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2024-04-03 -Land of the Free

Here's how homeowners can fight against squatter insanity

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Posted by Skidmark 2024-04-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [335 views ] Top

#1 'Serial squatter' refusing to leave $2M Seattle home escapes eviction for THIRD time after non-profit coughs up another $50K in taxpayer cash to cover his rent

Posted by Skidmark 2024-04-03 00:11|| 2024-04-03 00:11|| Front Page Top

#2 Killing the squatters works. Just sayin'

Posted by DarthVader 2024-04-03 01:55|| 2024-04-03 01:55|| Front Page Top

#3 Ah, 1of5 from yesterday.

Posted by Skidmark 2024-04-03 03:55|| 2024-04-03 03:55|| Front Page Top

#4 Live in a castle doctrine state.

Posted by Procopius2k 2024-04-03 06:59|| 2024-04-03 06:59|| Front Page Top

#5
We will treat it as a hostile home invasion.

Posted by NN2N1 2024-04-03 07:35|| 2024-04-03 07:35|| Front Page Top

#6 I think the key is a smart home approach. Like a Dalek butler.

Posted by M. Murcek 2024-04-03 07:49|| 2024-04-03 07:49|| Front Page Top

#7 I expected this to go to an ad for 12 gauge shot guns.

Posted by AlanC 2024-04-03 09:26|| 2024-04-03 09:26|| Front Page Top

#8 A DIY approach might be to go down to Home Depot, buy some shovels and crow bars, and hire a half-dozen day labor guys to spend the afternoon inviting the squatters to leave.

Posted by SteveS 2024-04-03 10:08|| 2024-04-03 10:08|| Front Page Top

#9 Article the other day talked about a service provided by someone who was a victim of squatting. He'll go to your house, move in, change the locks and file the necessary bullshit to have the original squatters evicted... OTOH a box of shells may be cheaper, but not the legal fee to defend yourself from the state gov'ts that enable this crap.

Posted by Mercutiio 2024-04-03 11:57|| 2024-04-03 11:57|| Front Page Top

#10 I'm thinking, as long as the homeowner's insurance doesn't pay off they squatters when the house burns down.

Posted by ed in texas 2024-04-03 12:16|| 2024-04-03 12:16|| Front Page Top

#11 Serious question: What's to stop me and 5 of my biggest friends from reentering the premises, carrying the squatter's stuff to the curb and then inviting the squatters to leave my home at gun point?

Posted by Angstrom 2024-04-03 15:44|| 2024-04-03 15:44|| Front Page Top

#12 ^ Some legal aid nimrod.

Posted by M. Murcek 2024-04-03 15:59|| 2024-04-03 15:59|| Front Page Top

#13 The key thing -apparently- is to have an ally with a valid lease, and not the owner, in the house when the kerfuffle commences.

Posted by Ululating+Platypus 2024-04-03 19:04|| 2024-04-03 19:04|| Front Page Top

#14 OTOH a box of shells may be cheaper, but not the legal fee to defend yourself from the state gov'ts that enable this crap.

That's where the shovels come in handy.
Pro Tip: dig the hole (or holes) first

Posted by SteveS 2024-04-03 20:45|| 2024-04-03 20:45|| Front Page Top

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