How I removed squatters in less than a day.
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- Опубликовано: 31 дек 2024
- In 2019 A family of Squatters broke in the back door and moved into my mom's vacant house in Northern California and the Sheriffs wouldn’t do anything about it since the house had furniture and they made themselves at home and I had heard horror stories about how the legal system gives the squatter more rights than the homeowner, so I decided to come up with a way on my own to get them out in less than a day. Here is my story. I don’t suggest that everyone take a chance like I did on their own. It’s worth noting that I have had special training, a license to carry and was prepared for whatever situation was to arise. The men and women I had to deal with remained peaceful and that may not always be the case. If you ever have a situation like this, it is best to expect the worst and you will be prepared. To say thanks and support my channel and the efforts to change squatter laws you can Venmo @Flash_Shelton.
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I bet if someone squatted in some politicians house the laws would change quickly!!
Rich people would probably just call a 'friend' like this guy to go in there and threaten them with all kinds of bad things.
No… they’d just….. disappear.
No, they don't live by the same laws as the rest of us.
The laws wouldn't change at all because the police would deal with the politicians problems quickly
It is illegal. I would remove them. I would not even call a fking cop. They would be leaving my home one way or another.
What boggles my mind is that when someone loses their home to the bank , police & sheriffs ARE present to evict the homeowners , but won't do anything to evict squatters who are NOT homeowners!!
At that point the eviction is already done for the Owner
Sounds like a Demoncrat rule
@@MsElke11 shut the fuck up with the political BS. If you wanna go there we can talk about all the laws that Republicans try to pass that are definitely not in the best interest of the American people.
If you’re getting evicted it’s ordered by the courts. That’s the difference. Not that complicated.
@@MsElke11 Do be quiet. It has been like this forever even when Trump was in office and if you do not remember he is a Republican. How about you keep major politics out of this. This type of situation has been done when both parties were in office.
"Squatters Rights" shouldn't even exist. It's breaking and entering, which is illegal everywhere.
I did not see “Squatters Rights” in the Constitution
There's no such thing as Squatter's Rights. It's a legal loophole time wasting term used by squatters the same as Sovereign Citizens.
@@ReaperX7 I get that you're 15 but when you grow up, you can study law. You can even look through the comments here to see actual quotes from legal cases involving squatters rights. Go watch your anime, sweetie.
@@ladylily ma'am with all due respect, you're 30 years too late with that reply, and you're altalking to a security officer who deals primarily with property and management rights, trespassing laws, codes, and ordinances, and code enforcement procedures and have to work with and alongside law enforcement with our clients and contractors.
The laws squatters are trying to say they can have rights under is the old homesteaders rights, which allow a person to claim private land in public trust after having lived on it for a predetermined time period, usually years which would grandfather them into the ownership status, especially if they have done anything to make the land useful.
Problem is, homesteading laws require years and public lands, not private lands and existing domiciles. The eviction laws also only cover legal documents that have been through a notary public's signatory. A falsified document, including lease agreements which have to be legally signed and notorized, is a felony offense. Plain and simple, it's breaking and entering. And it should be treated as such.
As far as anime goes... Demon Slayer's pretty damn good. I watch it with my 21 year old daughter. Ain't half bad.
@@ReaperX7 Curious why law enforcement can’t remove these people when the owners ask them to. From the few videos I’ve seen, it seems like the news crews show up and the police are always lacking the ability to actually do anything for the homeowners. It’s so bizarre. Especially if the law doesn’t support the squatters
My mom had a squatter on a rental property. It took 18 months and $22k in legal fees to get him legally evicted. Even then he refused to leave until we found out about a warrant on him.
Guy left an additional $45k in property damage (just parts) that my dad and I spent 4 months fixing.
The legal system is engineered against the actual legal owners.
Good on you for getting this knocked out so cleanly.
@@jdedrington thank you for watching my channel and sharing your story. Would you be open to doing a Zoom interview with me? If so please email me to Flash@outsidetheboxwithflash.com
The legal system is actually ILLEGAL according to our constitution, and Bill of rights
@@jdedrington oh, my goodness so sorry you guys had to go through such a difficult ordeal. Shameful-But very glad after all that finally got your home back. I was literally heart broken to read your comments.
The democrats do not want anyone to own property.
It's protecting people with multiple mansions on high hills like Bill Gates and George Soros, but not average people like you an me. SMH.
I don't understand why squatters are not treated the same as someone who's breaking and entering; who would be arrested!
cause they automatically deserve pity cause they are less than us normal liberals with houses. we need to shallowly signal to the world that we care more than republitards.
go squat in a court house.. watch shit get turn around.. .. or better yet go squat in a judge's house..lol same fucking same..
I'm not defending these criminals but I can explain. Squatters are usually going into unoccupied homes like this one. A while back, liberal politicians were able to convince enough people that an unoccupied building housing someone who would otherwise be homeless is only a loss of some time. Time that isn't as valuable as the human life in the building or the potential trauma that potentially homeless person will face. Secondly, law enforcement won't treat them that way because of liberal settlements that cost the department millions. If the US wasn't so litigious, they might be willing to treat them as burglars from the get go.
@@JohnDoe-zw8vx Thankfully, the country is run by better human beings than you.
Not really. Squatters rights only works if they been living there for 10-100 years. This sounds like a verbal agreement dispute. We aren’t getting the whole story here but the cops could definitely help him if he or his mother could have shown up with proof they owned it. If those squatters were not receiving mail there the owner could give the police permission to enter and make them leave.
One of my in-laws was telling me about some squatters in Denver that were moving into the house of a Marine veteran bound to a wheelchair when he came back from a vacation. He made a few phone calls, not one of them to the police. It's rather hard to argue with 25 ex-Marines as they move your things back into the truck you're trying to unload. No violence but no tolerance either
Thank you for watching and sharing story.
That's how we Marines roll.
THAT WAS A GREAT STORY!
Semper Fi!
That’s great !
If you break into an empty house it's a felony, if you bring your stuff and stay, the cops can't touch you. Got it.
thats what i dont understand
It makes no sense at all
I got criminal trespassing f2 for going into a foreclosed unoccupied house to smoke weed when I was young. Did 13 months in county
but I can...
It's a freaking sick situation. The cops are F
Dude you got BALLS. Good for you. America needs more men like you.
Thank you for the support!
Its a joke that criminals have more rights than law abiding citizens
Agreed I think it’s insane how hard it is to remove deadbeat criminals in squatting cases, months and years even, even for Air BN B renters! It should be treated the same as if you returned home and an intruder was in your home/apt, and 911 removes the intruder
@ZeroTwn She committed a CRIME which makes her a CRIMINAL. FFS, that she works a government job and pays taxes does not make her "not a criminal". Read what you wrote please and do the math. Show your work. SMH.
@ZeroTwnof course she’s a criminal, within the current system. You can’t say anything other than you don’t like the system she’s attempting to dupe, at his expense!
*Not really, when you consider the so-called legal system is as much a criminal as the criminal occupying your home.* *The court & criminals work hand in hand to victimize innocent citizens.*
Welcome to California
There shouldn't be any squatters rights! That's like saying thieves have the right to steal whatever they want.
Actually thieves do have rights to steal. If they steal less than 950 dollars worth, there is NO conviction. Can you believe this?
@@PBJ979 Sounds like Portland rules
@@PBJ979 Seems to me the system is leaning more towards favor of the criminal then it does for the victims.
You are absolutely correct. This is what I am seeing as well.
@@DarkWolf-et3dx
Been reading the news lately. They steal and walk away. 😠
The audacity of these people!!! Squatters should ALWAYS be thrown out!!
👍 AND ARRESTED.
I don’t understand why the law allows squatters , at all.
It’s basically a combination of theft and trespassing. I’m not sure why it receives a special category and special treatment.
Absolutely
This was freaking amazing!! Thank you for letting us know
So embarrassing that anyone would be this low of a human to take something that isn’t theirs. Good job Flash!
@@joeygirl_ thank you
Maybe 35 years ago my uncle had
Tenants that refused to pay rent or move out. This is what he did, it was dead of winter in Utah he scheduled maintenance on the house giving 48 hrs notice as per the lease. Hired someone to remove the windows, all the windows then told them it would be a couple weeks before the new ones were installed. They were gone the next day
That's great
I remember hearing a story about a squatter in Durban, South Africa who occupied a house after the elderly owner died.
His son could not get them out, so he hired a construction company and they removed the roof. It was the rainy season as well. They also disappeared pretty quickly.
Another story I heard, was of a man who just chucked his pet python into the house (where people were squatting) one evening. Snakes are anathema in this country; people are terrified of snakes and the squatters ran out the house within minutes.
We did that in Chicago at an apartment building gave all the tenants the notice of course they didn't gave 2 shts but when started swinging them sledgehammers at 8 am sharp and the debri started falling on top of their heads also they all scoot in 20 mints, I've to admit that my uncle was a terrible SOB when he got angry, and i don't operate that way, when he crossed the line was when he doused some dude in gasoline at a gas station for asking him for a cigarette, right at that spot i stepped off the truck and left never saw him again, that's what I like about this guy, that woman tried to do an adverse possession which is legal in the USA, if a property is not been occupied for certain amount if time, and somebody like her takes over and 5 years pass by, and she pays the taxes the house is transferred to her name, the way I avoided that was by leaving some belongings and keeping the power and water running under my name, and cable, with that nobody claim an adverse possession.
Clever move! Well done.
@@karlwalter2242nice
Nice
Work
I will NEVER understand how our laws allow this to happen. NEVER.
Voting for the wrong people in, that's how this happens. Fight to get the laws changed if possible. Get a landlord group together and brain storm and try to get these messed up laws changed.
It's to tear down and demoralize society targeting the middle class. It's all by design
Yeah, a box to live in shouldn't be so expensive. Because we let homes be traded like assets it makes it impossible for some to have a place to even sleep.
It's ridiculous that squatters feel they have any rights. And it's also ridiculous that they can't find a legit way to have a couple rooms to live their life. Property owners should not have to face this type of crap.
The law was designed to protect renters from being kicked to the curb at the whim of landlords, but now it’s abused by squatters.
Not our laws commiefornia is a disgusting state every one should have an accidental home fire and use the insurance money to move to a better state. But leave their nasty libtard values in commiefornia
Squatters should have no rights, it’s outright theft of another’s property.
That's right
My thoughts exactly! This squatting stuff blows my mind.
Can we add t*ans people to that list too?
Exactly. I would somewhat understand if they found an old worn down cabin in the woods and totally restored it but that never happens they want to move into ready to sell homes and think they can just break in and take it and sadly I know a homeowner that lost 100k and took him almost a year to get the scumbags out and the whole time they’re destroying the house stealing all the new appliances and basically anything they could get money for and then when he finally got them out through the courts they just got to walk off into the sunset to do it to the next poor homeowner.
@@pink_sockwhat, give them no rights lol a bit harsh isn’t it
You're way more patient and kind than I would've been.
Meet aggression don’t cause it. Peace is productive. Anger is our weakest emotion control is strength. Thank you for watching.
I would have had a peaceful bonfire. What's she gonna do about it?
I thought the same
@@FlashShelton 🎯
I agree, either you get out or I put you out lol. Shouldn't have to go through a mess when I own the property. Trespassing laws need to be in effect and put in action.
I hate it when I accidentally move all my possessions into someone else's house.
🤣ikr
I know, I hate when that happens!😂
ann... as long as you are sorry...it's perfectly OK. 🙄
Sarcasm is a beautiful thing.
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I've been practicing law in CA for 43 years. She is a prison guard for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. If she gives you any "trouble" again, contact CDCR in Sacramento, ask to speak to their legal department (I think they have an "attorney of the day" for calls) and tell them what is going on. She is a PEACE OFFICER in CA. She should be fired. This is a clear violation of CA Penal Code section 602 (criminal trespass). Law enforcement should have gone out there and make her provide proof that she had a right to be on the property; that is the legal standard. You handled it like a gentleman with a lot of grace. You're a better man than I would be.
Is that why the police wouldn’t remove her?
@@salteadog33no it's because she has "squatters rights". After someone takes over a vacant house. The 9th circuit Court of Appeals has learned too far too the left. So LE is too scared to intervene and get sued. It's a huge mess. We have issues in my area with Roma moving in to vacant homes. Trash them and the wall street owners just take their sweet time getting an eviction.
Caused a lot of problems with their neighbors who are paying $4800 a month to rent next door to them.
This is crazy she still has a job. People have gotten fired over assumptions from videos that could or couldn't be taken out of context. This is clearly a messed up situation. Just based of this I'm surprised she hasn't been fired. Internet sleuths and complainers haven't done their jobs until she's fired... 😂
What if it was six gang members/drug dealers also armed? You’d have to be in the house with them and your wimpy legal paper and they don’t budge?
Not sure she HAS to provide any legal proof that she lives there...but you're the law practice of longer than I've been alive lol. Agreed she is scum for pulling this nonsense
That woman should be arrested. She's no different than the people that she looks at behind bars.
Love how she's trying to bs him when it's obvious that she's living there, plenty of witnesses, electricity turned back on, furniture arranged in rooms, her uniforms are in the bedroom where a bed has been put together & appears to have been slept in. What a great example for her grandchildren...she should be reported & lose her job...she knows better than to pull criminal behavior like this. Unfortunately, in the state where I live, squatters have more rights than the owners & it's nearly impossible to legally get rid of them, particularly, if they have children, it's cold outside & if those children are in school--the owner must wait until school is out. When criminals continually go unpunished, law abiding civilians are legally helpless to stop them, then, LE officers will decide to become criminals as well.
She might be even worse. They aren't supposed to be the good guys.
You mean learns from.
She a prison guard, probably heard the idea from a prisoner
I was about to say the same thing, and who contacts someone to rent a property and says they have no money to pay for that property? she was out fishing for a property to squat in
Well done, squatters are the opportunist criminals. We need to make a LAW to STOP the squatters criminal behavior.
Mom raised a brilliant son.
Yes ❤🎉
Thank you much appreciated.
Brilliant strategy! Thank you for this!
IMPORTANT FACT folks. Almost without exception, squatters will completely trash a house in a shockingly short time of squatting there. Speed is of the essence in getting them out using creative ways like this chap.
Squatters decided our sailboat would be a good place to live. The hatch was broken into. As soon as the rain came in, totally ruining the entire interior, they left. Anyone want a free Catalina 22? 😢
@@jaykb6587 Oh no! Did insurance cover it? Did ANYthing good come of it? I hate people with this sort of mindset.
@@omarra6781 No. And I do mean to give her away. If someone's handy, they could redo the insides. She was much loved. But we're just too old to sail her anymore, anyway...
@@jaykb6587 That's so sad. Sad for you. It's angering regarding the squatters. That sort of thing is such a violation. I'm sorry.
@@jaykb6587yes yes I do . I am a fiberglass boat restorer. 😊❤
This gentleman was far more patient and polite with this squatter woman than I would have been.
Which is good because that’s how you keep things from escalating.
The natural inclination would have been to destroy her stuff out of anger. But probably would have brought charges against you!
He would have been arrested in most states. You legally have to go through the courts to have them evicted in most states. The police tell you that they can’t do anything and if you try to do anything, they will arrest you.
What about money he lost for all this time because of her😢
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You are fortunate that the owner (Mom) signed the house over to you. Without those papers it would not have gone that easy to persway them to get & stay out. Thank you for the hint in notifying the Police & fill out papers, prior to leaving the house, for them to patrol your house & comission them.
Thanks however I never needed to disclose the lease. Simply changing places and taking possession was the key.
Fun fact: in the state of missouri, squatters can be evicted if the house is deemed unsafe. So my father took the front door off, the. Filed a report saying the tenants were not securing the home. They where out quite quickly
Excellent! That's the first thing I thought he might do in this video.
Classic. I love it.
Nice. Very smart.
It's the same in my city but not the whole state.
Smart man!!
She's so apologetic and understanding. A true sign of a scam artist.
😂YES!
Why is this guy so nice to these pos?
Yeah she's caught! That's why
She calls herself sorry, and I completely agree
@@silverbullit89 Psychology, is what I think. You want them to feel just a bit dignified as the door hits 'em in the ass, instead of berating them into digging in out of further spite.
As a Corrections Officer she should face some consequences for her behavior
I think she is retired. I think I know her.
He should have sued her and garnished her state paycheck.
As a corrections officer she should have money to have her own place, those people raid the taxpayers, and even when they retire, they still rake in
@@rdpmackie lol please don't be that guy. People that only mouth off online out of boredom.
@@rdpmackie As valid an opinion as any other. Presumably, you're new to discourse, as you seem perplexed by someone beginning a comment with context.
You were more than nice. How you kept your composure is amazing. Squatters are thieves
“Become a squatter on the squatter”. That’s brilliant!
So Smart. Crazy law that police can't go into a house for a squatter illegal intruder. I just heard on news that Florida governor has changed the law.
He gave the squatters a taste of their own medicine 😅
He became a squatter but let them take everything?????
Except he wasn't a squatter.
Civil laws goes both ways
Just found your channel. I live in Florida and Gov signed into law yesterday that squatters are to be evicted immediately.
So wish your Gov would be our next Pres but until that time comes lets pray people elect the right people into office from sheriff to President
That's awesome
The new law says the squatter has to provide with a notarized lease agreement, to stay.
That is great. No one should move to any state where squatters have the rights to toss homeowners into the streets.
Because Florida has an awesome Governor.
My dad had a squatter at a rent house back in the 60s.
He took the front door off the house and took it home with him for "maintenance".
Then he called the local housing authority and told them the front door was "missing".
They red-tagged the house and the people moved out immediately.
After they moved out he re installed the same door.
What does red-tagging mean? Why would that make them move? Sorry I'm not clued into all this stuff. Sounds like a genius plan tbh, I'd love to know why that worked (and they didn't just board it up with something IDK)
@@grumpycup4762 Red tagging means occupancy not allowed. Like having no utilities connected. Not quite condemned. It might NOT make them move as they could have put a door on it and then got the red tag removed.
@@grumpycup4762
Read tagging means the local authorities put a BIG red tag on the front door meaning the house is not up to a "livable standard".
It could be uninhabitable for several reasons, no electricity, no plumbing, a leaky roof, structural damage etc. or no front door :-)
They red-tagged the house, the people got kicked out and my dad reinstalled the front door with new locks.
That gave me chuckle, so smart!
@@tmickeyproductionsNC Me too. I'd have shut down and locked the water valve, got the electricity turned off too!
As a California Department of Corrections officer, she makes GOOD money. One recently told me "six figures". And she could lose her great job for this.
That’s probably why she was so quick to get out etc. She knew that she couldn’t afford her employer being informed about this…
No sympathy from me
A local handyman I know, working with his boss, the homeowner, went to the house explaining to the squatters that the house qualified for all new doors and windows, even produced a brochure with different styles which he asked them to select their favorite style. He then had the residents participate in helping him remove the exterior doors and load them in the truck bed with a wave goodbye. Its winter. They got the message when the truck didn't come right back and they packed up and moved on.
Bravo to him!
Good one! Ten points for creativity. 🙂
I love it when people “figure it out”!!!
Apparently, the occupants are reasonable. Since they didn't unload a truck load of garbage or dirt into the house. Happened to a friend of mine back in the 80s.
This was a good trick... glad you guys thought of this
A guy in Sydney Australia, bought a run down industrial building in a light industry area. What he didnt know was that squatters had taken it over. He tried every legal recourse, to no avail. So he got creative and installed a large,heavy duty loud speaker system playing awful noises 24/7.......the squatters called the cops, and cops are like......."he owns the place, its industrial, noise complaints are irrelevant." The squatters moved out.
That's amazing. Like cockroaches complaining that the lights are turned on. Glad they scattered. Some people are just so scummy and immoral. Thanks for the great story.
The Tony Soprano route, perfect.
I love this! I will remember this!
This points out so clearly just how confident squatters have become when THEY call the cops on the property owner! Insane.
This should be a movie! Brilliant
The audacity to enter someone else’s property without permission and just live there. It’s shocking!
Yes and shockingly common. Thanks for watching.
You be surprised. It's a criminals paradise if you live in most democratic places. That's why she did it. It's not considered a crime.
She is the ultimate Biden/Harris scumbag...Wants everything yet doesn't want to pay for it...
imagine selling the house at an affordable cost... land lords are gross
@@FlashShelton I don't understand why they can't just get them for trespassing. We had one in my condo community - they broke in, changed the locks, put an ad in Craig's List, and found someone to rent. They took a deposit and first months rent from the poor girl and took off. She loved the place and was having her dad make repairs!! When I got wind of it (I was Neighborhood Watch Coordinator), I contacted the police and they told her she would have to leave. People are so sleazy.
Well done, Flash. You did what you needed to do, and the deputies did their job correctly. You went there in person with proof that you were the legal resident - a signed, notarized lease. Thankfully the squatters cooperated and no one was hurt. They did not destroy the property, which they might have during a long court fight. The Officers cannot enter a residence without a)a search warrant, or b)permission from a proven legal resident, or c)just cause cause like someone screaming for help, a fire, etc. Anyone can call on the phone and say that the house is illegally occupied. The written permission for sherriff is an excellent idea - the real estate agents need to call them each time before entering.
Sometime back my dad helped a woman who had been unable to either collect rent or get rid of people who had become squatters. He went to the local dive bar and for a keg of beer had the dirtiest bad ass looking guy load the beer onto his trike and go camp out in the front yard of the house. When approached he explained that he and his biker gang buddies had rented the house for the week from the owner and friends and dealers would be coming in from all over the state to party for the week. The a**holes were gone in 2 hours. Maybe they didn't like the smell? Ps, the biker dude didn't have anyone coming, he called and said the squatters were out. Problem solved.
Cool story bro
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Soooo funny!
Nice.
Usually these type of guys will happily help a bro out. I’m thrilled it worked.
There should be no rights for squatters. Should be criminal trespass. This needs to change across the entire country.
There really aren't "squatter's rights" in the way people think. Believe it or not, simply posting "no trespassing" signs on a property is usually enough, in most states, to override any squatter's rights. The main thing that the law relies on is that the squatters are *notified* that they are on somebody else's property. If they are notified that they are on somebody else's property and made aware they are trespassing, then poof, "squatter's rights" are gone in most states. Squatter's rights only really kicks in when somebody has been occupying property for a certain amount of the time, and the owner of that property has not protested their occupation. This usually occurs in fairly innocuous ways, such as somebody builds a fence a few feet over their property line and into a neighbor's property, and the neighbor doesn't care, or doesn't notice, until say four or five years later - at that point it's too late to simply say "hey your fence is on my land". That's when squatter's rights actually kicks in. It's the lack of protest by the actual owner that gives the squatter rights to the property after a long enough time has passed (in most states this means several years have passed without the owner raising the issue).
It's the same as stealing.
@@somerset6646 How does squatting differ from breaking and entering and burglary? Both criminal offenses. Oh, and theft in most cases.
It's really Beaking and Entering, along with a bunch of other violations of the law.
We really need to talk about why there are squatters at all and how to stop the problem from occurring in the first place and it’s obviously socialism
I had a similar situation happen to me in Dallas several several years ago. I waited until my squatters left for the day and I got a uhaul truck and with the help of 5 guys loaded up the items of value and placed the rest on the curb in trash bags. Then I changed all the locks and when confronted by the squatter later, I acted puzzled and said I had no idea what he was talking about, the home is empty and I am about to move-in.
That’s awesome! Great job. Thank you for watching and sharing your experience.
So cool!
Where did you take the stuff in the uhaul?
Yes 😂
That’s probably the best way to handle it. That way the cops can tell “them” to go to court to prove ownership.
Friend had same problem. A bunch of her friends-we all got together. About 15 of us. We talked to every neighbor on the block, and got verbal permission (some even joined us) to hold a impromptu 24/7 block party. We played loud music, barbecue, illegal fireworks now and then…..all in front of her house. The squatters were meth users. They do not like loud music, very bright strobe lights , barking dogs…all day and all night. We camped in shifts on neighbors yards. Potlucks. You name it… when the last squatter left for her fix, we went in, removed what crap they had. Changed all locks, posted no trespassing notices and installed alarms and cameras. It was hard work, but fun. It took us 72 hours- and they were gone.
We need to change the laws. Legal homeowners should not be the victims.
Very creative, I love it. You even got to enjoy yourselves a little at their expense, haha. 👍
It shouldn't have to take all that to get custody of your own home. I can't believe squatters have more rights than the actual home owner. It's absolutely ridiculous.
@@Stacy- They don't.
I am shocked you outlasted speed freaks.
Those types can party for days without sleep.
Glad it worked out.
Great excuse for a block party ! It probably united the neighborhood in ways that last.
If you've heard the phrase "be assertive, not aggressive," it is exactly how it this was handled. Props to you, sir!
Thank you it is within the lines of deescalation requirements that so many don’t understand. Aggression is a sign of a weak mind.
Not exactly; this handyman had some knowledge of a specific law that could be a completely legal remedy, or some good person let him know about that specific law.
@@FlashShelton you Sir are a TRUE gentleman. Fabulous beautiful masculine qualities.
Bravo bravo bravo
Well said! Here, here! 🥂
The take-away line for me was "I don't have any flexibility here."
The fact that this video has almost FOUR MILLION VIEWS, says volumes about the squatter problem in this country!!
Yes please help by signing my petition www.change.org/ChangeSquatterLaws
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@@steffiec6805 I believe it is but I will make sure. Thanks
It’s a huge problem in Australia, Canada and England as well.
A case in Portland Oregon the owner got beat up and called the police. Since the police did not see it they claim they could not do anything. NOW if this was a domestic abuse ( which cops don't see) SOMEONE is going to jail! Home owner was told to file eviction papers. OKAY...how do you file papers when you don't know their real name!!!!
I remember you when you helped your mom. I'm glad I found you again. I have subscribed. Thank you! ❤
This is MIND BLOWING! Incredible that "squatters rights" are even a thing!
There are reasons for squatter’s rights laws. “They prevent the abandonment of properties and enable the productive usage of land. By permitting squatters to ascertain a claim, what the law states is designed to discourage homeowners from leaving their land or buildings unused for longer durations. This will in addition help alleviate problems with the deterioration of properties and advertise community development.” They also prevent landlords from forcing people out of homes before it can be determined if they have a right to stay or not. Sometimes landlords attempt to remove tenants who have a legal right to be there because they have a proper lease. They need to be reworked to prevent the abuses we’ve been seeing, but without throwing the baby out with the bath water.
There is no such thing as squatters rights they don’t have legal rights but get away with this because of difficulty enforcing the owners legal rights. Historically at common law, several years of open use and maintainenance of a property could ground a claim to title. Of an owner asserted title at any point the clock would stop. It never has and does not apply to people breaking into a property and staying there for a few months. You are seeing more of this now because legal system failing. The legal system moves slow and lots of people lie or forge a lease and this prevents the sheriff from evicting people until it moves through the courts.
Squatter’s rights are intended to help people in one specific circumstance: There’s a vacant property abandoned for years and it’s been that way long enough that no one knows who the owner is. Everyone has assumed the owner has died with no heirs. So people move in and repair the property. Suddenly some years later, a person arrives that claims it is their property. And now that the residents have fixed it up, they want to make use of it and kick out the people that have repaired it and lived in it with no challenge for a few years now. The law allows those people to stay put while the court works through its processes to determine whether this long-lost owner really is the owner, and whether the owner has the rights to kick the people out.
None of this makes any dang sense and obviously the laws need to be cleaned up to protect the average home-owner. Period. Not the one in a zillion abandoned property apparently being remodeled for years by some big hearted hard working squatter who doesn’t expect anyone to come and claim it..? Clearly that’s stupid and not what the law is meant for now if it ever was before. We’ve all heard of states with obscure laws from like 1890 still on the books but not enforced, like walk your horse down Main Street on a Sunday and you’re arrested. Telling a home or business owner they have to spend thousands+ dollars and countless hours when someone breaks in and lives in their property is clearly stupid, outdated, and needs to go.
Laws should protect law abiding citizens.
I know, but there are a lot of stupid laws. Like Jeanthesecond pointed out, it’s also to protect legal tenants from being evicted on a whim by the landlord.
Not all squatters are women who are not violent! Glad you were able to get your house back!
Poverty is a sin
@@famicomnintendo Only in the Eyes of Christian Fascits. Laziness is a Sin, when you are working a Job Fulltime 40-50 hours a week and you don't have enough money to live from, then the employer is a Sinner as he is greedy and paying you not enough. Greed is a Sin as the result is poverty and exploit of the week. Thats what Jesus said.
@famicomnintendo That statement is a sin, there is nothing in scripture that says THIS!!!!!
@@carolynpalano9284 if you arenpoor you have nothing to give or to share and you become a burden for your relatives and for society. There is no virtue in poverty. And what do cops do all day long? They answer domestic violence calls in poor areas or they evict squatters that destroy houses and leave their dirty needles everywhere
@famicomnintendo I understand where you're coming from, but it is wrong and unrealistic to lump everyone you consider poor into one group of people who have nothing to offer. Unfortunately there is soooo much mental illness in the world none of us ok really.
There is something to be said about a man with a plan and the audacity to carry it out. My hats off to you.
With their items there, they claim it. He was dealing with people who left willingly. Squatters don't always leave just because we tell them to. Some dig in, They don't care about the 10 day or the following 30 day eviction notices. If you try to lock them out or remove their items without a judge's order, you can be the one in trouble. Sadly, it's as if laws protect the occupants more than the rightful owner. This guy's situation is the exception, not the standard.
@@toodles3513 don't be a pussy, If someone comes into your house and refuses to leave are you just going to let them live with your family?
@@Kangaroojack1986
Did you read what I wrote at all or do you just have trouble with comprehension? I stated that the law often sides with these people. Nowhere did I mention what I'd allow or do if someone tried to "live with my family" as you put it.
@Too dles I'm saying if people didn't put up with squatters and forcibly kicked them out every time, we wouldn't have problems with them.
@@TheWraith7 Well, imagine if the person he was dealing with had been uncooperative and threatening. This man would have handled it, but many would be intimidated into waiting for the law to deal with the situation.
Good on you for figuring out how to get your house back. Sometimes I wonder about some people and how it is that they think they can just take something that is not theirs. Good luck to you😊
This woman is training her granddaughter to be a grifter.
Which should be neglect.
She’s just gonna repeat the same scam and go squat another house.
She's already smoking, and likely has other unhealthy habits formed under her grandmother's guidance. 💔 What an absolute betrayal of such a sacred relationship.
Trailer Basura
Yes she is and they're probably also drug users.
One thing…as a former Correctional Officer…you should have contacted the Prison and let them know what she did. That is a branch of Law enforcement of which she has grossly violated.
I was kind of wondering about that myself.
That's the reason the cops wouldn't do anything for the guy. "The thin blue line" no matter what!
I had posted the same thing, but then saw your post and deleted it. This looks like Crescent City, CA by the tiny bit I could see of the house next door (looked like rough cut painted redwood) - which means Pelican Bay State Prison. The warden there would not put up with this for one minute.
Former prison gaurd??? Did you get fired for sexual misconduct???
@@fooey9013 Corrections officers are the thin, or spiked, gray line… (signifying the wired fence around the prison) and unfortunately, we don’t fall in the same category. At least, when I was in years ago, the blue line often taunting us as “wanna-be” cops… what those cops don’t realize, is that even though they deal with hooligans on the street, they ‘deposit’ them in the jail where we deal with them 24/7 on our job.
So, no. I doubt it. This ain’t “Law and Order SVU”.
I'm impressed with how calm and polite he was with the squatter.
Yes, his whole demeanor was brilliant. Firm, resourceful, and even tempered.
A friend of mine knew bikers from a local VFW, was a vet but the Vfw was filled with ex convicts lol. They helped him out scaring the squaters out of his deceased mom’s house. When the law is so fubar it makes people ask the mafia or gangs for help, something is really really wrong, like Mexican Cartel wrong in terms of Kafkaesque government mental and systemic corruption.
@@cravinbob he wasn't trespassing, he was a tenant. He has the paperwork to prove it
I would not be
@@cravinbob trespassing my foot. I bet you would say that if it happened to you. I would have gone nuts on them. How does the law cover people that TRESPASS onto other people’s property. I would trespass all day getting them out my home.
Your calm demeanor is impressive. I don’t think I’d of had that in me. Especially when she was lying through her teeth like that. Bravo great job.
@@ArtsyAries23 thank you. Years of deescalation training and practice certainly contributes to remove emotion from reaction. Thanks for watching.
I did almost exactly the same thing with our cottage. Neighbours told me that people were living there. I usually leave the power on for the winter, turn water off, clear pipes etc. Since I was the owner, and the cottage was already full of furniture, I waited for them to leave, brought door locks with me, (they had changed the locks) I literally had to break in, I replaced the locks, went through the cottage and removed everything that didn’t belong to me, and put it in the dumpster and to the curb. I also installed “ring” cameras as a security system, then I sat just sat back, watched TV and waited.
At about 6pm, they drove in, my truck was in the yard, they couldn’t get in with their key, so they actually knocked on the door. I answered, and they asked me what I was doing in “the” house. I said, “I own the house, who are you?” He said, “Oh, I thought my friend was still living here.” Who’s your friend.. ? “Oh, I’d better not say.”
I simply told them to tell their “friend” that l own the house, and not to come back. Then I preceded to tell them the story thatI came here, my key didn’t work for some reason, I changed the locks, found things that didn’t belong there, so I threw it in the dumpster thinking that summer renters left it there. (That was a lie) I’ve installed a security system, and now I’m here, and I’ve moved in.
Once they realized who I was, they kept on with the story. Told them that they could take their “friends” things to him if they liked (to get rid of it) and told them to tell their “friend” NOT to come back or he will be charged for trespassing. And off they went.
I knew it was them staying there, same vehicle that left in the morning, I hope they froze and had a shitty sleep in their car that night.
You did a good job getting rid of your squatters too. Be well.
Thank you
That’s wonderful
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Excellent!
Blessings
I hear this is exactly how to legally get a squatter out. The true owner draws up a lease and rents to someone else (her son in this case). The son can then evict the squatter. The owner cannot legally evict, but the new leasee can.
What date went on the new lease between the son and mother? Did you back date it or use the current date?
Being calm and listening really helps to de escalate the situation! Great job!
@@phylliscleary2287That's a good question. Im 90% sure its a new date which is used.
Of course stupid. But California is all about the criminals, not the law abiding people.
In my state you can't lease a house until it is vacant.
Advertise a clearance sale on all the furniture in the house, and invite as many friends as you can to back you up. 😂
These criminals should be arrested as soon as they are discovered.
www.change.org/ChangeSquatterLaws
This happed to one of my friends, and he was about to knock the guys teeth out.
It's not that simple... Squatter's rights were established to protect a person who homesteaded abandoned property, cared for it, improved it and someone who might have lived there years ago and left it, couldn't come back and reclaim it now that it has been improved.
@@christiroseify it’s very simple they can prove that they kept the house up and paid the property taxes. It won’t change that part of the law. In most cases this isn’t the situation. If they didn’t also pay the property taxes they have no claim no different then it is now.
@@FlashShelton Yes, If she could show the home had been abandoned, (abandoned being the operative word) for a reasonable time period, ( at least a year) before she moved in there, she took care of the property, was current with the taxes and all that stuff... That is what "squatter's rights" are... but obviously that is not the case here. What he did here was slick...lol... good for him. I've seen absolute horror stories with this generations idea of what "squatting" means. The way the court allows this to be abused it outrageous.
She had a house full of furniture! What was she thinking? I can’t believe this. You are one good son.😊
She obviously knew what she was doing
My sister and I live in Northern Ca, she had a rental house with a tenant from hell, moved trailers full of people in and was subletting, animals etc, she was not paying rent for months, so my sister filed eviction on her, they refused to go and because she had little kids there the sheriff was hands off, so our cousin, who is a biker and has done time in prison, moved right into the house with them! It was hysterical watching the rats jump ship!
Now THAT'S funny!
Exactly why I won’t move to Cali even though I would like to. Why pay for property you never actually own?
That was a great story!! You have to get inventive to do this type of stuff!
Your cousin could set up a service doing this - he could call his business ‘I squat on squatters’ and basically move in with the squatters until they leave
you should have invited the entire Biker Gang to stop by for a BBQ - Kegger n a sleep over !
I honestly have trouble understanding how squatters rights are a real thing.
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The laws are not meant for your benefit. Our institutions have been subverted by foreign interests and are now being used against us. No amount of voting will fix this.
It's a relic from the frontier days when people would take over land and farm it/do other things with it. It was meant to prevent a bank or something from taking the land/house away just because they now own the rights to the land.
Insane politicians and AGs and DAs.
@@marisamartin3664 nope. Just history and common law.
What a guy! He beat the system, and got justice for his Mom, without any threats, anger, or physical violence! Brilliant! ❤️
He looks physically strong and corpulent, that's why he scared her, especially he talked to strong looking guys too, who were present there. Not everyone else would have been as successful as he was.
Violence was called for
It seems squatters have more rights than the legal owner.
I wouldn't have been as nice as he was, as I'd have started moving her junk back out right then and there.Let her get ugly and I can get uglier. .@@Scott-fy7fm
I've done that not because the property was unattended but because the woman with a little girl didn't had a choice, I understand that but like him i couldn't help.
I'm just now seeing this video, but hearing what this guy did has made my day today!
I had this happen quite a few years ago. I had gone on a long vacation, three weeks, then from there went on a fairly long, 5 weeks, hunting trip. I got home and found an unfamiliar broken down car in the back part of my drive, my garage door open, and unfamiliar furniture in there. My front door lock had been changed, but the side door still had the same lock. I went in with gun drawn, no one there. I called down to a local watering hole where a certain motorcycle club hangs out, asked for urgent help and told them I had a thousand dollars and steaks to grill, and in about two hours, there were about a dozen folks there moving everything not mine out of the house. It all ended up in one big pile, and what a bonfire that was!! Lots of steaks grilled, many, many bottles of refreshments consumed and good times had by all. Called a scrapper and he came and got the car, everything taken care of in less than a day. A certain car went by a couple times. This little road is a dead end. As they were coming back, several folks stood in the middle of the road and the people in the car were notified it was a private road, and it was not a good idea to return!! As they say, Once an Angel, always an Angel.
This is the best reply I’ve read. Love it that you “called in the Marines.” They really know how to “take care of business.”
Fu*k yeah!
Must be nice having that money and those resources. I'm sure everything you own is through legitimate legal means too. Isn't it? You know some unsavory characters, bud...
@@dawndare3949 Only pussies need to hire someone.
I just wrote above about a friend that did basically the same thing. Our biker friends didn't actually move anything, just stood behind him and smiled when he told the college kids late on their rent payments that he brought his friends to help them move out. They took one look and promised to move out immediately. They did move and it only cost him a case of beer. Actually the biker guys looked scary but we worked with them and they were hard workers and didn't bother anyone that did not bother them.
You’ll never regret treating her with respect. And you did what you needed to do for your mom.
He is lucky to have a good mom. Many people do not.
Im glad they weren't violent
Bless you!!!!!! my poor friend had to deal with a squatter for 2 years. She was looking out and taking care of her father who was dying of cancer. She got her house back after almost losing it. The lady trashed her home! She got about 20 or more people to come to the house. In one day all of her friends and family repaired the walls, bought new lighting, painted the whole inside, etc. My friend who came to help will never forget how amazing all her friends and friends friends were to help her out. It cost her so much money but she did it.
This is sickening.
You did an awesome job!!! So many people will benefit from this!!! THANK YOU!!!
I had a family member went to get squatters out with the police in Chicago couldn't do anything, my cousin basically begged the woman and her husband to leave and giving them time to move, one day she was fed up and it was in the winter, she broke just about every window out and drove off. The cold made them move faster than anybody could.
Wonder how much it cost to reinstall the glass?
@@veronicavatter6436 I have no idea, but she sold the house.
reply to "cost to reinstall the glass". Much, much, cheaper than the Years, Years, Years of money spent in court!!
@@veronicavatter6436 Much cheaper than cleaning p1ss and sh1t they leave on the ground they are really gross clearly you never seen squatters before.
The guy should have moved in with a made up lease as well, one predating the sqwatters lease. Then made moves on the wife 24/7. Hope in bed with the woman, regardless what she looked like and then filed restaining orders against these people.
The fact that she behaves this way in front of her daughter shows what kind of person she really is.
And the fact that her daughter was drinking a Red Bull and smoking a cigarette tells you how the daughter has been damaged by the piece of crap mom
I BOUGHT a house my then husband and I were on a deadline to move into. The previous owners had just allowed a renter to move in. She and grown daughter refused to move. Or pay rent.I took her to court immediately...previous owner had to come under court order. I also made sure her daughter's name was on order to appear before judge. He humiliated the previous owner of 6 months, as well as mother and daughter. This was in Ohio years ago. I got my house, and it was spotless clean as judge ordered.
Bet they were terrified to ever try it again.
I made SURE the daughter got a taste of standing in front of a judge, and embarrassed, early in life. Hopefully, it was a lesson to her.
@@ttnnaples8060 Did that make you feel good? I don't think the daughter was the one responsible. The mother was. I hope if you do something wrong in life, someone grabs your kid and makes them to go court to be humiliated for your mistakes. Squatters are bad, but so are people like you.
So many dirt bags these days.. what a world liberals have created. Aholes most liberal politicians..
Good for you. It is absurd to have to leave them in your house for months. It is not any different than having a burglar in your house. I’m glad you did this.
Thank you
You had a great plan!! So glad it worked for you!! I just can’t believe squatters have rights over the owners of their own property. It’s just crazy!! ❤❤❤
When my mother died, she was living in a home I owned. She was quite vulnerable, and had a full time caregiver. Shortly after she died, I got a basic internet and Ring cameras/alarm system. You would not believe the stuff people tried to pull. First, the caregiver tried to squat there and brought some friends. He thought it was a great idea, until the alarm went off and I had the cops come. Good for you, I'm glad you got that shady lady out of there. Kind of concerning that she is a prison guard. What kind of shady crap does she pull at her job? Not good.
Yeah - she seems like the kind of prison guard that takes bribes to allow contraband to enter the prisons. Very shady.
This shouldn’t be a shock at all. How do you think drugs get into the prison? Where do you think she got these ideas from? Every person is capable of anything under the right circumstances. Especially when you know you can and will get away with something.
Drugs are easy to get in prison for just this reason.. shady opportunistic people
Surprised she did not get nasty with you!
@@virginia2139 It was a he. He and his friends were dumber than a bag of hammers. They were trying to move stuff in while the alarm was blaring. Didn't end well for them. I sold it about 2 months later.
My blood would be boiling! I don’t know how you remained calm and amicable. Kudos to you Sir.
Anger doesn't win wars. Creativity and action does. ;-)
She didn't deserve such politeness.
@@shawnmclean7932 She didn't, but she was effectively disarmed, if you catch my drift. Disarm the enemy by any means necessary, including calmness.
When you know it's a 'game' and an 'Act', it makes it much easier to be that level of calm and professional. What this guy did is boss.
Me too. That is why self control is so valuable.
They had money to buy nice furniture, rent a truck. They left in morning like they had jobs. There were not homeless people. They should go to jail. Great job you helped a lot of people.
Excellent video. You got them out without spending years in Court and a fortune in attorney fees. The Courts are on the side of the tenant.
Even if they had been homeless (Oh, & let's be careful there - 'unhoused' is now the preferred nomenclature, please), they should never have been allowed to get away with this.
It's a shame we live in a time where land/home ownership is unattainable for a significant portion of people born into poor families and where the majority of land is inherited. Sure it's not fair for squatters to prevent families that earned their homes through hard work from selling, but I don't feel so bad when someone can't sell one of their inherited vacation homes they use for a couple weeks a year because people got sick of the system and don't care about the consequences of squatting. I sympathize with both sides. I think the guy in this video is awesome.
@@coryc9040 I disagree with you!! I do not sympathize with no squatters at All. This vacation homes are the product of years of hard work !!! No one should just stop by and move in. How is it that undocumented immigrants that barely speak english language buy/rent houses , have vehicles and live like any other honest person lives. I know this first hand. Oh, I know… BY WORKING HARD and not complaining about the “system”.
Even if your homeless you should go to jail for squatting.
It’s brilliant that you became the squatter! Good on you sir! ❤️🙏🏻
It's important to notify the power company, the gas company, the water department, the county, city, post office etc that your property is vacant so that nobody can activate the utilities without your social security number to verify your identity. It's hard to live somewhere when you can't have any amenities.
Hard, maybe. Impossible, no. Illegal aliens do it in my hometown all the time. Move in generators, large water coolers with ice. They get water to drink and let's face it they won't need it to shower because they don't. And live there for free. Basically dare anyone to spend a bundle on legal fees.
That’s scary too, though, right? I feel like if a squatter wanted to be in a dwelling without water, they’d end up choosing a corner of the place to defecate in once the toilet bowl was full.
Exactly, you will surprised what someone strung out on drugs will do. I’m sure they would be happy to run a couple of extension cords over from a neighbor or worse.
That's how you get your house ruined with a fridge and freezer of rotten food left open and a designated poop closet
THIS
Back in the late 90s, my girlfriend and I were living in Portland TX, were neighbors with one of my Marine buddies and his wife. They had a furnished vacation beach house in Florida that they were looking to sell. They had previously rented it out over the winters, but hadn't done so in over a year. There was a lock box with the keys mounted on the exterior of the house.
They called a realtor to look at the house. The realtor told them that the lock box was missing, and people appear to be occupying the house. So my friend called the police there and reported that people were trespassing in his house. The police called back, said that there were no signs of breaking and entering, and that the people in the house claimed that they were the tenants renting the house. My friend then faxed the deed to the house and property to the police, showing that he owned it, and told them that he was not renting it. When the police went out again, the people in the house showed them a copy of a lease they had for the property. So the police said that there was nothing that they could do, and my friends would need to go through the courts to resolve the issue. They knew that this would take at least a year, possibly up to several years to resolve. So my friend and I, along with 5 more of our Corp buddies decided to take a trip to Florida and force the squatters out. After we arrived there we did some recon on the house for about a week. There were 3 couples staying there, and they all worked during the day mornings and afternoons. The lock box had been torn from the exterior wall of the house and the spot covered with a decorative sign. My friend used his own keys to get us in, and we waited for the squatters to get back. The entire house was immaculate and very clean, lingering smell of Fabuloso in the kitchen, bleach in the bathrooms. My friend noticed that some repairs and light renovations had been done. So the three couples that were occupying the place all returned, and things were tense for a bit. At first we told them that they had the weekend to move out. They argued back that they had a lease and were the legal tenants. My friend countered that he was the legal owner of the property and never had a lease with them. One of the young ladies staying there went to use the restroom and called the cops. The police came out, and things got heated again. Here we were, 7 Marines, 6 hippie looking young people, and 4 cops arguing in circles. We said that we were not leaving until we removed the people from the property. The people occupying the house said they were not leaving. The cops said that we all need to take the matter up in court. Then one of our friends took our friend who owned the house to another room, they talked for about 10 minutes. Then they had one of the young couples staying in the house to join them, they talked some more, and 2 of the cops got in on the conversation as well. When they came back, the cops told us good luck, and left. So since the place was very well taken care of during the approximate year's time that these people were in the house, my friend offered them a rent to own deal on the house, which they accepted. So everything worked out well. The people in the house took legal action against the couple who falsely rented them the house. They won that case, were awarded the amount they spent in rent, and other damages. The couple scamming them were found to be doing the same thing with more than 20 other properties, they were arrested for it.
I'm glad that this issue was able to be resolved in this way.
Our original plan was to ask them to leave willingly. If they refused, we were going to remove all of their personal property from the house and put it at the curb the next time they were all at work, and then change the locks and secure the house. But things worked out for the better for everyone.
That's good if in case there is no one occupying,and u get someone who will keep the house in good shape then it's better u negotiate for proper lease documents then that's all. Rather than pushing them out. All we ve to know is that all fingers are not the same.
Cool story, thanks for sharing
Wow 😮 They really thought they were renting it insane how people have the nerve to do this rent a property that's not even theirs..
Rent scams are as old as time ,thieves are thinking of ways to scam while we sleep😢
Bloody hell,what a story. Thanks for sharing.
At the end of the day, the reason I love this video so much is this dude. Strong. Optimistic. Brave. It makes me feel good to know such men exist. Getting those people out of the house in a day is icing on the cake.
Thanks for the whole thing.
Indeed!!
I totally agree with you. What a true gentleman he is. A real man
Yup.❤🙏
You're my Hero!!! I had heard that happens a lot in California!!! I'm happy to see something positive for law-abiding citizens!!! Great job!!!
Thank you
Squatters are the biggest parasites. So years ago we were taking care of my grandmother while she was dying and when we came back home we found a squatter living there growing illegal drugs; we brought her to court to evict her and we lost. So we had to stay at my aunts basement for over a year where I ended up breaking my spinal disk falling down the stairs.
I will ALWAYS hate squatters, so freaking much.
Wow!!! 😢
How did you lose with a deed?
Why didn't you put up security cameras? Were you gone a decade? You're like a business complaining it's been robbed, but took no security precautions...
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I would go live in a cardboard box before I'd do that to someone.
I've been a landlord for 43 years. I have another way you can do this. Pull the PGE meter and call the city code and tell them someone is trying to live there w/o PGE services. The code enforcement will make them get out and then red tag the house. Once they're out you can remedy the code issue. But it's fast and the squatters won't come back b/c of the red tag.
That is certainly a way but if they have any knowledge of how the system works they would know they have a time frame and can remedy the situation themselves and now you acknowledge their rights to your property and creat a civil fight. Seems easier and cheaper the way I’m doing it. Thank you for watching and sharing your story. Btw have you done this method to completion?
this won't work in nyc
I e had squatters live in my rental with no water and electric. Luckily I was able to save my sewer pipes.
Unfortunately in the state of California, per the California Civil Code 789.3, it is illegal for a home owner to turn off any utilities including, electricity, gas and water; or remove any personal belongings owned by the squatters without a court order. If you were to turn off the utilities then you can be sued.
I've done that and I've disabled the outside compressor in the middle of the night when it's 90 degrees or more....Ive called the police on the gunfire or firecrackers I heard. Good times
My husband and I are in our 70s and couldn't stay in our home without handyman assistance. Good job!
I agree. He is an inspiration
Sell your house at a reasonable price to a nice young family when you do leave it, instead of selling it to a corporation.
Good job! I had a friend in the same situation. He hired some "outlaw bikers" move in while the squatters were out. They just moved in on top of them, with all their stuff. It was hilarious. Squatters moved out, no punches thrown, no drama.
Heard a story where the owner was elderly, and had to be placed in nursing home. Only relative, a niece, lived in another state. My coworker, lived next door, noticed people moving in with disabled people. She confronted them, they claimed that the woman's guardianship worker, told them they could live there. The elderly woman's jewelry, private papers, etc were in the house. My coworker, thankfully, knew the niece and contacted her immediately. My coworker got permission to go in and get the owners personal items. Meanwhile the niece flew in to deal with the situation. I don't know how it turned out but the audacity of people.
Demons will swoop in, I remember my mother had died and during the funeral one of the neighbors asked about my mom's piano and how my mom said she could have it. People don't give a hoot about other people, when push comes to shove, most people will step over you to get what they want.
@@TechGently Oddly enough unless that piano was highly valuable they probably did you a favor. They cost a fortune to move and no one wants an old piano. Moving it one house over - not so bad.
@@EricScherrer not the point
@@TechGently that's why any zombie/apocalypse movie script works.
@@TechGently When my mom passed my cousin yes cousin said to me that my mom had told her she could live in the house. I knew that was not true because my mom didn't really like her niece all that much!! (I wonder why) hahahaha it got to the point where I had to block her phone number and social media because she was insisting she had the right to move in!! LOLOLOL
This happened at my grandma's house after she passed away, the house was vacant and was literally on the market to be sold, this young couple and their friends tried to come in and make it their own making it unable to sell due to them living there.. we got wind of the situation and the police acted like they couldn't do anything because they were living there even though my mom was the house owner now...
Welp we went and confronted them, they told us basically to F off and they had rights...
Since no one wanted to help we took action into our own hands, we changed all the locks so they couldn't get back in, placed their items in the driveway, and moved some of our belongings in there and took over, they weren't happy at all! Even called the law... But the police took our side, said we owned the house and since our stuff was now inside an we are living there, there was nothing they could do... We also went to court because they were using the electricity and water for their time occupying the place which they tried to throw a pity party about, but the judge made them pay for it. 😂😂
You're lucky they didn't cause any damage after what you guys did. Be careful, because they could still come back plotting revenge.
@@FavoriteMusicSongs Ah so a pre meditated act with a motive. NICE!
@@FavoriteMusicSongs what we did? Their lucky we didn't break their stuff for what they tried to pull, instead we sat it outside packed up in boxes. Their not allowed back on the property, we have a restraining order against each of them to stay 100 ft from the house and tons of security cameras now.
People have to learn that you can't come in and try to claim something that's not yours, it's not how the way the world works and they definitely learned that day.
I personally don't think squatters should have any rights, especially when it comes to someone else's property, it doesn't matter is the house has been vacant for 100 years, it's not theirs and I think the government should due away with that whole law all together
I don’t understand how someone can stea a house and say they have rights
same situation with my mom. the lady was so brazen about it too lol like what the actual fuck... my mom inherited the house when my grandparents passed tho and my cousin was living in it. He let them stay for a weekend before he moved out, and they never got out. She had to pay 500 just to get them out, after waiting on court since it was during covid ugh. It should never even be allowed to happen...
That was brilliant the way you handled that. I had a similar experience when my husband passed away after 23 years of marriage. The house we were living in was the house we raised our children. The house a depressing void . So I decided to move out although some children were in college. Once everyone came home. We moved so as to get our feet back on the ground. (His death was unexpected. It literally wiped my feet out from under me) however we the children and I left, we left the whole house fully furnished. A perfectionist squatter moved in. Years of back and forth with legal advice WE COULD NOT get them out. So together my children and I gained access and we took all the doors off the house garage doors front and back doors bathroom bedroom doors and also all the windows. In the middle of November. We informed our long time neighbors they could have anything they wanted for free . It worked. But I wish we had you on our team. It would have been less stressful. We have since sold the house.
Grandmother teaching her granddaughter how to get away with not paying for crap what a roll model
Yeah, noticed the granddaughter had a large Red Bull (@ $6.00) and a cigarette. They can afford that!!!
*Role 😘
@@TrimansWife Yep! Same with those beggars holding signs at intersections. Expensive energy drinks and a carton of cigs. But help me, I'm poor and homeless! lol
"roll model"
Drop or croissant?
And of course they have money for energy drinks and cigarettes, but no for rent.
Americans have become so pathetic.
Outstanding. You demonstrated that handyman strength of solving problems resourcefully. Kudos to you!
As a landlord myself, very much respect the work you do and the civility with which you do it.
There shouldn't even be a thing like squatter's rights.
sounds like a contradiction in terms.
Why was she not fired from her state job for illegally breaking and entering a home which clearly was not hers, nor did she have a right to be in? Illegal is illegal. Whoever came up with squatters rights in CA, should also be voted out ASAP! Totally rediculous!
First of all squatters rights aren’t a California thing and this problem is in several states nation and even world wide. The fact that squatting isn’t illegal rather a civil thing the only thing her boss could be is embarrassed. I’m doing the best I can to change this crazy law. Thanks for watching.
Can't vote people out in a state where the system is rigged to steal elections. Especially in CA. People aren't re-electing these pos politicians, judges and sheriffs. No way, not after the sh-t hole they've made the state into.
@@FlashShelton Great! I coming to the USA and squatting in the Hilton Hotel.
Every state seems to be struggling with keeping both private and government run incarceration facilities staffed
This leads to a lowering of standards and accountability
The same thing we’re seeing with armed forces recruiting
The warm body principle
I recently retired from working in a California prison. You could have called the prison and asked to talk to their watch commander and reported her for committing a crime. The internal affairs officers would have come out and gotten involved, and she most definitely would have had action taken against her job.
These people were much nicer than most squatters one may be forced to confront. Super cool that you were able to take this logical approach successfully. Many, likely most are NOT so nice and easy to deal with. Really glad you were able to be so stern but gentle with them and have rightful claim to your and your mother's property without further complications. Thanks for posting. Thanks for showing a less than uncompassionate response to achieve your goal of regaining your rightful property. I hope that more people are able to accomplish regaining their rightful property without violence and without lingering legal nonsense. GOD bless brother !
GUESS WHAT, Florida is the first state in the nation to pass an anti-squatters law. If you take over a property, you'll be arrested. This fully goes into effect 7/1/24.
I was honored to be apart of that historic event.
Just need to evict the current Governor and you're all set! @@FlashShelton
There's a troll in your midst. 🤦♀️ What a idiotic comment!
The Florida law doesn’t do anything more than what is on the books. It just tells the Sheriff removing the squatters has to be a high priority. The same process of going through the courts is needed.
Wish LaRhonda was as good at removing iguana's as he was at removing any doubt that he is really really stupid.
As a retired attorney, you came up with a great solution.
Ha ha, wouldn’t simple solutions to legal matters be up your alley?
Are there extra steps that would help?
Having the lease registered?
Changing the lock/putting additional lock on after he gains access?
Disconnect electricity (again)
Put up no trespassing sign?
I had one concern. I think he said that if the furniture was still on the lawn after midnight he became the owner of the furniture.
It is not that simple is it? He should not say to the guys across the road 'This is now my stuff, you can have it'. Isn't he better to say 'That is not my stuff. I don't want it in my yard. If someone takes it I will not be complaining or going to the police. '?
@@ChristopherNFP he didn’t say this is NOW my stuff... he said if she doesn’t get it by midnight...
He also unexpectedly made contact with her, set her stuff in the yard and gave her a deadline to get it ANd he was generous. He could have just locked the door and kept her stuff. I mean i don’t know how all this would play out legally if for example it would have rained on her stuff and it got damaged but I’d say if the woman was broke she couldn’t have taken it to court to fight it. He could have padlocked the door as Ag͏en͏t͏ for the owner, but they would have cut the locks or broke a window. Which meant he potentially could have just owned her stuff. I’d say he was being VERY nice.
@@rats2themoon
If he said "if she doesnt get it by midnight it will become my stuff" then I suspect that is not legally accurate and that is why i asked Mr Jansson for his expert view given his legal qualifications.
There is a difference between possession or custody and ownership.
If he left the stuff locked in his house he would have posession of it but not ownership. Test that by imagining one of the boxes was filled with gold bullion or an original unknown unpublished novel by Kurt Cobain or John Lennon.
I am not so interested in liability for damage caused by rain. That is an entirely different legal question to the one I identified: can legal title in personal property pass from the true owner to a third party simply through the passage of time if the owner has placed the personal property on land owned by the third party?
And with respect I have not suggested that he was not polite or did not act "nicely" as you put it. They are subjective interpretations of his actions, but they are do not affect what the answer to the legal question is.
Ultimately he may not be liable for any damage to the stuff. But that does not make him the legal owner of the stuff.
Indeed if he treated the stuff as if it were his he *might* be opening himself up to a legal claim from the true owner (trover or conversion).
Treating the stuff as if he is the owner might in some cases also be a criminal offence . For example if he found a chequebook in the stuff and acted as if the now owned the cheque book and wrote cheques, that would likely be both theft and fraud.
Finally, there is a risk in declaring yourself the owner of the stuff when you do not know what is in it. If you tell 10 people you are now the legal owner of the stuff and repeat the claim three more times to the police, then what will happen when the police find a bag of ice or heroin stashed in a box or behind a drawer? The police will have strong grounds to charge you with possession of drugs because you have shouted out to the entire world that you own all that stuff.
Sadly, as a landlord in California, of you change the locks on them, the courts give the squatters a free attorney to press charges on the landlord, and send sheriff to make you give access back to them. It's ridiculous.
Handymen are gold. If you’re a son or daughter of a parent trying to teach you these skills , take it ! Your older self will thank you 1000 times over
Well said! Thank you.
Totally agree with this statement. A knowledgeable handyman is priceless. Priceless.
@@FlashShelton
I am glad that this worked out good for you, but I would not count on this working most of the time in all states. If she had called the police and or called an attorney, I believe that in many locations it would not have worked out as well for you.
@@Well_I_am_just_saying actually it works in all states and it doesn’t matter if they call the police or attourney. I had possession before they knew I was there. So it’s a civil matter for them if they call anyone.
Great perspective on the squatting the squatters.
Loved your video, I had a squatter at my brother's house, she moved into his carport and storage room, fully furnished, cops said sorry, I waited for her to leave and emptied her contents to the driveway and filled the storage room with anything I could find, when the cops came I said I don't know what she's talking about but that's my brother's storage room.
I know you weren’t renting it out, but the best advice I ever was given was “don’t rent out a property you can’t drive by every day. “ Glad it worked out so well!
Buddy of mine owns rentals. He advised only by houses near your own so you won’t get tired of driving across town to check on them.
@Paul Fellows That advice would need the vast majority of tenants to be roaches. It just is the case. The odds of getting a bad one are minimal with due diligence.
@Paul Fellows Ot doesn’t happen in the state I live in. And it takes 30 days to put someone renting out…
People owning to rent it out to others or to resell/investment (or as a vacation home) also increases realestate prices for people looking for a home.
Great advice
You were way too kind to that lady. I’m glad you got your property back. Stay safe.
"Lady" ? Not my idea of a lady sorry.
@@samskeeter1 What's wrong with being polite to people? She is not a lady because she is homeless? Do you understand in America you have to pay money to sleep? Not everyone has money.
I do want to thank you, sir, for showing people how to do things the right way?I'm very proud of you.I wish we had more people like you in the world.I really do thank God and me.God bless you always and your family as well
She did the right thing in the end. Your physical presence really made the difference
No! She is a criminal it doesn't matter that it ended well for the homeowner, this squatter should be placed in jail then she get three squares and some shelter
That’s not what he meant. He was just lucky she did the right thing. The way he was doing it, it wouldn’t have gone this way if she called the cops. Probably bcuz she works for the prison she didn’t want to make a big thing about it,
It was check mate on his part, she had no other option 😂
She should be an inmate at the jail/prison she works at!!!!!
@@sydrivers8311 Actually the cops wouldn't do anything. Since he has legal lease they wouldn't throw either out but he could just stay being as annoying as possible till she vacated but your right she didn't want record of what she's doing because she'd likely lose her job.
Shocked how bold people are
Hey Linda 🌹
I read this as bald
Not only do they move in, they destroy the home. I'm sure not all do that but the stories I've seen were crazy extreme.
Right ON! The law that allows this to happen needs to be fixed ASAP.
In certain situations, to hell with the law, so what is it going to do put you in jail for kicking out someone who shouldn't be there? In my case, as an out of state landlord in town just for a few days there was nothing any authority could do. I'd be gone by the time anyone could take action. Locks rekeyed and contents of house out in the carport with note saying if still there in 2 days it was going to the dump. Problem solved. No time to be a wimp.
@@Chainyanker007 it's an unconstitutional law. Ppl need to take to the supreme court
@@Perroden What part of the constitution does "it", the law violate?
@@safekeeping2923 pursuit of happiness to name just one. It's legalized theft.
@@Chainyanker007 To hell with the "LAW" ...ok....come into MY house and try to illegaly evict me...and get ya head blown off for it. How Castle Doctrine Law feel??
Very glad it worked out so well for you. Well done!