How I removed squatters in less than a day.

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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[@brendakennedy6854]

I bet if someone squatted in some politicians house the laws would change quickly!!

[@OnceUponaTimeline]

Rich people would probably just call a 'friend' like this guy to go in there and threaten them with all kinds of bad things.

[@elsadakota1021]

No… they’d just….. disappear.

[@noshrinkingviolet007]

No, they don't live by the same laws as the rest of us.

[@pumkin610]

The laws wouldn't change at all because the police would deal with the politicians problems quickly

[@chrystalblue7170]

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.

[@GoodieGurl]

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!!

[@thefinalroman]

At that point the eviction is already done for the Owner

[@MsElke11]

Sounds like a Demoncrat rule

[@khendralibbey257]

@@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.

[@dadadadankable]

If you’re getting evicted it’s ordered by the courts. That’s the difference. Not that complicated.

[@josephhodges9819]

@@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.

[@JoyfulHope115]

“Become a squatter on the squatter”. That’s brilliant!

[@ciams3334]

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.

[@ruthvargas4317]

He gave the squatters a taste of their own medicine 😅

[@LeeLee-fw3hw]

He became a squatter but let them take everything?????

[@traciebecker6669]

Except he wasn't a squatter.

[@love.is_life]

The homeowner got LUCKY- those squatters were not violent and didn't have weapons. Not everyone is so lucky in these situations.

[@jjjones8609]

He did bring a gun.

[@BindarRouge]

@@jjjones8609 and dog!

[@ladylily]

"Squatters Rights" shouldn't even exist. It's breaking and entering, which is illegal everywhere.

[@pburgvenom]

I did not see “Squatters Rights” in the Constitution

[@ReaperX7]

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.

[@ladylily]

@@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.

[@ReaperX7]

@@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.

[@lord_haven1114]

@@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

[@annwood6812]

I hate it when I accidentally move all my possessions into someone else's house.

[@Empire-rc2rv]

🤣ikr

[@karamiddleton2920]

I know, I hate when that happens!😂

[@macforme]

ann... as long as you are sorry...it's perfectly OK. 🙄

[@kevinreily2529]

Sarcasm is a beautiful thing.

[@leslielandberg5620]

😂❤

[@humanhelvete]

This is MIND BLOWING! Incredible that "squatters rights" are even a thing!

[@JeantheSecond-ip7qm]

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.

[@SL-es5kb]

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.

[@staciecarrel4492]

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.

[@staciecarrel4492]

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.

[@loribaker8339]

Ill never understand how someone can just move into someone else's house like this! This is just crazy to me!

[@mnmsaregood1]

Its a joke that criminals have more rights than law abiding citizens

[@ZeroTwn]

She is a person who has gov-related job and pays taxes, she is not a criminal. Shame on the gov who pays so low the person could not afford place to live in. Sure, I'm on this channel owner's side, and I respect his respectfulness to his opponent, the guy did the dirty job the precisely correct way. Should he did something not that precise he would end up being her client.

[@cortneyrens]

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

[@RASAllusion]

@@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.

[@ZeroTwn]

@@RASAllusion She didn't commit anything. That was a kind of game between Handyman and the police. She was just a front-man. Looks like he understands police actually saved his house. And yes, the house might had gotten into their hands had the guy shown no interest in defending it.

[@Smooshes786]

@@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!

[@livinlovinlife1712]

I don't understand why squatters are not treated the same as someone who's breaking and entering; who would be arrested!

[@smplfi9859]

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.

[@TheBowen747]

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..

[@JohnDoe-zw8vx]

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.

[@caliindoor]

@@JohnDoe-zw8vx Thankfully, the country is run by better human beings than you.

[@sir_squonks_alot_castro4438]

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.

[@smittymcjob2582]

That's the most civil conversation I've heard between a squatter and a home owner!

[@lindam7584]

Shocked how bold people are

[@Georgemoore620]

Hey Linda 🌹

[@rachelk9343]

I read this as bald

[@pugowner1347]

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

[@FlashShelton]

Thank you for watching and sharing story.

[@baxs5076]

That's how we Marines roll.

[@BaldandInsecure183.]

THAT WAS A GREAT STORY!

[@believeroftheword4627]

Semper Fi!

[@MrsSoussia]

That’s great !

[@Dadlifts007]

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.

[@watermelonsprite1497]

thats what i dont understand

[@timothyandrewnielsen]

It makes no sense at all

[@frogfarmer3551]

I got criminal trespassing f2 for going into a foreclosed unoccupied house to smoke weed when I was young. Did 13 months in county

[@sgholt]

but I can...

[@ericdeweever2331]

It's a freaking sick situation. The cops are F

[@Syphrianna]

You did the right thing. Squatters have caused people to lose the homes they paid into and worked on for decades. The laws need to be changed.

[@carlahart4590]

Absolutely I totally agree

[@debbiet-t.3773]

They did this in Fl., no rights for squatters !

[@SGDeGalvez]

they have been changed..to permit this shit. The question is, who changed them and when?

[@sonicpsycho13]

​@SGDeGalvez The Saxons, about 800 years ago. Squatters' rights are a natural result of things like tenant rights. They also protect property owners from fraudsters. They also allow land and property that has been abandoned to be claimed without fear of someone showing up 20 years later to reclaim their abandoned property.

[@sonicpsycho13]

​@debbiet-t.3773 no, Florida didn't alter its squatters' rights laws much. They made it a misdemeanor to fraudulently lease or sell a piece of property that you don't have a claim to and they allow the police to be hired by private parties. Squatters can still achieve "adverse acquisition" if they occupy a piece of property "openly and notoriously" for 7 years in Florida. Florida actually has one of the most lax squatters' rights laws in the country.

[@joni22262]

The best thing in world is a good handy man. They deserve professional recognition.

[@DarkWolf-et3dx]

There shouldn't be any squatters rights! That's like saying thieves have the right to steal whatever they want.

[@PBJ979]

Actually thieves do have rights to steal. If they steal less than 950 dollars worth, there is NO conviction. Can you believe this?

[@lasthamsterstanding]

@@PBJ979 Sounds like Portland rules

[@DarkWolf-et3dx]

@@PBJ979 Seems to me the system is leaning more towards favor of the criminal then it does for the victims.

[@PBJ979]

You are absolutely correct. This is what I am seeing as well. @@DarkWolf-et3dx

[@kathleenredick275]

Been reading the news lately. They steal and walk away. 😠

[@aviewer9516]

I will NEVER understand how our laws allow this to happen. NEVER.

[@theresaohman7187]

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.

[@1realtruthrightnow742]

It's to tear down and demoralize society targeting the middle class. It's all by design

[@2beJT]

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.

[@SteelHex]

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.

[@Justthemow]

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

[@judyzwyghuizen2982]

The laws need to change right now for the Squatters rights Immediately

[@NatureLoverReturns]

We rely on handymen to fix our problems all the time, and they deserve recognition for having common sense, can-do attitudes, and a variety of skills that many of us don't have. I support them 100 percent! Kudos for having this channel to highlight them all! The arrogance of squatters is really disgusting.

[@hwezda]

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.

[@salteadog33]

Is that why the police wouldn’t remove her?

[@pjt3887]

​@@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.

[@soulfireclash2882]

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... 😂

[@sockmonkey22]

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?

[@jeremygalloway1348]

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

[@leegregory5201]

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

[@user-qy8rj5nx7h]

That's great

[@marywinning7430]

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.

[@karlwalter2242]

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.

[@Peekaboo-Kitty]

Clever move! Well done.

[@bluethunder4542]

​@@karlwalter2242nice Nice Work

[@donnataylor2821]

I have my Mother's empty home next door and a worthless sheriff in office, Thank you!!! From the bottom of my heart.

[@ej8710]

Pipe in Bagpipe music 24-7. The Walgreens down the road has lovely classical music going night and day outside.

[@JeantheSecond-ip7qm]

I like how you handled this. Firmly, but without drama.

[@hollybrabeau]

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.

[@FlashShelton]

I was honored to be apart of that historic event.

[@sillyworm]

Just need to evict the current Governor and you're all set! ​@@FlashShelton

[@kennys1wife]

There's a troll in your midst. 🤦‍♀️ What a idiotic comment!

[@mattlaframboise3903]

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.

[@thomasallen6980]

Wish LaRhonda was as good at removing iguana's as he was at removing any doubt that he is really really stupid.

[@marielle3548]

The audacity of these people!!! Squatters should ALWAYS be thrown out!!

[@kath0000]

👍 AND ARRESTED.

[@gypsysmom1]

I don’t understand why the law allows squatters , at all.

[@miriamcollins7587]

It’s basically a combination of theft and trespassing. I’m not sure why it receives a special category and special treatment.

[@carlahart4590]

Absolutely

[@flila7894]

This was freaking amazing!! Thank you for letting us know

[@danapowers2102]

Handymen are vital to my life! I always have projects in my house. I'm also a property stager and i need a handyman at most houses! It is VERY much a skill set!

[@ann-pud]

Way to go. You stayed calm and organised and got the job done. 🏡

[@annelacoste90]

Squatters should have no rights, it’s outright theft of another’s property.

[@secretehouse7163]

That's right

[@TakodaKapri7779]

My thoughts exactly! This squatting stuff blows my mind.

[@pink_sock]

Can we add t*ans people to that list too?

[@williambiggs9752]

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.

[@factsdontcareaboutyourfeel7204]

@@pink_sockwhat, give them no rights lol a bit harsh isn’t it

[@katenoone6296]

Just found your channel. I live in Florida and Gov signed into law yesterday that squatters are to be evicted immediately.

[@mimiantonetti3243]

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

[@InTheStarsBand]

That's awesome

[@kisangkim1105]

The new law says the squatter has to provide with a notarized lease agreement, to stay.

[@ganymeade5151]

That is great. No one should move to any state where squatters have the rights to toss homeowners into the streets.

[@PresleysMom]

Because Florida has an awesome Governor.

[@Catalik1000]

You were more than nice. How you kept your composure is amazing. Squatters are thieves

[@elizabethpoley6882]

Dude, the driveway looked like you were having a yardsale!!👍

[@tommissouri4871]

I was thinking that after he found everyone out, he should have run around putting up yard sale signs and just open the doors. In the meantime, change all locks and put up cameras.

[@deniseaileen5955]

Mom raised a brilliant son.

[@stephaniemariemcdonald9096]

Yes ❤🎉

[@FlashShelton]

Thank you much appreciated.

[@SemperFidelisFreedom]

Brilliant strategy! Thank you for this!

[@dgarzaart2000]

This gentleman was far more patient and polite with this squatter woman than I would have been.

[@eyeheartsushi2212]

Which is good because that’s how you keep things from escalating.

[@MotherMeece]

The natural inclination would have been to destroy her stuff out of anger. But probably would have brought charges against you!

[@susanjones7734]

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.

[@user-sz5fz8vx6n]

What about money he lost for all this time because of her😢

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[@Maybe-cg2tn]

There should be no rights for squatters. Should be criminal trespass. This needs to change across the entire country.

[@furripupau]

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).

[@somerset6646]

It's the same as stealing.

[@Maybe-cg2tn]

@@somerset6646 How does squatting differ from breaking and entering and burglary? Both criminal offenses. Oh, and theft in most cases.

[@Grant-is2ge]

It's really Beaking and Entering, along with a bunch of other violations of the law.

[@lessimcdowell9897]

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

[@sandd286]

That woman should be arrested. She's no different than the people that she looks at behind bars.

[@imgoldenspyder9409]

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.

[@ElanaVital83]

She might be even worse. They aren't supposed to be the good guys.

[@Ripprock1]

You mean learns from.

[@news2383]

She a prison guard, probably heard the idea from a prisoner

[@AndrewAHayes]

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

[@shellykatelyn]

You are absolutely an earth angel! You were so kind in the midst of such a horrific situation. People need to have hearts like yours! If you lived near me in Florida, I’d hire you in a heartbeat! Is that Steeler gear in the background? Steeler girl here forever!

[@mg2023faith]

Thank you for this video. I agree a handyman is an unsung hero of the labor trades.

[@EM-KeepingtheFaith]

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.

[@jaykb6587]

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? 😢

[@omarra6781]

@@jaykb6587 Oh no! Did insurance cover it? Did ANYthing good come of it? I hate people with this sort of mindset.

[@jaykb6587]

@@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...

[@omarra6781]

@@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.

[@thetroll1247]

​@@jaykb6587yes yes I do . I am a fiberglass boat restorer. 😊❤

[@adambirman2379]

She's so apologetic and understanding. A true sign of a scam artist.

[@stareightone]

😂YES!

[@silverbullit89]

Why is this guy so nice to these pos?

[@Signme0011]

Yeah she's caught! That's why

[@joannamcpeak7531]

She calls herself sorry, and I completely agree

[@Barefoot433]

@@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.

[@remsmith3233]

I admired the way you handle the issues facing you. You were not righteous, mean, angry, hurtful, or physically intimidating. Good for you. You kept your cool and honesty was your desire to solve the issues. I truly hope the outcomes were satisfactory for you as you deserve that type of reward for your efforts.

[@tractormandeere]

Great job. People need to share this with everyone. This is a fight against a terrible wrong being played out against the legal property owners. We need to arm them with this information.

[@seantyler7401]

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

[@creativenative5175]

Excellent! That's the first thing I thought he might do in this video.

[@manuellubian5709]

Classic. I love it.

[@joaocosta3374]

Based.

[@pugowner1347]

Nice. Very smart.

[@atina197796]

It's the same in my city but not the whole state.

[@GaryGrube1]

A squatter is NOT a, "lady". A, "lady" doesn't do things like that. This woman is a criminal.

[@buckaroobonzai2909]

Okay, boomer... modern women are mostly trash....

[@hdj81Vlimited]

she learned it at the "job"

[@I_Dont_Answer_Questions]

Tough guy are ya?

[@thedreamer6930]

@i don't awnser questions Pipe down keyboard warrior. Don't get all huffy and puffy in the KZbin comment section like you're gonna do anything more than act like a little bitch.

[@caesarsalad1170]

@@I_Dont_Answer_Questions Found the squatter

[@charlottecampbell8183]

I had someone trying to squat in one of my houses while I had legal tenants living there. The squatter occupied one room. So I consulted an attorney and a hearing for an eviction was set. Unfortunately eviction was an all or nothing event. I would have had to evict everyone or no one. So before the court date, my legal tenants arranged to stay with friends on the court day so I wouldn't have to put an eviction against their names because people who have an eviction in my state get their names on a public list and no one will rent to them for 20 years. It was a Friday and court was set for Monday. The squatter had a disabled baby that was not being cared for properly, and apparently CPS was scheduled to make a home visit before the court date. As soon as the squatters found out about the CPS visit, they packed up everything they had and left the state. So the court date was cancelled and all my tenants moved back in, and everyone was happy except the would be squatters.

[@user-fm5nf8fz4h]

I don't know how you could remain so darn calm with them. No cus words at all either. Your mom is lucky to have a son like yourself watching out for her.

[@transformation2479]

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.

[@FlashShelton]

Bravo to him!

[@eponymousIme]

Good one! Ten points for creativity. 🙂

[@angelalowrance9685]

I love it when people “figure it out”!!!

[@dougdownunder5622]

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.

[@patricia12383]

This was a good trick... glad you guys thought of this

[@RosieGamgee]

If you've heard the phrase "be assertive, not aggressive," it is exactly how it this was handled. Props to you, sir!

[@FlashShelton]

Thank you it is within the lines of deescalation requirements that so many don’t understand. Aggression is a sign of a weak mind.

[@jamesmcconnell2131]

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.

[@grcentre1920]

@@FlashShelton you Sir are a TRUE gentleman. Fabulous beautiful masculine qualities. Bravo bravo bravo

[@the_amazon]

Well said! Here, here! 🥂

[@cosmic_pursuit]

The take-away line for me was "I don't have any flexibility here."

[@user-or1yk2tg5b]

This man is a legend

[@SuzieqNC2606]

Congratulations! You are a brave real man that’s not afraid to stand up and do what needed to be done.

[@jllee9189]

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.

[@FlashShelton]

That’s awesome! Great job. Thank you for watching and sharing your experience.

[@debbiehall9396]

So cool!

[@robertschmidt9296]

Where did you take the stuff in the uhaul?

[@captainjaneway80]

Yes 😂

[@thepcal9654]

That’s probably the best way to handle it. That way the cops can tell “them” to go to court to prove ownership.

[@johnparish1432]

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.

[@grumpycup4762]

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)

[@hotpuppy1]

@@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.

[@johnparish1432]

@@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.

[@tmickeyproductionsNC]

That gave me chuckle, so smart!

[@garychandler4296]

@@tmickeyproductionsNC Me too. I'd have shut down and locked the water valve, got the electricity turned off too!

[@SamT304]

This is how Real man acts when he sees the injustice! We need more of You, Rick!

[@tanyarobinson6044]

You sir, are a beacon of hope. All a burglar had to do is pull a Goldilocks, and they own your home? Crazy. I'm glad your key still worked. Most of them change the locks.

[@anythingforselenas806]

The audacity to enter someone else’s property without permission and just live there. It’s shocking!

[@FlashShelton]

Yes and shockingly common. Thanks for watching.

[@Blah-blah-sure]

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.

[@fakherk8829]

She is the ultimate Biden/Harris scumbag...Wants everything yet doesn't want to pay for it...

[@PeterFnPorker]

imagine selling the house at an affordable cost... land lords are gross

[@sandraleigh4023]

@@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.

[@alvil3476]

She is a prison guard acting like a thug. Wonder what “other” criminal behaviors she is getting away with at her job ??

[@user-zy3zd3sx2d]

Guards like that belong on the other side of the bars and that ain't for conjugal inmating! lol

[@danielduncan6806]

Fact is, all law enforcement, and those guards, are cosntantly exposed to the corruption of the criminal element. THEY ARE ALL CORRUPTED BY IT EVENTUALLY.

[@MyOver50]

Report her to the ethics commission in the State.

[@monicaclark9581]

Yes, how did she get hired by the state? She's very defiant with arms folded. She should be reported to the state!

[@monicaclark9581]

So glad you got good advice and had all those security cameras operating. So sad it has come to this! This woman is a brazen crook!

[@georgia2277hike]

Prison guards actually make a lot of money. There's mo reason she couldn't have figured out a new place to rent. I think she seriously just got lazy about dealing with it and put it off until she was forced to be motivated. This was a great video. You were so nice about it. Im just glad no one was hurt like that poor woman in New York .

[@MyTi824]

Heard your request on Glenn Beck glad to oblige. It’s about time somebody did this. God bless you. Be safe.

[@alyssakahmann8773]

Same

[@wazza33racer]

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.

[@imover9999]

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.

[@jonnysinner]

The Tony Soprano route, perfect.

[@Christina-rb8vk]

I love this! I will remember this!

[@juditate111]

This points out so clearly just how confident squatters have become when THEY call the cops on the property owner! Insane.

[@virginiarundle4005]

This should be a movie! Brilliant

[@cindycarlsonallen72]

The fact that this video has almost FOUR MILLION VIEWS, says volumes about the squatter problem in this country!!

[@FlashShelton]

Yes please help by signing my petition www.change.org/ChangeSquatterLaws

[@steffiec6805]

​@@FlashShelton pin link in comments

[@FlashShelton]

@@steffiec6805 I believe it is but I will make sure. Thanks

[@PurpleGold.]

It’s a huge problem in Australia, Canada and England as well.

[@roncar1761]

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!!!!

[@Thank_goodness2023]

Thank you. This is relevant even to Australia

[@maureendooley1330]

You were so smart, kind and level headed, kuddos to you!

[@alanbailey9100]

These criminals should be arrested as soon as they are discovered.

[@FlashShelton]

www.change.org/ChangeSquatterLaws

[@sweetguy19762]

This happed to one of my friends, and he was about to knock the guys teeth out.

[@christiroseify]

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.

[@FlashShelton]

@@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.

[@christiroseify]

@@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.

[@konamanstan]

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.

[@jobnieloliva5358]

Cool story bro

[@juandaru2112]

🧢

[@ttnnaples8060]

Soooo funny!

[@CherryCoke-qi1kz]

Nice.

[@MikeJones-do1xv]

Usually these type of guys will happily help a bro out. I’m thrilled it worked.

[@BJ-dv7dk]

I'm sorry to hear about your father and mom. Good for you for doing that. I 've been reading stories about how squatters take over homes like this and then the legal owners don't have any rights. Just crazy.

[@donnasanchez]

It's 10:08 and I sat through the whole video ,WAY TO GO!!! I live in Amarillo Tx and I see houses being destroyed by these people ,I'm not a home owner ,I rent but to see people take advantage if a situation and get away with it ,Sickens me.... I waited 2 months for the house I'm in so torn up, I Love my place.. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE OWNERS THAT ARE STEPPING UP, I feel for certain people But .... LIVED YOU'RE VIDEO 🎉

[@wraith313]

I honestly have trouble understanding how squatters rights are a real thing.

[@ForceWinds3]

🎯

[@josephmiller4616]

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.

[@Osirus1156]

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.

[@marisamartin3664]

Insane politicians and AGs and DAs.

[@Happybidr]

@@marisamartin3664 nope. Just history and common law.

[@choosehope8729]

As a Corrections Officer she should face some consequences for her behavior

[@Thewarhorse47]

I think she is retired. I think I know her.

[@jaybloomfield5082]

He should have sued her and garnished her state paycheck.

[@rocketdog2723]

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

[@willn8664]

@@rdpmackie lol please don't be that guy. People that only mouth off online out of boredom.

[@SheilaR.08]

​@@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.

[@bunnyblue5421]

Nicely done. The house next to me had Craigs List "renters" in it that got evicted out escorted by sheriffs when the house went into foreclosure after the owner stopped making payments.

[@kateborthwick2525]

I listened to your incredible story on a podcast. Thank you for sharing this info there and on this platform too. It’s incredible the steps you had to take. Love that you started the handyman association too. Not sure is something similar in Canada but will look into that. Finally- hello from a fellow Steelers fan!

[@RemYr-ym2bg]

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.

[@phylliscleary2287]

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!

[@RemYr-ym2bg]

​@@phylliscleary2287That's a good question. Im 90% sure its a new date which is used.

[@oldnurse]

Of course stupid. But California is all about the criminals, not the law abiding people.

[@veronicacantrell6096]

In my state you can't lease a house until it is vacant.

[@sandramaiden4707]

Advertise a clearance sale on all the furniture in the house, and invite as many friends as you can to back you up. 😂

[@pamelamanning99]

This woman is training her granddaughter to be a grifter.

[@d.f.9064]

Which should be neglect.

[@v.j.3029]

She’s just gonna repeat the same scam and go squat another house.

[@psyckchyck]

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.

[@foxtrotdeltatango2401]

Trailer Basura

[@fredharvey2720]

Yes she is and they're probably also drug users.

[@bonsaipal]

You kept your cool and were SO much nicer than I ever would have been!

[@sarab1987]

Been there with you, I ended up in front of a Judge after going through 16 months of using the law to get him out. Long story so kudos to you!!

[@lauralove6439]

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!

[@charlotteparr1229]

Now THAT'S funny!

[@chelseacraft4669]

Exactly why I won’t move to Cali even though I would like to. Why pay for property you never actually own?

[@dlwcrazyblondeone]

That was a great story!! You have to get inventive to do this type of stuff!

[@katherinekelly5380]

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

[@diverdave4056]

you should have invited the entire Biker Gang to stop by for a BBQ - Kegger n a sleep over !

[@Jedi-Nite]

Grandmother teaching her granddaughter how to get away with not paying for crap what a roll model

[@juliebolduc802]

Yeah, noticed the granddaughter had a large Red Bull (@ $6.00) and a cigarette. They can afford that!!!

[@truthhurts2879]

*Role 😘

[@xiiirob]

@@juliebolduc802 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

[@Mark-gg6iy]

"roll model" Drop or croissant?

[@33Donner77]

Social Justice Ladies.

[@dianekelly3452]

Thank you for this intriguing squatter eviction remedy. Best of luck & blessings to you and your Mom. 🥰

[@sylvannafraga1625]

I admire your composure. Your control is admirable… sign of a truly strong person. I’d be yelling an inch away from her face, to get the hell out!! My respects. I have to learn.

[@laurieboyer8189]

Not all squatters are women who are not violent! Glad you were able to get your house back!

[@famicomnintendo]

Poverty is a sin

[@Elkarlo77]

@@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.

[@carolynpalano9284]

​@famicomnintendo That statement is a sin, there is nothing in scripture that says THIS!!!!!

[@famicomnintendo]

@@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

[@carolynpalano9284]

@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.

[@teirdalin]

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.

[@yourwhateverhomegirl]

Wow!!! 😢

[@paulasmall5113]

How did you lose with a deed?

[@chronometer9931]

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...

[@shaec3405]

2a

[@Antinatalists_Unite]

I would go live in a cardboard box before I'd do that to someone.

[@terrikirk2718]

I just happened to catch this video I saw that it was a year ago but that was awesome dude and I hope you've helped other people

[@FlashShelton]

Thank you yes helping others squatterhunters.com

[@BrianAXStorm]

Well done mate.... nice to hear a sensible ending to one of these situations

[@tm13tube]

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.

[@FlashShelton]

Thank you

[@angelasmiley8352]

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.

[@veronicavatter6436]

Wonder how much it cost to reinstall the glass?

[@angelasmiley8352]

@@veronicavatter6436 I have no idea, but she sold the house.

[@gardenerpete5232]

reply to "cost to reinstall the glass". Much, much, cheaper than the Years, Years, Years of money spent in court!!

[@basillah7650]

@@veronicavatter6436 Much cheaper than cleaning p1ss and sh1t they leave on the ground they are really gross clearly you never seen squatters before.

[@mnelson5388]

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.

[@bmartino9]

Sorry you had to go through that. But it sounds like it all worked out for you and you had fun. 😂 Thanks for sharing. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@kittygriggs4146]

Bravo & what a good son you are to help your mom!!! Great job!!!!

[@frozenbits48]

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.

[@dawndare3949]

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.”

[@scottmichael3745]

Fu*k yeah!

[@MEAT_CANNON]

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...

[@MEAT_CANNON]

@@dawndare3949 Only pussies need to hire someone.

[@urieaaron]

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.

[@jctai100]

There is something to be said about a man with a plan and the audacity to carry it out. My hats off to you.

[@toodles3513]

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.

[@Kangaroojack1986]

​​@@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?

[@toodles3513]

@@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.

[@Kangaroojack1986]

@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.

[@giovanna722]

@@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.

[@kadeeparas76]

You did that all in such a calm manner! Great job!

[@darrylwarren4241]

My hat is off to you. You exercised patience and intelligence. As a home owner my inclination is to exercise sufficient violence to reclaim my property.

[@ellenjo283]

You’ll never regret treating her with respect. And you did what you needed to do for your mom.

[@ganymeade5151]

He is lucky to have a good mom. Many people do not.

[@sherei9530]

Im glad they weren't violent

[@quinnobrien8686]

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.

[@motomike3475]

I was kind of wondering about that myself.

[@fooey9013]

That's the reason the cops wouldn't do anything for the guy. "The thin blue line" no matter what!

[@wowzers1069]

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.

[@danielhendriksen9232]

Former prison gaurd??? Did you get fired for sexual misconduct???

[@quinnobrien8686]

@@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”.

[@acera2043]

Awesome! Yes, I agree with everything you said and did. Thamk you for sharing! ✌💞

[@karenkearney755]

Thank you for posting this! There's probably a lot of people who need this! My sister had a squatter who messed up her plumbing and she called police and I think ended up paying I wished she had this!!!

[@carriecree1789]

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.

[@nunya7319]

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.

[@connorterry6414]

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.

[@solrac1500]

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.

[@technocolossus7763]

That's how you get your house ruined with a fridge and freezer of rotten food left open and a designated poop closet

[@MrJCerqueira]

THIS

[@x_Automatic_SpIcE_x]

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. 😂😂

[@FavoriteMusicSongs]

You're lucky they didn't cause any damage after what you guys did. Be careful, because they could still come back plotting revenge.

[@steveperson5686]

@@FavoriteMusicSongs Ah so a pre meditated act with a motive. NICE!

[@x_Automatic_SpIcE_x]

@@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

[@katieogara1386]

I don’t understand how someone can stea a house and say they have rights

[@meowmeow4803]

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...

[@lowperez3436]

You da man!!! Just heard you on Glenn Beck. I'm now a subscriber!

[@georgefraserjr1329]

Good for you buddy,I’m really glad you got them out and without any drama