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Your solution is great advice when trying to impress the girls at the bar with tales of macho actions, however it's absolute garbage for a landlord. I also find that 99.9999% of the time when people say they did things like this, well you know the rest..... Unless you're willing to back up that "Me Tarzan" speech with money to pay the landlord's fines after being hit with an unlawful eviction penalty, that types of advice is best provided during beer can head smashing feats of maturity.
Rabrrita and others with similar thoughts, how would the person rove they lived there? Isn't this a he said/she said situation?
OP lives in California and California landlord-tenant law leans in the tenant's favor. OP would be playing a game of poker if he hired someone to strong-arm his unwelcome tenant out and it might work, you never know. Better to do it the right way which takes time and money. At the end of the experience, OP will be a wiser person making the time and money seem small for the smarts gained.
What's to stop him from burning your house down after you legally remove him vs illegally?
True, but he would sure be at the top of the likely suspect list. The LL might be more reluctant to mention him if the tenant had not been legally evicted.
Rabrrita and others with similar thoughts, how would the person rove they lived there? Isn't this a he said/she said situation?
How does the tenant prove they had a Lease?
Some of this has already been answered in this thread plus, with you being a LL you should know these things or should be able to look it up very easily for your state.
Just to name a few:
If the tenant was receiving mail at that residence it establishes proof.
Any text messages, emails or any type of correspondence proving any agreements or proof of residency could establish proof.
If the tenant was paying rent via check or if via cash/money order with receipt it can establish proof.
Actually, this did work for a friend of mine. It helped that four of his college buddies (all football players) removed the stuff and were there when the 'tenant' returned 'home'.
They let the squatter know he was no longer welcome to sponge off of their friend. It worked great!
Your friend was lucky. Don't assume this will work all the time. In fact it can land you in very hot water legally and financially.
Once a person establishes tenancy even if it's a verbal "lease" basically you have to follow the law as far as getting rid of them. Hell it could be your long lost buddy, if he stays there long enough to establish tenancy you can't just kick them out.
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