Dream house in limbo after seller refuses to leave
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- Опубликовано: 18 мар 2021
- When Tracie and Myles Albert purchased a beautiful four bedroom house in Riverside, California they never realized that at the end of escrow the seller would suddenly refuse to give up the keys and leave.
This is fraud, plain and simple.
He should do prison time.
You mean the realestate agent
@@billgigolo7783 how is the R.E. agent guilty of anything?
No this is California ran by liberals
Nah, there are immoral people of every ilk.
If its a fraud it's the states fault for extending the eviction ban forever.
This isn’t evicting tho. They legally bought it from him. It was a scam, fraud.
hes a squatter now
Exactly
What is the movie where the young couple buy a mansion sized house and sublease a couple of rooms. Some guy locked them out and won't leave?
@@eddieboggs8306 Pacific Heights. Good movie. Crazy, but good.
The government allows scam & fraudulently
For anyone selling their home, put in your contract that seller must vacate BEFORE close of escrow. Be sure to check before money is transferred. This is common place in Florida, while in California the seller usually has 3-5 days to move after COE. Protect yourself and good luck!
Thank you, I’ll make note of that. I’m purchasing a home and wasn’t aware of this actually happening.
That language is in the Georgia contract. You can agree to possession at closing, 3-5 days after closing or a lease lack with a specific vacate date. The closing is always at an attorneys office not a title company closing and keys are transferred even if the buyers allow the seller to stay a few days after closing. I had a situation similar to this a few years ago. I was the buyers agent. The seller was having to do a short sale which was difficult enough but on the day of closing the seller was supposed to be out by 5pm that day. We got to the house and she still did not have anything removed. There a few people there with trucks but they were not really moving things out. Threats were made against me to the point of someone having to step in and hold the aggressor back from hitting me. At that point, I called the police and told them I called the police. I had the police stay there until everything was moved out and the home inspected for any damage. I was able to show the settlement statement from the closing, introduce the new owner to the police, show the utilities were already in the new owners name and show them the person who threaten me. Needless to say, that lit a fire under them all and they got out of there within the hour.
In CA and all other states, there's a final inspection that needs to be signed off before money is settled. These buyers must have given him the benefit of the doubt, gave him more time, and got burned big time. Never sign off until the house is vacant.
Stop treating it as an 'eviction'...he sold the home, he is trespassing! Trespass him, sign a TRO, AND SUE HIM FOR DAMAGES AND LOSS!
Problem is... it’s CALIFORNIA, a blue state with stupid AF blue state laws that gives squatters more rights than the owners. Plus, the Covid thing. My best advice is to avoid blue states.
Exactly! It's not an "eviction" - he's not a tenant! If he won't leave, he should give the money back.
Also, I can't believe he never ever ever goes out of the house at all. They could get private investigator to see when he leaves the house, they swoop in and change the locks, if he tries to set foot back on the property he's arrested. Maybe put up a nice solid locked fence, too.
If she tried to throw him out, she would be arrested. The sheriffs have no discretion despite feeling sorry for her. The only reason he left is the news TV camera coming back over and over again.
Turn off the water main, and the gas main. Put locks on them. Pull the power meter. I never in my life would have sold my house and not leave. A 30,000 tax lien on the property means he was going to lose it. They saved his butt, and he planned this all along.
@@stefrpoll this is only valid if there is a tenant this man is not a tenant there is no lease agreement therefor he can turn all these things off including the power
@@briandavis5044 it seems like these people don't really want to get in trouble and trying to do everything legally but if it was me... 😁 they would had been gone the very same day escrow was signed
A 30,000 tax lien on the property means IRS has 10 years to act on the lien (collect the owed money) or the lien expires after 10 years and is removed from the title automatically.
Who is paying electricity and water for this guy? And possibly HOA.
@@PO-PANDA The couple's money that the guy received?
The seller is lucky he’s dealing with nice people, some people would’ve done worst to him by now, just disgusting
Grab the strap! 💀🤣🤣
And those ppl would have been in a lot of legal trouble if they did that. There are always stories of ppl being sued or sent to jail by the squatter and the courts uphold it.
Yeah big talks from trty till your ass get sent to prison lmao. Enjoy the BBC.
@@johnrambo1349 sent to prison for what? 1st and 2nd Amendment supercedes all. Just put myself in a position where he attacks me or makes me "fear for my life" and boom. Case is wiped and dude is buried. They won't worry about a squatter if he's dead and I used justifiable force.
@Eric Guinness me too. Catch him when he's taking the trash out
I feel sorry for the couple, no one should face this situation. The previous owner is rotten to the core. He got his money for the house and now he is living for free.
California is a real sh*thole. All California laws is to protect criminals and freeloaders.
You can thank the leaders in CA, I see squatters breaking into homes and people not being able to get them out and they are protected. Its awful, these people should be arrested and sent to prison.
I am so glad I live in a castle doctrine state.
Sue them for the money back and if there are damages, Sue them again. This is a criminal.
The house owner will loss in court and can’t be evicted by law. The only solution they have sold their house.
Suing is pointless. They have a $300,000 lien and nothing left to take.
@@kimmydaisymaltese1111 even it is possible they will loss in court. Lots of same cases happened in California. Judge advised and their only option sold their house. There is a case in SF California a family hired a live in babysitter. They fired her but they are not allowed to evict her bring to court and they loss. Only option to sold their house.
@@vt3140 FALSE.
@@FC-lj2rh it happened to my friend how it is false and 6 years ago in SF California. My neighbor before she loss her duplex. One rental property and one she lived. She had a tenant single mother with two kids. She stopped paying rent. She filed for eviction and judge advised only option sold her house and she did. Do you’re own research as well. Other landlords they did major major renovations. Research!
So if you steel $560,000 from a bank, you go to jail. But if you steel from the people who bought your house, that's fine. Only in America
Exactly if the bank owned that house they would kick the door in and have them gone the second they wanted it
So true
It's all fishy af. The moment the house is sold the owners have less than a week as Courtesy from the buyers to pack their shit and move the fuck out.
Steal*
@@ElonHusky damn give her a break lol
Recently, we were house hunting and found a nice home to look at in our preferred neighborhood. The pictures online represented the property as vacant - move-in ready. We went to look at the home, and came to find out that the seller had tenants in it - with a dog. The seller claimed the tenants would be out by the end of the month. Needless to say, we walked. Especially with the rent moratorium, there was no way we were deliberately going to risk ending up with a non-paying tenant.
I think they should have sued for fraud along time ago and have the house reinstated back to him so he would be liable to pay mortgage. Have all expenses at closing returned back to them.
They probably trashed the inside of the house as well.
I was thinking the same thing.
I thought that right away.
Most likely! This is why you should always do a final walkthrough before signing the documents.
That’s the biggest fear. Not only do they gotta wait over a year but have to deal with damages and negligible upkeep.
Thats vandalism.
I’m confused. If the guy sold the house and wouldn’t leave, isn’t that stealing? So wouldn’t he need to be arrested? So why aren’t the cops doing anything if this is the case. Weird...
That’s what I’m saying! Doesn’t make any sense at all
I’ll clear it up for you. By state law it is not stealing.
@@snoopers360 yea but they have brains and they shouldn’t apply it in a LITTERAL sense here in my opinion
@@snoopers360 explain
@@Sunrise-fr9jb opinion has no weight in court. Law does
I'll give you an update as of today the old owner left and the new owner now has the house. I believe it happened on April 1 or 2.
@Burgers I saw it on the news and yes they are in the house. It was also on YT too from I think CBS11Sacramento
April fools joke
@@sl33pers39 NO and that was 5 days ago. Wake up
Yes, but they are so emotionaly traumatized and the beautiful landscaping is so destroyed that they don't want the house anymore. In fact, one of them even said "I hate the house now." 😕
@@carolhutchinson7763 They should of been able to kick him out since he sold it. Now they will have to spend money to resell it. The whole situation was sad for them.
The final clip of the owners of the house trying to knock. Is gold.
I don’t like violence and don’t like illegal things but this is outrageous. I don’t like what is happening to this family. They are playing dirty so I’d say get dirty. 😳
Facts
You ain’t about that
@@JohnWickkkk nope I’m not
@Antoine Bruno he didn’t pay his taxes why would he pay them lol the irs couldn’t even get him out
Lol that's what I was thinking 😅
Realtor should have stopped the closing if he had done a final walk-through.
He probably lied and said "He'll move out on closing day"..he'll get his karma for this one..
I watched a different video on this case and they said the previous owners had boxes packed so it looked like they were ready to move.
This Realtor is selfish. He could have prevented this by requiring the owner to move out before escrow close.
@@animewatch4213 that’s not how it works buddy. Educate yourself
@@animewatch4213 lol you don’t know how real estate works
This is why people take the law into their own hands. If this were a law maker or law representative the police would have permission to drag them out of there covid or not, they would be arrested.
Same thing happened to my niece in Arizona, it's been 5 months since the sellers got their money, and they are still in the house.
If your niece now "own" the house. Then she can do with it what she please. So, change all the locks, turn off the water gas and electricity and serve a trespass notice on the people inside. Then flood the inside of the house with as many people as she can✌
No one could stop me from breaking that door down. If he won’t move out we are living together PERIOD
Exactly, they should just move in and annoy the shit out of the guy. Have friends and family move in for a while. Party evey night.
Facts
breaking that door down would land you in jail.
@Natashea...you got that right! I'd roll up on them with all my belongings on a U-haul truck with papers & receipts in hand. a long with cuzin, uncles and homeboys. all that money they put into that house...come on now!
@@dls951 how though, it's not his house any more
I think the realtor and the title place should be investigated. If he didn't deliver the house and keys. The money shouldn't have transferred to him. Plain and simple you guys should start suing all the previous owner, the agent, the title company for cost, rent, and damages. Hire a good real estate attorney.
Sue the people that did their job? They have the title already. Their agent did everything he was obligated to
@@snoopers360 he didn't buy the title he bought property which the realtor didn't deliver. His malpractice insurance would cover it. Yes, he should be part of the lawsuit this sounds like an orchestrated scheme between seller , agent and title company
@@Lifeafter40 the property is delivered via the deed. Deeds determine ownership.
@@snoopers360 it is delivered by doing the last walk through of the house to ensure it has everything stipulated in the contact, some people include appliances, blinds etc, empty and ready for the new owner to take possession of the property and the deed. And so that the funds can be delivered to the bank or prior owner. Both realtor and title company failed to do this before transferring deed and funds. Hence, they should be held liable as well.
@@Lifeafter40 Exactly!
One of my homeboys dealt with this in 2018. Previous owner F'd up though since these dudes are cool AF, but gang related, though they are not into messing with anybody that doesn't deserve it. Homeboy moved in, and brought his brothers, cousins and some friends along, total of 13-15 dudes and after a few hours, old owners moved out asap! Lmao! Sh*t was funny.
Ask the power company to turn off his electricity, fight fire with fire just saying. My heart ❤ goes out to this young couple seeing their dream home dying before their eyes. Who is the family inside??
This guy took their life savings, had them pay off HIS tax lien and still kept the house? Wow people these days smh
I just hope his tax lien was taken out of the final payment for house!
@@stirrednotshaken4837 more than likely yes,if not the title would have been clouded and not cleared. The Broker was supposed to have the title company do a Title Chain to see if there were any defects on the property as soon as he got the buyers under contract. The Broker didn’t disclose in a timely fashion but I’m sure he put pressure on the buyers to “hurry and pay it so we can close on the property,Mr. such and such has to be going by...” They signed that contract under duress based on the prompting of both the seller and the Broker. Sounds like a cause for voidable(not void)contract
It's not the poeple ITS THE BEYOND CRIMINAL MINDS GOVERNING THE STATE THAT ALLOW THIS!!! I WOULD HAVE ALREADY GONE TO THE GOVERNNERS HOUSE CAMPED OUT ON HIS LAWN AND SEE WHAT HE DID THEN!!!!🤔😡🤬
This is why you do a walk-through before closing to make sure the previous owner is out and immediately have the locks changed when you buy a house. Still, laws allowing this are just insane.
agrees. think the case stated that look like he have his boxes ready and look clean to move out. he just abuse the "no eviction" during the pandemic shit.
Update: broke gambler squatter left 36 hours ago in the middle of the night. Glad he didn't try to do that to me.
Glad to know he finally left
The last time i bought the house, the owner didn’t move out until 3 days after closing escrow. And I was already pissed. I was about to hire a moving company to come in and dump everything. Good thing they move out on the 4th day.
No real reason, they just took their time moving out.
"The last time i bought the house, the owner didn’t move out until 3 days after closing escrow."
Unless they disclosed that they'd need to stay and pay rent, that's absurd. We were always out the same day we closed.
As long as I been dealing with real estate I have only seen this happen once and it was because the old owners new place wasn’t available for a few days ..the new owners were pissed and the law got involved
So the police told the new owners to walk through the house and take pictures of everything so if anything was damaged they could sue later
I don’t understand why their aren’t any laws to protect the new homeowners
I also did a loan for a couple who allowed the old owners to stay in the property for 6 months but they paid for it
I'd be in jail for the thoughts I have over this situation😳🙄🤦🏾♀️
I no right. Never heard of such thing.
I know 🏡🚬🛢🔥🔥🔥💀☠👻
Somebody needs to be hired to watch this guy and when he leaves the house they break into their new house and change locks and have him arrested for trespassing.
Exactly what I was thinking but I wonder if the old owner could still get the new owners kicked out maybe arrested under these bogus loopholes?
@@spectrumthevideogame7167 I don't doubt it. So in this case you fight fire with fire
i seen another video on this story and i think his family comes and goes but that guy never leaves the house. i think the true owners should also sue whomever interpreted that new covid/landlord/tenant law incorrectly. it doesnt apply to them. the previous owner needs to vacate the property ASAP!
The guy should consider himself lucky if that's all anyone does to him. He deserves a lot worse.
But couldn’t he also do the same thing?
If anyone knows Tracie and Myles Albert, please pass this message on to them:
They *need to act fast* - there is actually a clause in US real estate law called "adverse possession" or squatters rights which means if he succeeds in staying in that house for 7 years he will LEGALLY OWN the house.
The clock is ticking for them to take action, and 2 years out of the 7 has already passed. If they are not careful they won't even be the legal owners of the house in a few years time. I suggest they read up carefully on "adverse possession" - especially the criteria needed for this to take place.
*Here's a summary of the criteria needed for a squatter to legally become the owner of the house through "adverse possession"*
1. Continuous--The squatter must stay in the place continuously
2. Hostile--The squatter must defend the property against the wishes of the owners o_o This law is seriously messed up
3. Open and Notorious--The squatter must be squatting openly to the knowledge of everyone
4. Exclusive--The squatter must be the only party living there, the rightful owner must not also be living there or doing domestic activity there
^Please read this carefully. It's clear this is exactly what the squatter is hoping to achieve - he even stopped Tracie from watering the lawn because that may potentially violate criteria #4.
I suggest they MOVE INTO THE HOUSE IMMEDIATELY. Hire a locksmith and a bodyguard and move into the home immediately. This would prevent the squatter from owning the property as it would break clause #4. If the squatter starts getting violent, call the police and report it as assault.
Uh it’s only been 1 year, not 2.
@@stirrednotshaken4837 True! I think it's been 1 year 3 months - but still precious time is passing!
Good news everyone! The squatter has finally moved out yay
"Break" into your home, make sure you are legally armed and have at least 1-2 others with you (armed as well) and get that p.o.s. outta YOUR HOME!! If they call the cops show them your paperwork showing you're the rightful owner and file breaking & entering charges on the p.o.s. Soon as they drive away towards the jail...haul ass to remove any of their possessions from YOUR HOME!
Either that or file charges because they robbed over $500,000.00 from you and your family.
People like this need to be held accountable for their grimey, thieving, p.o.s. actions/behaviors. How dare they think what they have done is "ok"
Always always always put in the purchase contract that seller moved BEFORE escrow closes, no move, no escrow closing. Cant trust anybody nowadays. After this happens, all bets are off and cant blame the buyer if he uses extreme measures to get this sob out.
Yes, that's the best advice I've heard
Why would the seller move before the deal closes? Why would anyone would go for that.
Although me personally I preferred vacant houses for just these reasons.
Have a locksmith standing by to change the locks The day it records?
@@Alvan81 he will just call the cops on him
@@nancyanderson2032 You might be right... I asked my friend who's still Licensed, and he said you can't physically throw them out. :-(
It's another example of Dual Tier justice. Steal a car, and barricade yourself inside; you get treated differently than stealing a house.
My husband and I couldn't move out the day escrow signed because we needed to close on our current house, use those proceeds as a down payment on our next house which took a few weeks. We signed a contract saying we would be out in 30 days. The owners did this couple dirty.
They need to take them to court this has nothing to do with rent or mortgage forbearance. There need to be more regulations on this kind of transactions. Everyone got paid ...but the buyer is screwed its not right. They should have their names and puctures on social media see how they like that
This unfortunately falls under evictions as when a borrower stops paying and gets foreclosed, a bank also has to file an eviction to get the person out if thry don't leave voulantarily.
That type of lawsuit proceeds slowly anyway and with Covid it would be many times slower than normal.
Seriously. At this point that’s all they got to get em back. Plaster his face and name everywhere.
@@kennethsouthard6042 this isn’t an eviction case at all. This was a sale and they legally bought it and the guy decided to keep the money and stay
@@tourmii Whenever you have someone in possession of a property that they once had a legal right to possess but no longer do you have to file an eviction to get them out. That's why this is an eviction case.
Eviction is not just a landlord tenant thing. It occurs after someone has taken unlawful possession, and they won't leave voluntarily. For example, if you left on a 3 month vacation to return and find that squatters have taken up in your home and actually assumed possession, by fulling moving in and establishing residency. If you tried to throw them out, it would be you going to jail, not them. You would have to go to court and file to evict them.
Me at first "What the fuck!!?"
Finds out it's California
"Oh ya, nvm"
They need to get home insurance on it. He might try to burn it down. This is sad and disgusting. That man is a low down dirty scammer. This is definitely not a covid transaction eviction this is a scammer and a squatter.
This loophole in real estate needs to be closed immediately. It is criminal that there is no remedy on the books for this couple.
I can't see why it's so complicated.
@@IdealUser If there is no law to enforce, there is no legal solution.
@@lisas8244 I'm just saying I don't see why it's so complicated to close this loophole.
@@IdealUser It should have been addressed years ago but anytime a new law is proposed it goes through an incredible amount of bureaucratic review, proposals, changes, amendments, etc. and then must be voted into law by state lawmakers, which means it is scheduled behind many other voting issues and business already scheduled beforehand. In present times progress of any kind has been additionally slowed by Covid-19.
What loophole? The previous owner no longer owns the property so they are therefore trespassing.
This is when you dig deep and find the hood within and start taking the doors off the henges and as soon as you get in plant yourself and don't budge. The time for class and being civil has come and gone.
It’s their house. They should be able to take parts off of it.
That what I thought. Just go in one way or another and immediately call the police and ask the police to arrest everyone, including the new home buyer.. Of course the police will laugh at the home buyer and say it's a civil matter so they can't get involved and everyone should call a lawyer.. Once in, call a dozen of your best motorcycle friends from the local bar to socialize with everyone.
I would say get the guy in trouble for assault like what happened to the lady. Get in the house and change all the locks. But then I’m not sure if you’d be allowed to stay or be forced out again by police. This situation is all kinds of fucked up.
@@spectrumthevideogame7167 - great idea. Have somebody that can act like a real prick and also be small and skinny. Someone else films down the street. Wait for the deadbeat to assault the "prick".
Yup. Take out windows, garage door...they already know they're going to probably have to do a full remodel most likely. Start it now. All windows need to go. Garage door needs to be taken off. You need to have a group of friends come over and help out.
I got scammed by a man like this, he was evicted because he couldn’t afford to buy the house and he rented it out to me. I lost my money and was out on the street. I’m now in court because he counter sued me
Dolly Parton had a line in the movie "9 to 5" that I think applies here: "I think we should hire a couple of wranglers to go upstairs and beat the s**t out of him." The owner is within his rights to have the doors removed (he cannot be arrested for that.) Then, the "wranglers" carrying chains, crowbars, and some metal bats move in and "persuade" the scammer to leave. They don't have to physically harm the guy. But they can absolute remove the door to every room in the house with the owner's permission. Once he is out, you take all the guy's stuff out of the house and leave it for garbage collection. Hell, I bet the "wranglers" would do this just for a few rounds of beers. If the occupant attempts to call the cops, he'll have no leverage with them because he isn't the owner.
This has been going on for over a year?! maybe it's time for them to take matters into their own hands, I'll be dammed if someone took that much money from me.
I hate to say it but if they just kick the door down and start shooting and tell the police that they came home and feared for their lives because someone was in there house. I hope that pos gets what is coming to them.
@@rbs0648 they've already lost everything, personally I would wear a mask drag him and lock him out, and when he tried to get back in, call the cops and report him as an intruder
Right
@@rbs0648 Its not a tenant...They never rented the house to him...They bought it from him......
They literally bought the house from him, now hes refusing to leave, he basically stole their money, thats a criminal right there
People are simply disgusting, the laws are trifling. They should be able to enter that house and have the people arrested immediately.
The home owner should take the seller to court and demand him back pay. He should go to prison.
Authorities are gonna wait for tragedy to do something about it? It angers viewers, imagine the frustration of that couple who bought that house on a good standing. Someone has to do something!
naturally the sheriffs can't go in and remove him for trespass despite this not being a rental situation. so put security guards up, tell anyone bringing deliveries to get off the property because they're trespassing OR take delivery at the sidewalk AND/OR begin constantly knocking on your door/playing a single song on loop. Starve them out and drive them up the wall w/the music
Naturally can’t? It’s rather unnatural that they can’t. Why can’t the sheriffs escort them out? If a stranger walked into your house today and insisted on staying you couldn’t call the police to get them out? There is no difference here. They no longer own the house, they are trespassing.
I'm pretty sure one could find teenagers willing hang out on one's property from 8 AM until 7 PM playing music, skateboarding and blasting WAP the entire time.
@@calidreams5379 I was using sarcasm to call out the BS the homeowners are in.
.... just take the window down and send buffed up "friends" from that room.
@@calidreams5379 The original owner legally has tenancy rights per California law. If you've consistently occupied a property for more than 30 days you have legal tenancy rights and the only way to be legally removed is an eviction which, due to Covid, cannot be done. The sherriff's are powerless in this situation and the owners have to be careful not the break the law themselves. Believe it or not, the OG owner technically has the legal right to do the shitty thing he's doing.
All they need is a couple of fellas from the hood to roll through there. He'll be out in less than a hour.
They will just arrest them. They are swift to punish those just want trespassers off their property, yet never get involved with the scam artists scamming.
@@jaketapper8910 NOT IF YOU KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT ABOUT IT LOL
@Adolfo Romero PLEASE USE CRYPTOCURRENCY SO IT REMAINS ANONYMOUS!
@Adolfo Romero
I know some fine young men from Rubidoux who'll do it for an eightball and a twelve pack.
@Adolfo Romero
I lived on Grandview...a street that comes to a dead end at the 60 fwy...way back when Club Metro still existed.
Please update on their story with further detail
I’m so sorry that you guys are going through the nightmare
I’m in the same situation
Almost
The owners accepted our offer
The owner want to stay in the house for 30 days then they said they gonna leave then
But this is stopping us to move forward
Now we are waiting for the respond either they leave when we pay them or they don’t get money from us till they give us the keys
Now we are waiting for response
I watched this video and I got the lesson
This is very risky!!
Smart people learn from others people mistake
Thanks for telling us about this kinda issues when buyers purchasing the house
There’s always the option of contacting a sympathetic neighborhood motorcycle charter to drag his ass out. Whether he comes out in one piece or with a broken body is up to him.
Man I couldn’t agree more . I would even consider a ‘small’ donation to such a charter that helps the community in this way
@@raizonfi1527 you're on the right track but watch actually breaking the law. What you CAN do, and I had it done once years ago, is a few bikes show up with chains across their bars and "suggest" the former occupant think REAL HARD about being a "nice person". In my case, he got the message loud and clear. No laws broken.
Oh I'm sure there are plenty of motorcycle clubs just dying to help people get their half million dollar home back. Watch who you enlist to help. You may not like the price tag.
I'd be my luck the bikers know the guy an move in with him
So i had that problem once and for $2000.00 Vito and Guido Recovery Service. had them removed in 30 min. They even left a lot of their nice furniture and things they couldn't collect in 30 min. Remember people ,possession is 90% of the law.
The squatter could sue and win and likely the muscle would be arrested. In fact there are homeowners that changed the locks on squatters and were put in jail.
@@jaketapper8910 they aren’t even legally considered squatters. Did you listen to the facts of the story at all? Legally they’re trespassers. They sold the home. They aren’t tenants, they aren’t squatters who have a legally colorable claim to be there (which is what defines a squatter-someone asserting a colorable claim to possess the property, whether via adverse possession-which never works due to the duration required generally 7-10 years of open, notorious, continuous occupation- or usually claiming they have a fake lease. These people are trespassing on property they ceased to own when the sale closed. But because the city is in a bigger mess than usual, they can’t get anyone to move on the bill of detainer to physically remove them yet. So no, an eviction isn’t required because they’re not tenants or squatters, not even under CA’s ridiculous laws. I’m well versed in landlord tenant and property law in Las Vegas and we do a lot of cross jurisdictional legal practice so I’m quite certain of this.
We purchased a house like that 20 years ago and we were ready to goto the notary for signature but the tenant renting the place wouldn't let the utility people hook our phone line and then started negotiating to have 20,000$ cash...so we were lucky enough to have had that alarm before signing. We had to put everything in storage and had a house built in 8 weeks. Some people just look for opportunities to steal from others
Honestly at that price, they should be glad to wait! 560,000 plus 30,000 is nothing for Riverside.. They should have put that in the paperwork
He sold it, they bought it. Not an EVICTION, it was a SALE!
He owes them rent for EVERY DAY after closing that he stays.
Turn off the power, gas, water and any other utilities.
I would sue the escrow company and the previous owners realtor for the sells price. They both have failed at ensuring the proper transfer.
That is not how things work. Read the contract. Seller would be the liable party
Real Estate agent did their part. Unless they had prior knowledge this was a crook.
@@ayomaggotz then what is the point of having an Escrow company if they bear no responsiblity of releasing funds when he hasn't vacated or left the keys for the new owners?
You can sue the owner's realtor, because you would need the permission to do a final walk through with your realtor before the actual closing. And the person that contacts from the buyers side is their realtor and is through and to the sellers realtor. You have to know when the current occupants will leave since the house IS NOT VACANT, a date must be stated and if not during that time period... the rent amounts or penalties should have been placed for the condition of the sell. And this walk through is usually done a day or two before exchanging the keys through the realtors before the close of escrow. He failed to perform his full duties for that most important part of the transaction.
Also the escrow company needed to confirm that the CURRENT occupants had actually moved out and keys exchanged before the check was issued.
Both of them failed and even if the buyer's realtor was totally new at this and might have been his first closing.
Remember that the escrow company actually has a down payment from the buyers, which the check had already cleared from their bank and seating in the escrow's account along with the mortgage company's loan money. But the only thing a buyer has is the seller's word.
And as the new owners, they should have called the department of water and power (DWP) to request change of ownership at the close of escrow. Water and power can shut off the power and water if the new owners requested it then. DWP isn't aware of the old occupants still living there once the request was done with a Proof of legal ownership change which was with their escrow documents. It's a sad terrible situation for the buyers.
So sad, I pray for buyers. Am sure they are exhausted physically and mentally. Believe me karma will knock this guy out. It's about time.
Who's Karma?
@@aaronramirez2610 karma means....
Im too lazy to explain
@@evfddw8237 Then you don't know who Karma is either?
@@aaronramirez2610 fine, karma means if you do something bad, that bad will come back to you.
Ok, I need the follow up on this story
There’s a movie (on netflix too) called “Get In” that’s about a situation like this happening and it’s crazy.
They own it, get one of those companies to tent it and treat the house for bed bugs, I bet when it gets 190 degrees in there they will get the hell out!
That's the best idea yet, what could he possibly do about that?
I like how they show them knocking all nice at the end. Kick that door down lol
I bought my home and had a rentback contract. the sellers tried to stay after the 30 days we gave them. I acted quickly. the sellers started to tell their realtor that they needed more time, they got 575,000 at close so we knew this was a scam. the sellers were approached to remind them of contract, they started acting like they had no idea what we were talking about. they said - O the people we are buying from have not bought a house so they need more time-- Bullshit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! they even tried to offer money - they would have been a rental contract and they would have been able to stay .. renters rights and moratorium . So i contacted my lawyer, We went after them for breech of contact...since they were still there on the 1st the judge gave us 5800.00 and damages + lawyers fees .. we had rented out our condo and were loosing money... he said this was an attempt to stay due to the fact that the received soo much from sale. judge said - in what way are u being disenfranchised u have 575,000 cash. then he added on an additional 2200.00 he was made he said they were running a scam.
The housing law in CA is full of crap. Can't really evict anyone. The term eviction is just there for show. The cops won't do anything against squatters.
its your house now. why not kick the door down and kick out the squatter
the cops are called. they will tell you its a civil matter. without a court orer to vacate he stays
@@hello7598 he will film them kicking there own door in and they would be arrested
Our police and court system is so disfunctional!
@@nancyanderson2032 You don’t have to kick them out. Just buy a camper, park it on the front yard or back yard. Stay put.
Thats a good idea. Buying a new door is a cheap price to pay, for getting your house back.
There would be two of us living in that house. There's no law that says I can't force my way into my own house. There no telling the destruction he's doing to that house.
Good point!
I am a Broker in California. The agent made a key mistake. You don't close escrow until you confirm the home is vacated. Period. You do a VP "Verification of Property", Why would the buyer move ahead when clearly the seller hasn't left. The only good news here is 1. You might have an E&O claim against the realtor for failure to protect the buyer with fiduciary responsibility, and 2. You will be able to sue the seller for per diem at market rent per day + damages based on the condition you purchased it in. Since you gave them 500k+ Odds are you could collect a portion of that!
The part that stood out to me is they said they scrambled to get their money together , used all of their life savings, and got a loan. Isn’t this how many people got into trouble in 2008? And during the pandemic? Giving everything you have , when hard times come what happen? What will you have? Going into a large home/loan in the negative. “The American Dream”
There's nothing legally stopping the buyers from moving in. They just can't kick these people out at this time. Move in with 20 friends and family and see how long they last.
This makes my blood boil!
If you vote democrat, shut up at take it.
@@GGIC. I fail to see how that has anything to do with it. If you have a chip on your shoulder about political affiliations, I suggest you go to an appropriate forum. This is not it.
@@terrycole1165 Democrats love over regulation and shafting the middle class. Property owners are the evil bourgeoisie. Democrats remove all common sense in our legal systems and create these problems. Take it, you voted for it.
Me too its sick the monster just took that couple's money and slam the door in their face!
@@GGIC. well, you voted Republican. I suggest YOU shut up and take it. The generalizations you make about Democrats are the product of the environment you happen to live in. It’s called an “echo chamber” for a reason.
They need to go on Judge Judy, she'll sort them out
This is currently happening to my neighbors son. My neighbors son is living with him along with his wife and two kids. It’s been over 9 months now and still going through the eviction process. This is why California is such a joke to live here anymore. The people that don’t pay taxes and don’t work have more rights then the normal working citizen does. Two years and I’m outta here ✌️
People who abused the system during the pandemic should be treated like war criminals when all of this is over!
So that includes republicans?
Previous homeowners that are refusing to leave are Hossam Boktor (Sam) and Myriam Saad.
They need their asses kicked. Over and over again.
That man needs to go to prison to pay for this, that is fraud and theft what he has done. He should also be ordered to pay back either with money or with properties. I don’t get why the courts are allowing this
If it is the Buyer's home and lost $500K deposited into the previous owner's account, time to make the current illegal tenants inaccessible to their (Buyer's) home. Start by being creative. Slabs of concrete blocking doors, broken machinery in front of the garage doors, and so on. Removing the AC Unit would be my first step. They need to make sure Squatter Rights do not come into play as well.
If they ripped water hose out of my hands while trying to water my yard I would have beat the pulp out of them.
I had a squatter on my property. It was a complete nightmare and CA protects them!!
Would never happen in my State. Cops would be there to throw them out no doubt. There is no Covid relief in my state. U don’t pay u don’t stay.
Wtf you talking about? It’s not just CA it’s able to happen in other states aswell
@@timothydare6007 it can happen in almost any state
California would do that. They seem to have crazy real estate laws there. Always do the final walk through the night before closing or the morning of closing. If the sellers are not fully out of the house, delay closing. You can sign all the papers but don’t transfer the money until you have possession.
Yeah sue him for as much as you can because there is no way he is going to win.
So you're telling me you can't legally remove a homeless squatter out of your own house?
Why would you close escrow without a final walk through??
Exactly
Sounds like a it was all planned out as intentional FRAUD to me! He cannot get away with this. Wow these days does not surprise me considering all of the squatting going on. Not that many are vacationing but for those that are be aware a squatter might move in once they notice that the house has no occupants at the moment.
Right. Because he shouldn't have even been living there when it was time to sell. It should've been empty and ready to be moved into when they gave up the cash.
@@lazsaiyah I agree with you the whole situation is shady as hell
it's worse than that! If the squatter stays there for 7 years he will become the legal owner of the house thanks to a law called "adverse possession" or squatters rights
@@crystalDM96 Yes and same is true even for property lines as well. If not noticed by the city/County that the property resides for 7 years then the person can claim it to be theirs legally. I think that if there has been litigation or effort to get a squatter out within those 7 years then those adverse posession rights do not apply.
@@bamby5211 It is really shocking and I hope the couple does something about this. They've already let the guy stay there for 2 years out of the 7. Imo they should get a locksmith and a bodyguard (plus a whole hoard of people) and enter the house at night. Get the locksmith to change all the locks in the house and then move in. If the squatter gets violent, call the police for assault. The sooner they do this the better - if they don't do this within the next 4 years they won't even own the house lmao
I would really like to know how this all ends, I hope they get some real justice. I hope there is a follow-up story soon.
Id sue him for 10 times the money for that house, fraud, tresspassing, damaging of goods(the lawn and posdibly the house), if not for money then atleast 20 years in jail
The realtor who assisted in the home sale looks shady as hell, I wouldn't be surprised if he was working with the home owner. When you buy a home, at least here in Cali, the escrow company conducts a title search which should've uncovered the $300k tax lien. During the final walk through, prior to closing, they should've seen that the home buyer wasn't packed/dragging their feet, and could've gotten an extension (which would've delayed the closing and transferring of money to the owner.
I believe it was 30K.
I too suspect there is more to the sensational story. He could be a desperate but financially inapt homeowner that was duped by the real estate agent to sell the house to pay off the tax lien. I would like to know the fair market value of the property as that will tell us a lot of what likely transpired. Predatory real estate purchases are very common and often the victims are minority, elderly, and mentally handicapped.
Exactly! It's a scam
Some people are too nice. If i was the buyer amd owned it 100 % and someone was refusing to leave.. id give them 24 hours to leave on there own or me and 5 of my friends are gonna throw you out and then if you decide to come back on to my property youre gonna get shot
Gun war with the thief ! 🤣💀💀
I still don’t understand why we don’t legally consider them trespassers and have the police eject them
The couple who bought it was clearly inexperienced and naive. They should have been able to hold the land title even before they made full payment. And should have never settled until they had physical possession of the property and changed the locks. You do not purchase a house like youre buying a burger, with cash. Should you NEED to pay in cash, you better have three lawyers beside you when you sign.
YES BUT THE REALTOR SHOULD HAVE DONE A BETTER JOB OF ASSURING THE SELLER LEFT AT CLOSE OF ESCROW!!!!
I’m sorry, if I paid half a million just to be locked out😂😂 me and my boys running into that crib, drag the whole family onto the streets
In the eyes of the court that would be assault among a lot of other charges. You and your friends would be sitting in the jail house and the courts would side with them. It’s crazy but there’s a reason those ppl aren’t in their house. It’s not a case of them being afraid. It’s a case of the cops and the courts telling them to leave him alone or go to jail.
@@nolaray1062 Loool, F*ck California libtard laws.
Use of non lethal force to reclaim one's property is allowed in Texas.
@@farzana6676 Yay for you, but this isn't Texas.
@@robertlefeaux That's why your state has no justice. It's a clown show.
@@farzana6676 FUCK YEAH!!!
Oh damn, not in the city I live in. This is trespassing, outright. Escrow closed in 2020? We’ve officially landed in the Twilight Zone. I wouldn’t buy a dollhouse from that agent. 🤦🏻♀️
Now that the guy is out, they should sue for damages. He's got money. Theirs. So why not sue?
Forbearance does NOT give you ANY rights AFTER you no longer OWN the property! He should be arrested immediately! He is a criminal!
Don't do business during this pandemic without some serious background research. People are fully taking advantage. I wouldn't even want the house after they put me through all of that.
It wasn’t during the pandemic. The sale was final Jan 31, 2020 the realtor said. The pandemic didn’t start hitting the fan in the us until March 2020.
This really got my adrenaline pumping. They need to tend to their new home and lawn maintenance with Body Guards. I would make such a nuisance of myself that the squatters would want to flee.
I'm traying so hard not to say anything but absolutely agree with you ! He would probably rone for his life what i would do you wonna play crazy let's play crazy .
These people are determined to stay for now and when the leave I can only imagine what they have done to the interior of the house.
Throw party all day , bring over tools work on unnecessary things in the yard. Bang on the doors none stop every night!
I would make his life hell. It would be my sole mission in life, an obsession.
Absolutely horrible! California has been descending into a lawless state where criminals are excused and protected, and hardworking, tax paying people are scorned. The laws protect two entities; the top one percent elites (Gavin Newsom, DiFi, etc) and of course, the average criminals. Homeowners, working families, tax payers are all referred to as the “privileged class” now. And they have no friends at the Capitol in Sacramento. The laws don’t protect them, they just have to hope the odds won’t catch up with them and lose everything they worked their entire lives for when these criminals decide to take it.
And people wonder why so many tax payers are leaving this state!
You fight fire with fire 🔥. If you’ve tried every legal way to get your property and it hasn’t worked then go the forceful way... where is this city in CA?
Screw that. That's my house i paid for legally. I would of broke those windows got into that house and we both will be staying there. I would make it a living hell and ill make you want to leave.
Edit: The crazy things i would do
😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈
Hahaha 🤣
Girl you got yourself a job!!
Hired 😂
Omg that was my first thought. Lol
f**k living with them...just break in change all the lock and put your picture up on the wall..problem solved
Yeah. There's way more to this story. When you did final walkthrough before signing the closing, no one noticed that all his stuff was still there? That's why there's a final walkthrough to make sure the person is out of the house AND that they didn't trash the place. And keys should have been turned over at signing before money was transferred. Forget the eviction process- something broke down in the homebuying process imo.
I agree there's ALOT of red flags involving the situation..
I mean they could have the keys it’s could just be a case of him locking the doors and barricading himself him. We don’t really know what type of locks they have inside or what he added.
The law is protecting these scumbags too hard
They had all their shut packed and in boxes and acted like they would be gone the next day. So everyone was friendly then realized he was still there and not moving out.
Bull it’s just the laws set up in place in the state of California that allows this to happen ..it has nothing to do with the process of buying a home
Update the squatter finaly left and the couple was able to move in to their rightful home
When you have a right to bear arms but don't use it
So sad smh. “Peaceful” protest with tear gas should do the trick
Then he could file charges for assault among many other things and the courts WOULD go their way.
Know those tents they put over houses to get rid of bugs? That will probably deal with these pests pretty quickly
You know what? Just call up a buncha buddies and crowd their house so they wouldn’t be able to leave, annoy the shit outta them until they give up
They need an attorney to get these fraud sellers out.
I'm terrified that I'm about to have a follow up to this story. I'm also in Riverside. My wife and I just closed on a house. All parties have been paid. Seller is refusing to leave, claiming they can't find a moving company to help them. They made $130k profit on the deal. I'm guessing for even a small portion of that, you could find plenty of trucks.
For now though, we're screwed. We have to vacate our place in the next 48 hrs and have no where to go.