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Old 10-29-2011, 09:56 AM
 
Location: SE Michigan
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I just read a story in Detroit Free Press about a squatter taking over a bank owned house.
The story states that only the property owner can "evict" a squatter and in fact has to go through the eviction process through court as if the squatter was a legitimate renter with a signed lease. This can take months.

I don't understand. Why can't a squatter be charged with trespassing and forced to vacate the premises just like any other tresspasser?
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Old 10-29-2011, 10:34 AM
 
Location: Boyne Country
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I dont have the answer but that old standby phrase of "squatters rights" comes to mind.
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Old 10-29-2011, 10:46 AM
 
Location: North of Canada, but not the Arctic
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Because criminals have more rights than victims.
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Old 10-31-2011, 09:46 AM
 
Location: On the brink of WWIII
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Remember the story a few years ago about the lady selling her house in Detroit? She moved to Livonia while listing with a real estate agent to sell the Detroit house...a squater moved in and she could not force him out. She had to go through the eviction process...the realtor coun't even show the house..\
So if I owned a house in Detroit and went to work in the morning, a squatter could move in and I would have to evict him/her from my house to get it back?

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Old 10-31-2011, 01:00 PM
 
Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan
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sounds like it's time to call the law offices of Smith & Wessen
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Old 11-03-2011, 12:11 AM
 
Location: Sparta, TN
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The best thing to do with a squatter now-a-days is to put a bunch of matches and gasoline in the house for them to keep warm. Just make sure that it's fully insured.

If you actually want the house back, bring a gun and a baseball bat. Warn the squatter to leave and if he refuses, shoot him dead. Call 911, place the bat in his hands, and report an attempted assault/self-defense incident.

Criminals have way too many rights. Thank the liberal judges/lawyers for this.
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Old 11-03-2011, 07:09 AM
 
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So if I owned a house in Detroit and went to work in the morning, a squatter could move in and I would have to evict him/her from my house to get it back?
This is happening with vacant properties, not occupied ones. And don't worry, you don't have to move to Detroit. The same thing is apparently happening in NC as well.

New squatting strategy targets vacant NC property | CharlotteObserver.com & The Charlotte Observer Newspaper (http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2011/10/24/2718921/new-squatting-strategy-targets.html - broken link)

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Old 11-03-2011, 09:28 AM
 
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This is a problem across the U.S... This story in Texas was the 1st I had heard about. This man just made himself at home in a $330,000 home. Laws need to be changed. We no longer need this one, and its only letting crooks get by with taking others homes. I dont think they'll win in the end, but home owners are having to put out a ton of money on fighting these criminals.



Texas Man Gets McMansion for $16, Neighbors Say He is a Squatter | Video - ABC News
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Old 11-03-2011, 11:23 AM
 
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Squatters rights are also a problem if you allow someone to use any portion of your property, thinking you're just some good guy, they will burn you in the end.

Let someone drive across your property to access their own, and soon you must allow them to do so. Let them put up a fence on a portion of your property, and you may as well sign over that property to them, same thing if they get used to parking their car on your property.

My dad thought he was being a good guy and a nice neighbor when his neighbors built their driveway into his property, he didn't sue them to tear it out. Next thing, they were suing him for that portion of his property, claiming squatters rights over it.
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Old 08-06-2012, 02:14 AM
 
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I have been incarceraited since I was seventeen years old.I have janitorial certificates a colledge degree and just graduated from truck driving school.IM not on here to be disrespectful,however,I find it very hsrd for me to get a job.I have no family theres no proper programs for me to get a job and I been homeless for one year.I have a two week year old child I havent seen yet because I look for work all over the US. I try my hardest. What if I moved my family in a squatter house,took great care of it would I be wrong.How would you like to be in my shoes.There are honest people who are down and never had a chance in life like me.It hurts not be with my child not to walk in and say how my day at work was. Squatters have rights for whatever reason I dont know but do you know how many homeless families there actually are? No bodys saying walk in anywhere and live there but some properties are totally abandoned thats obvious in Detroit.the problem is not squatters its homeless people!
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