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ripcord

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3. Obviously you don't live in California

Reply to mikeysnot (Reply #1)

Tue Oct 18, 2022, 11:05 AM

Oct 2022

They change the locks first thing, show the deputies their keys work and the fake lease and immediately they are tenants in the eyes of the law until it can be proven otherwise. The burden of proof is all on the landlord.

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Squatting is getting out of hand on Southern California [View all] ripcord Oct 2022 OP

How'd they get the keys? mikeysnot Oct 2022 #1

Obviously you don't live in California ripcord Oct 2022 #3

Obviously we handle things differently in Chicago mikeysnot Oct 2022 #5

Unfortunatly Zeitghost Oct 2022 #7

Sued by who? The squatters? mikeysnot Oct 2022 #8

The laws in CA... Zeitghost Oct 2022 #12

Key words "want to fight it" mikeysnot Oct 2022 #17

The problem Zeitghost Oct 2022 #22

Key words are if they are in owners name mikeysnot Oct 2022 #23

I know a completely different "Chicago Way" to handle this ZonkerHarris Oct 2022 #16

Not sure but guns are more prevalent now mikeysnot Oct 2022 #18

... ZonkerHarris Oct 2022 #20

This is a common gang scam for single residence home rentals. haele Oct 2022 #19

If the renters were scammed mikeysnot Oct 2022 #24

How did they get her info for the fake lease? leftstreet Oct 2022 #2

Most likely county records ripcord Oct 2022 #4

If they advertised the property online mikeysnot Oct 2022 #6

The squatters might not even know they are squatting Takket Oct 2022 #9

That happens here also.. mikeysnot Oct 2022 #10

We just had a pickup and old rv trailer pull onto the undeveloped residential lot next door to me-- Wingus Dingus Oct 2022 #11

So is UNAFFORDABLE HOUSING getting out of hand. Maybe a link, ya think? nt Samrob Oct 2022 #13

In Florida any mobile home park tenant has to pass a background check by the mobile home park EX500rider Oct 2022 #14

How'd they gain access to the mobile home in the first place? Kaleva Oct 2022 #15

They might have been tricked into renting from a fake landlord Bonx Oct 2022 #21

We have a few rental houses in cksmithy Oct 2022 #25