nails to spread on the road? That pressure washing companies collude with street sweepers to kick up dust?
What you are proposing would take a lot of coordination, time, and effort, with A LOT of legal risk compared to other things people could do to drum up business. I'm not sure why you would think, with an already high number of squatters available, they would need to fake it. Your suggestion seems so odd purely because there's no reason to do it from a risk or business standpoint. It's like you are seeking conspiracy where there is no need for one.
Your reply didn't even make sense or respond to what I was saying.
Imagine being in CA and needing to register your property to NOT be robbed from you LOL
How this is even a question is beyond me.
Use it or lose it, 🤷♂
Use it, then pay for it.
@@dgtheone No one was home to be paid. Finders keepers 😉
@@dgtheoneno need to
It is also a housing problem when Wall Street and Banks got to buy up homes in lots of a 1000 for 50 cents on the dollar after the bad mortgage loan scandal and bought millions of homes and now just sit on them.
Hello!
Remember, kids, if you break into someone's home DO NOT leave. You won't be charged with breaking & entering. In fact, you'll get to live there!
Seems like a simpler solution would be, in cases where you own rentals or empty houses, to proactively "lease" the house to a family member for some paltry amount, and write into the lease that it supersedes any other leases during the term of the contracted lease.