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SomethingFishy

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23. You are not alone...

Sun Jun 9, 2013, 11:52 AM

Jun 2013

I have a 3 bedroom house. Right now we have 7 people living in it. I have 2 "sofa dwellers" a nephew who couldn't take living with his crazy mom anymore and a friend of my wife's who did 2 years for passing a bad check(they wouldn't let her out because she didn't have a place to live, so we gave her one).

It's not like it's any big deal, it's crowded and we get on each others nerves once in awhile but these are the times we live in. People need help, I feel lucky that I am in a position where people can count on me if they get into trouble...

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was talking to a friend about my allowing a guy to put his trailer on one of my river lots. [View all] loli phabay Jun 2013 OP

Can you get it in writing? Baitball Blogger Jun 2013 #1

Good point treestar Jun 2013 #5

yup charge a dollar a year or something, hell even give them the dollar on their birthday if you wan loli phabay Jun 2013 #8

if they are in your home then yes i would do a lease of somewhat loli phabay Jun 2013 #6

Adverse possession is all about land. Baitball Blogger Jun 2013 #7

honestly i dont really care, i was not using or planning to use yhat lot loli phabay Jun 2013 #10

There can be easements too treestar Jun 2013 #12

yup i believe that was what my land lawyer set up, i already got the local hoa loli phabay Jun 2013 #13

Sounds very reasonable. Baitball Blogger Jun 2013 #25

i got to say the county and hoa were all easy to work with as well, they all seemed to get it loli phabay Jun 2013 #26

You're not nuts. blueamy66 Jun 2013 #2

not really, the guy just needed somewhere to go when he couldnt afford the rates where he was loli phabay Jun 2013 #4

I still think you're an awesome person. blueamy66 Jun 2013 #9

You are doing a good thing. Jenoch Jun 2013 #18

yup im not up on this side of the law but my lawyer did paperwork for it loli phabay Jun 2013 #20

Kudos! Faux pas Jun 2013 #3

Letting an unknown person with unknown problems into your house isn't always safe REP Jun 2013 #11

yep i dont mean people with serious mental issues, they need more specialised resources loli phabay Jun 2013 #14

I do; and they all either have substance abuse and/or mental health issues REP Jun 2013 #15

well if you have room, it needn't be a guy, what about a homeless mother and kids loli phabay Jun 2013 #19

You are welcome to do that! REP Jun 2013 #21

then you are not the person the question was aimed at, but there have to be duers who have big house loli phabay Jun 2013 #22

kudos to you. as for the homes--there was a wonderful hallmark movie about that very thing, niyad Jun 2013 #16

Allowing someone to put their trailer on a lot is one thing. And I applaud you for it. But totodeinhere Jun 2013 #17

You are not alone... SomethingFishy Jun 2013 #23

now you are a better person than me, though i grew up surrounded by family and friends loli phabay Jun 2013 #24

No better than anyone else. Just in a position to SomethingFishy Jun 2013 #27

yup, though we dont have a large house there are cultural rules that kinda curtail people living loli phabay Jun 2013 #28

When I bought this place, 40 years ago, it had 2 houses on it. No one ever paid rent for the other 1-Old-Man Jun 2013 #29

i just tore down a house that was down in the pasture in front of my house loli phabay Jun 2013 #30

I have a question. We own 12 acres of land. My in-laws use to have cows on the back fields around southernyankeebelle Jun 2013 #31

talk to the county, or a lawyer. internet legal advice is always iffy due to local laws loli phabay Jun 2013 #32

Good solution. I don't want any trouble either. His family owns lots of land. southernyankeebelle Jun 2013 #33

you could talk to him, draw up a land use lease that allows him to graze loli phabay Jun 2013 #34

If you're still paying the taxes on it and its still in the deed book in your name, then its yours. 1-Old-Man Jun 2013 #36

Yes we are still paying the taxes on it. southernyankeebelle Jun 2013 #37

I've been on both ends of this arrangement and thank you for bringing this up and doing this. uppityperson Jun 2013 #35

Sounds good, but ... david13 Jun 2013 #38