Homeowners enlist "Squatter Hunter" to get back their homes

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"Squatters' rights" laws often protect those who are illegally occupying a property. Carter Evans shows who some property owners are turning to when the law is no help.
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@MilePost106 3 дня назад

What I find amusing, a car gets stolen they get caught and go to jail on a felony charge. But take over a house that doesn’t belong to you, they get rewarded and get to stay.

@PhecdaPlato 2 дня назад

Thank you!! I’ve been thinking the same thing for a while now.

@Agtsmirnoff 2 дня назад

Well, I generally agree with you, a car is different than a domicile

@PSUQDPICHQIEIWC 2 дня назад

@@Agtsmirnoff "It's different" doesn't explain _how_ it's different or _why_ the difference is or should be meaningful.

@jen-a-purr 2 дня назад

@@Agtsmirnoffthen why do homeless people live in cars? That would make it a domicile. Try again.

@GeorgeWashingtonLaserMusket 2 дня назад

Sort but not really. The problem with a "fair" system is there's going to be flaws. Just like how a rape survivor has to go to court because we have the right to see our accuser, a tenant with a lease is given the benefit of the doubt; the problem is when the lease has the name of someone that isn't even the owner or an authorized party of the owner. I like what Florida did where a landlord can sign an affidavit confirming to the courts "they have no valid lease, they're trespassers and fraudsters" (essentially) so the police are then forced to do their job. In reality the police CAN choose to evict trespassers if they wanted; they just prefer to call the criminal trespassing, fraud/forgery, and breaking and entering a civil matter so they can go back to eating donuts or whatever it is the police do. Because it sure as hell ain't investigate real crimes.

@briannastultz1468 3 дня назад

Squatters should have absolutely NO RIGHTS!

@nelsonhunter-valls3206 3 дня назад

And neither should Land Lords!

@6vxtecate7g 3 дня назад

@@nelsonhunter-valls3206why not?…if I own my house I should get rights.

@dgtheone 3 дня назад

@@nelsonhunter-valls3206why? They don’t own the property nor do they pay for the right to use the property.

@mevans4953 2 дня назад

All squatters should be assumed to be hostile

@enqquerthahhgut1842 2 дня назад

@@6vxtecate7ghe’s talking about billionaires that own many properties to inflate the market

@rr7firefly 3 дня назад

Why are squatters typically hoarders who trash up a property they have no lease to occupy? That airbnb apartment looks like a total mess.

@john_in_phoenix 2 дня назад

Lack of respect for themselves and others. "If I can't have it, nobody can" attitude.

@MisfitsFiendClub138 2 дня назад

Hoarding is a real sickness. Long time ago had a roommate who was a total hoarder, he was out of his mind

@hkiajtaqks5253 2 дня назад

I suppose they are usually homeless people without jobs, so they do whatever it takes to survive.

@bilo6832 2 дня назад

I think the disorganization indicates the state of being. I think it less likely that a person that is well organized and has a clean home and car would be a squatter. This is why businesses and landlords use credit checks as a screening tool.

@arizonaandrew 2 дня назад

Drugs

@TheBlackJuJu 2 дня назад

"Times are hard." Got 5 dogs !!!

@hkiajtaqks5253 2 дня назад

and he's trashing the place while having pregnant wife.

@tooge47 2 дня назад

those are not SQUATTERS, those are TRESPASSERS

@bryanx590 День назад

Hey, I got a call from the Native Americans, they want the squatters gone. No not the those squatters, the guy who owns the home, he did not have permission to build on stolen land.

@CB-ke7eq 2 дня назад

He's not on the verge of homelessness, him and his gf ARE homeless and stealing someone's property. Htf is this not an offense worthy of arrest?

@JohnVelcofsky 2 дня назад

I don't understand how he's homeless. He seems perfectly capable of getting a job.

@garyjohnson8327 День назад

Well, they called it America when it was done in the 17th thru 21st centuries

@CB-ke7eq День назад

@@garyjohnson8327 I heard a Rage Against The Machine song about that once, for real though.

@seank7413 3 дня назад

I used to think that squatters were simply people who were fighting greedy landlords or staying in vacant buildings but in reality they are breaking into homes

@cardinal8268 2 дня назад

Most landlords are mom and pop owners with one property.

@GarretGrayCamera 2 дня назад

I think the squatter rights are there to protect tenants from greedy landlords like you're saying. I don't know. None of these stories ever explain where those rights come from. I'm sure there's some kind of logic behind it but these guys take it one step further.

@j3rkcat 2 дня назад

@@cardinal8268 Same mom and pop using Yieldstar to inflate rental prices? This is more then a mom and pop problem. This is a nation wide issue, brought on by selfish NIMBYS and finished off by Yieldstar. WE LACK HOUSING!!!!!! WE NEED MORE HOUSING!!!

@seank7413 2 дня назад

@@cardinal8268 I'm a renter and I refuse to rent from professional landlords who are too lazy to work

@jen-a-purr 2 дня назад

Legally breaking into homes is something our four fathers didn’t see coming back in the day.

@garcjr 2 дня назад

He knocks up a girl has five dogs and says times are tough. Bro you got to be better at making decisions.

@warrenb8228 2 дня назад

Squatters are just thieves with extra steps.

@bilo6832 2 дня назад

They can afford five dogs but can’t pay rent?

@chestyvulva 2 дня назад

That's the mental health crisis, dear.

@bilo6832 2 дня назад

@@chestyvulva I’m not seeing the connection. Please elaborate sweetie.

@L32C-yg9hm 2 дня назад

They almost certainly aren't receiving adequate care

@MAYNARD927 3 часа назад

And a baby on the way! I have never had kids, but I've heard that they cost a lot of money to raise.

@john_in_phoenix 2 дня назад

It's a shame you have to hire a contractor to enforce the law. It's worth every penny.

@DRventura333 2 дня назад

and sadly that's what these bottom feeders look for; to move place to place live free and get paid to move out

@pppantz 3 дня назад

Why do squatters always make a mess?

@Omar_Zazzle 2 дня назад

They have no respect for anyone, including themselves.

@PSUQDPICHQIEIWC 2 дня назад

It's not their property. If they're willfully trespassing and squatting, why would they care enough to refrain from causing damage?

@markwebb8013 3 дня назад

Squatter went missing in everglades or ocean.

@PSUQDPICHQIEIWC 2 дня назад

Nothing of value was lost.

@sableann4255 2 дня назад

Squatter should have ZERO rights!!!! this is insane

@mr.stonerUDX714 2 дня назад

In my world they have 0 rights to anything including Breathing MY air!!!

@garyjohnson8327 День назад

Agreed. Every non indigenous person here is a squatter

@HondaRidea 2 дня назад

Squatter: i’m not going anywhere Homeowner : I know…… (Opens basement door)

@hkiajtaqks5253 2 дня назад

Send some squatters to politicians' houses and see how laws change overnight.

@beccalove8791 2 дня назад

Now when people decide to go on vacation they need to make sure someone is preventing squatters from moving in so they don’t come home to a disaster

@user-dw1ls3rp1l 2 дня назад

Typical excuse: we will move out as soon as we find a place to go. Well, you didn't look for a place when you knew the lease was ending, so what are you saying that's new?

@VolcanoKing-dj5px 3 дня назад

Unbelievable the maneuvering and catering done to people who want to live rent free.

@vermontkm1490 2 дня назад

I had an employee who own several apartments and had a renter just stop paying rent. It took her almost a year to get the squatter out because they knew how to work the system. Every time a court date would be imminent they would request and receive a delay for a variety of fraudulent reasons. This and other situations convinced me never to be a landlord. After missing the second payment I would have thrown their stuff out on the curb and changed the locks regardless of the law.

@garyjohnson8327 День назад

I had ancestors who were driven out of what is now Tennessee and Georgia by squatters

@Spiritof_76 День назад

@@garyjohnson8327 Well played, sir.

@myphd-myprisonhistorydiplo691 3 дня назад

Home invasion!!! Home invaders!!! Period!!

@carlosk8103 3 дня назад

Squatters and other criminals know the law is on their side.

@garyjohnson8327 День назад

It was when they founded America, but of course they made up the law

@samyoung3592 2 дня назад

I've heard if you offer them a lease for an $1/month, most will jump at it, then you have a lease where you can legally evict them. With conditions on the lease of course, lots of conditions where they can't possibly meet them....but the real deal is to abolish that ridiculous old law.

@robinharris4247 2 дня назад

How the hell can a squatter have more rights the a home owner and most of the time they are destroying while they are there that is messed up. Good to know states like Florida are taking a common sense stand.

@aaronpincus6095 2 дня назад

You want the quickest and easiest way to get rid of squatters? Here's how. Years ago this happened to a friends parents. They came back from vacation to find some people in their home. After a few weeks with no help from law enforcement my buddy and I bought a keg of beer, took it to the local Hells Angels chapter and told them the story. The house was cleared out in in couple of hours.

@ONI1013. День назад

Air BNBs = quickest and easiest way for a squatter to gain access and control of your property.

@irandude1655 2 дня назад

These politicians are all talk no action.

@destinyreturns4885 2 дня назад

You just now figured that out?

@garyjohnson8327 День назад

As a Cherokee, I find this deeply ironic. This country was founded on squatters

@carterevans День назад

That is an interesting point!

@SoloPilot6 23 часа назад

Most of the continent was unoccupied.

@themasterrogerdelgado 2 дня назад

Imagine paying property taxes on a property that has squatters in it and you can't do anything about it.

@monicalara1115 2 дня назад

Law needs to change so that they are arrested immediately and mandatory 5-year sentence to prison. 2nd offense 10-year sentence and progress up the scale.

@Spiritof_76 День назад

No thanks. Then we are still paying for their room and board. Your harsh sentencing is uncalled for.

@andrew9019 День назад

@@Spiritof_76 Probably cheaper than having the state support them on unemployment and benefits! There should be at least some consequences to breaking the law. Right now it’s a reward.

@monicalara1115 День назад

@@Spiritof_76 Why are owners being punished for owning a home and not allowed to live in it?

@shavinmccrotch9435 3 дня назад

Anyone who can’t remove a squatter is lacking creativity. 😏

@mikethemechanic7395 2 дня назад

Used to own rentals. Had x2 deadbeats who did not pay rent. Almost every squatter has a car or bike or something they use. You disable their car they cannot work or do things. Mine had a trailer and they Collected scrap metal for money. I stole their trailer and dumped it down a gully. They moved out.

@geoleo2597 2 дня назад

From an attorney “Burglary and breaking and entering are both serious offenses characterized by unauthorized access to private property. If an individual discreetly enters another person's home at night without permission to steal valuables, this is classified as burglary. On the other hand, breaking and entering could involve a person forcefully entering a locked property, not necessarily with intent to steal, but perhaps out of curiosity or for shelter. Both actions are illegal and carry different legal ramifications.” I don’t get it. Isn’t squatting clearly illegal , under the Breaking and Entering clause?? So if I Break and Enter and then occupy the property I can’t be arrested or removed and am in fact protected by law. But if I Break and Enter and maybe steal a sandwich 🥪 from the refrigerator I’ve now committed Burglary and then can be arrested? Hmm 🤔 WTH! 🤦

@arthurbb8937 3 дня назад

Squatting Enforcers would be a great idea. Get in, clean out the freeloading animals and get out. Nice and easy. But these guys were too nice. Having a pleasant conversation with the freeloader over tea and biscuit and paying for his hot and storage is stupid. Get him out!

@ERAforALL 2 дня назад

They were on camera. I imagine the conversation would be quite different otherwise.

@chuckxu5910 3 дня назад

Why you can’t use the trespass law and remove the squatters?

@Omar_Zazzle 2 дня назад

Because our laws our written to protect the squatter's which is stupid.

@Wisepati День назад

@@Omar_ZazzleThe laws had a good purpose originally but they are outdated and need to be changed. Squatter's rights are what settled the west.

@heathermetz6576 2 дня назад

Get a legit lease and change the locks.

@davidcooke8005 2 дня назад

No witnesses = no crime.

@donaldharlan3981 2 дня назад

Real estate fraud is the problem. Those people don't own that property

@chadouellette790 2 дня назад

Duck and squat when the 357 mag starts talking.

@GeorgeWashingtonLaserMusket 2 дня назад

3:13 You are in fact WRONG. The quickest and cheapest method is to assign yourself a lease to the property as the tenant for a month, move in; move their stuff out, change the locks; and if they try to come back in. Well this is America, we have the right to defend our homes with lethal force when someone is attempting to break in.

@brutusbarnabus8098 2 дня назад

It's not that easy. Were you to do that then the property that you move into becomes your primary residence and the property that you primarily live in becomes a secondary property which causes property insurance complications. Because your secondary property, in the eyes of the insurer, will not be occupied full time its risk factor increases and the insurance industry uses that to charge you a hefty sum for insurance.

@diegoramos4195 3 дня назад

God bless this man

@IvanCastro-kf4to День назад

Squatters should be illegal,and should go to prison.

@Divedown_25 2 дня назад

If the AirBnB owner rents out the unit to a new guest then the squatter doi not have a conctract and as such the new renter can move in there and claim the unit.

@shaggydawg5419 2 дня назад

I wouldn't want to step foot in that mess, not even for free. That's a dumpster.

@roxybryant5076 2 дня назад

Homeless with 5 dogs? Dont mean to judge but….

@Sam-gv6lo 2 дня назад

And a pregnant girlfriend 👀

@adamrussell658 2 дня назад

The reason there are *squatter laws* is because some property owners leave their house empty and abandoned for years. Dont do that.

@DRventura333 2 дня назад

Sadly, has happened to families who just went on a short vacation, another was gone to take care of sick family member, another was coming to take care of property of a deceased parent

@justdoingitjim7095 3 дня назад

Of all these videos of squatters, not one has told how this is not just plain trespassing!

@GarretGrayCamera 2 дня назад

I know. They never explain that, what the squatter law is actually saying, why it's a law in the first place, etc.

@AWKward-Forty-Two 2 дня назад

Here is the basic premise. Tenant rights laws were passed due to abusive landlord practices such as kicking out tenants with no notice, or forcing rent increases. These practices were so egregious that legislation was oassed to protect tenants from being removed from their homes without due process. Unfortunately, the law assumes the tenant is a legal occupant and there is no recouse in the law for illegal squatters.

@b.visconti1765 3 дня назад

When are they gonna have the squatter series??

@caronstout354 3 дня назад

In 3-6 months on A&E or Nat Geo...

@ferretyluv 9 часов назад

This shouldn’t be necessary. Lawmakers need to act!

@johnbergman2746 2 дня назад

Sanjay your going to make a great dad and provider for your family...see you under a highway overpass with a newborn 😮...Grow up dude

@dano6943 2 дня назад

They don't need to be homeless. They can reside in the county jail where they belong!

@jamesmartin-lb6br 2 дня назад

I though a Squatter Hunter was a guy who seeks those who crap in public.

@MichaelJones-wd5vq 2 дня назад

i often wondered when watching these situations why the homeowner didnt just pay someone to lease the property legitimate for 60 days that would be someone the squatters wouldnt want to be in the house with. i can think of a few folks.

@barnettmcgowan8978 2 дня назад

In Italy that has become a practice. They hire local tough guys to move in and intimidate the hell out of the squatters. It seems to work.

@Sam-gv6lo 2 дня назад

Or install security cameras ! As soon as the squatters move in , call the cops and get them arrested

@MichaelJones-wd5vq 2 дня назад

@@barnettmcgowan8978 "If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire, The A-Team” 😉

@johnjonsonfred8423 2 дня назад

Where are the laws barring hedge funds from owning non commercial/residential property?!!

@Spiritof_76 День назад

Obviously there was a legal loophole that needed to be fixed, but lawmakers dragged their feet correcting it. Every state needs to get moving. Making someone get off your property should be a no-brainer.

@user-mr5mc6co1z 2 дня назад

Thankyou very much❤

@caracoates4834 День назад

I don't understand this. If I go on vacation and someone moves into my house without my knowledge that is breaking and entering. These laws should all be repealed.

@Mike__B 2 дня назад

I love how the "solution" for California is to go through the courts to get a no-trespass assigned to your property. Like shouldn't that be the default? I used to laugh when people would put "no parking" signs on their garage doors in front of their driveway, you don't need to do that, the default is "that isn't yours, so you can't be there".

@littleone7404 День назад

I think it's ridiculous that you have to pay this lazy bum.A hotel and a storage unit to get them out of your own property

@uisblackcat День назад

If the law were changed, a landlord, who has a verbal month-to-month lease with someone, could call the cops for trespass and have people arrested for any reason or no reason. That said, there needs to be a way to preemptively register a property so that someone cannot just move in and claim the right that we give actual tenants.

@Jrad117 23 часа назад

Lawlessness been going on for too long in this country and this is the result. Order needs to be brought back. We will have ordered!

@MichaelJones-wd5vq 2 дня назад

"If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire, The A-Team"

@Ryan-wx1bi 2 дня назад

If I had this problem I would just start squatting in my local lawmakers home. I'm sure things would change then

@iabdgogogo1234letsgo День назад

Could there be a louder indictment of elected officials than "squatter hunters" being a necessary and viable business? If you can't determine who comes and goes on your own property, it's not yours.

@nonyadamnbusiness9887 2 дня назад

A lot of this could be avoided if landlords have a unique lease which is notarized and recorded. That makes it really easy to prove forgery. I'm also surprised that security services haven't always offered this service.

@oiseauNoir День назад

I also don't understand why people don't put an alarm on their house. If a squatter claims to live there, they should know the code.

@realbosstakea День назад

theyll just rip it out

@destroystreets1023 22 часа назад

SJCs squtter removal services are unmatched. in less then 3 hours he had a proffesional squatter out

@ramenman534 День назад

“Hey no where to go, no money, i got an idea. Lets get pregnant!” squatters probably

@alpark3024 День назад

airbnb should state no animals.

@rirkc 6 часов назад

One of the stupidest laws on the books protects squatters. Ridiculous.

@heathermetz6576 2 дня назад

Which insurance companies offer squatters insurance?

@LisaGilley-Artist 22 часа назад

Wow, I'd be terrified if I owned an Air BNB. What keeps people from doing this to those rentals?

@dim7239 7 часов назад

There's some sort of legal notice you can ask any renters to sign so that it doesn't happen and they can instantly evict you. In California it's a necessity because you need to have a several day notice for these squatters, and they can just destroy your house or a room in the mean time.

@ross.neuberth 2 дня назад

Cannot believe it has gotten to this point

@callamastia 3 дня назад

america hanging itself with all the red tape

@ralphee7487 2 дня назад

That is going to be our epitaph for America. "We died due to Red Tape."

@Sam-gv6lo 2 дня назад

This doesn’t fly in Florida !!!

@evanmurphey 2 дня назад

I mean people nowadays are absolutely shameless idk why anyone is surprised that people are still doing this

@susanlewis9351 2 дня назад

Our legal system sucks

@angelsandfaes День назад

See. I’ve been saying for years that a group needs to get together of 4 or 5 big scary looking men to get a lease and move in. Most squatters will leave.

@duvine3882 День назад

Squatters still squat on the green side of the sidewalk you must lawn but is not yours, the city/county/state vacant lot across you plus more so laws that have changed must be updated.

@AuratusCricetus 2 дня назад

Castle Doctrine should solve a squatter problem...

@jimcole2648 День назад

Pregnant and 5 dogs? Giving them rights? Hell no. Speed dial Glock and evict in minutes. This is BS.

@utuberme1 21 час назад

I feel bad for the guy with pregnant gf and no where to go.

@terriw1450 День назад

Bet his parents are proud of him.

@donbush9091 2 дня назад

Nice work ❤

@nanwu3650 2 дня назад

Does the Private Property work?

@peterl.104 День назад

What if I hire a large group people to out squat the squatters? Just pay them to live in the place until the squatters leave. Depending on the original squatters’ schedule, the hired squatters might not even have to sleep there.

@RobertBrown-le4wj 2 дня назад

As long as the raptor fences don't shut down..

@jimplummer4879 2 дня назад

I think there are squatters living in a vacant house near me.

3 дня назад

there is another way that I cant say on youtube.

@seeharvester 2 дня назад

Is it give them a new house?

2 дня назад

@@seeharvester it's worse than that, if it's something I can't say on youtube it's prettty bad.

@seeharvester 2 дня назад

Yeah, if you say anything you'll get a spanking. Elon needs to buy youtube.

@dustyburner 2 дня назад

Sunjay would have left in an ambulance.

@seeharvester 2 дня назад

I know a quicker way.

@roberthall6161 День назад

Federal laws.

@JP-nz4em 2 дня назад

why squatters are so messy

@DaHaiZhu 2 дня назад

Then the next day someone else moves in and this BS starts all over again.

@frankboyer1490 2 дня назад

A lot of ignorant comments in here. There are definitely squatters who are just looking to take advantage when they are more than capable of sorting themselves out. But there are also a lot of people who the system has failed and they are simply desperate to avoid living on the streets. The "pull yourself by your bootstraps" mentality in this country is ridiculous and ignores the everyday reality facing so many people, whether it's job loss, health issues, housing shortage, etc. Yes, the property owners should have rights but treating squatters like they're sub-human isn't going to help them.

@klingerwvu5253 2 дня назад

Squatter hunters...Listen. And understand. That squatter is out there. It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not leave your house, ever, until you are dead.