Squatter Eviction Day 2: How Much Stuff Was Taken or Left Behind? 

I feel like this Ocho series brings light to a really important point of view when people are contemplating weather or not to go into buying income property. This has opened my eyes to just how many different things can happen with tenants and just how awful the experience can be. Mark handles most things with grace and positivity but if I were in his shoes, I would be a complete mess trying to navigate everything.

My brother has investment property also. Seems these problems are universal. Squatters shitty attitude, shitty life. I put myself through college bu working and student loans lived on nothing. I kept being short on the rent. My landlord thought I was going to skip on the rent. I said I wouldn't do that and he asked could he inspect my unit. The place was clean, I hate mess, and no damage. Looked in cabinets a d fridge. No food. He asked why I said I have every last dime to him. He then offered me a job auround the complex. This was the only reason I was able to stay. If you are honest and honorable with people they tend to respect and then want to help. I've lived my life by this principle and it had been a good one.

I feel bad that there are clearly young children involved in this situation as well. What a childhood. The squatting, the evictions, the screaming fights, the constant upheaval. And they'll probably grow up to continue the cycle.

You did a good job on getting rid of these free loaders!!!!! Now just get your apartment fixed up nice. Hopefully you'll get nicer renters this time. I use to rent apartments years ago. I always left them spotlessly clean. Never had any problems with any of my landlords. Good luck Mark. 😊😊😊😊

The good news is you got the slum squatters out and have reclaimed your property.

I just don't understand and can't believe the way some people live. I have left every place in better shape at move out than when I moved in. I want that good reference.

There's got to be good tenants in the future for this place . . . You've had more than your share of the undesirables.

My grandmother was in real estate and rental properties. I can’t tell you how many time she paid me and my friends to clean out apartments and house full of stuff and clean up areas like that one. I don’t understand why people don’t get their life together and not be trashy. Also, I would never own a rental property at all!

I never want to be a landlord after watching your vids!!

The Ocho keeps giving and giving 😇

This is what can happen, and often does happen. Have rented two houses, between my elderly parents and me. We've been pretty lucky so far, all things considered, but it does not mean everything was smooth either. Came close to evicting my brother-in-law who caused $75K in damage to our house, while we helped him and his daughter get back on their feet. The deal was to care-take the home before we were to rent. Clearly that turned out awesome. My parents have also had non--lease tenants move in, without authorization. Had garage piled on the side of the house where maggots and broken glass resided. The city was no help. On the contrary, the city wanted to cite my parents for the mess. Being a land lord is not all roses, and monies pouring in. Good luck with the new tenants.

Yup, this happened to me as well. Evicted the tenant, hauled all their stuff to the curb and they came back later and dumped it out all over the lawn. They took the electronics, but all the kids clothes and toys were left behind. Just like here.

Had I not seen someone dumping trash bags to make someone’s day worse in this video, it’s not something that would have ever crossed my mind. I really can’t fathom doing that to someone, let alone people whose property I squatted in, rent-free. Even uncivilized animals don’t do that kind of thing just for the hell of it, they do it for food to eat in order to survive.

I don't know if it's because you focus on the difficult properties because they tend to make the most profit ultimately but your videos lead me to believe that the Greely area has a ton of undesirable folks living there.

The screens look messed up in the lower level apts.

Those judge's should have to be held accountable. The law is the law. I can guarantee if it was their property they wouldn't allow this fiasco to happen to them.

A friend of mine rented his house and the "tenant" stopped paying after a month and trashed his house, really trashed it, even stole the new carpet from the living room and stole his fridge. After they were served court papers they disappeared. Then a couple of months later they sued him for the price of a little box of hand tools they left in the garage. He counter sued for the rent and the thousands in damages. The judge gave them $300 for their $20 worth of tools, even though he brought the tools to court. He also gave my friend 8500 dollars for rent and damages. But the judge made it two seperate judgments, telling my friend to give them 300 bucks instead of taking it out of the 8500 dollars. My friend said f that. He knew he would never get a dime from these scumbags and he, of course never did. The 300 dollar default was on his credit report for years. He sold his house after this. Years later I had a company that wanted to manage renting my condo in Portland after I was transferred and the housing market had collapsed, I thought about it for 1 second and said no.Unbelievable!

I think I figured it out. The squatters are paid by the pink dumpster guy to squat in different apts around the city. They're evicted and the landlord pays $750 for the junk pile to be hauled away. Its the same load of useless junk being set up and then removed on an endless loop.

You should plant Thorny bushes in front of those low-lying windows! Roses or Prickly-Pear might be good for both Tenant and Landlord!

I'm a property manager in the Denver metro area and the judges really are just doing what they want and will these new laws it's crazy !!

BTW, in regards to the trash strewn about. I suspect more than one set of hands was going through the bags searching for itemsmof use. Could have been the evicted tenants, the person who held the furniture, the person who owned the furniture, or just as likely people from around the neighborhood that wanted to find things for their residences.

Bad tenants are like people who get divorced ,it`s the same people over and over skewing the stats for everyone else.

I hope you can repair the squatter apartment, get it rented by the first of the year and start recouping your losses. I hope the locks have been changed on both the squatter apartment and garage. And I don't know how the wifi works in the building, but I think it's time to invest in some simplisafe alarm systems with a camera. This time of year they're usually less than $300.

That is why when my husband wanted to buyretal homes I said heck no! We only went for commercial properties, not that they didn't have some problems but not as bad.

The Ocho is very interesting. 🧐

For people that can’t pay rent they sure have a TON of stuff!

Increase your deposit and rent. And those garages should not be used for storage just cars that needs to be in the contract.

Man, I am really sorry this happened to you. You are really brave. I had a tenant in a property of mine who paid her rent every month for ten years. I wouldnt have the patience to deal with squatters. I hope it works out for you.

I'm a landlord, I have two condos and a duplex in south Florida. I vet my tenants carefully, but occasionally a person can slip through the cracks.... First of all, I NEVER take Section 8. I make this work by demanding a good credit score, and that keeps them away. If an older person with a good credit score and section 8 funding came along, I would certainly entertain the notion of taking them, if their background check was good, but with section 8, you will find that neither is typically any good at all. The rent gets paid by the government, but they always DESTROY your property. ALWAYS! Second: Background checks. Some guy comes along and was busted for possession 20 years ago, but has his act together now? Fine. DUI? Fine. Any type of violent crime or recent drug conviction? Adios amigo! Tough shit. If you want your property intact, you take criminal records seriously. Third: Appearance. Man shows up and wants to rent my place covered with tattoos and has all sorts of strange facial hair "experiments" going on, calls me "Bro" or "Bruh" at every turn....I'm probably not interested. Same guy show up with a wife and child and arrives in a decent looking vehicle? If the background checks [plural] check out, then I think I can take him. If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, shits like a duck....It's a duck. Hello? I'm not making any aspersions about the person who posted this video, I'm just trying to tell future landlords what they can expect and how they can handle it. The sad thing is that you can get the best looking person with a perfect background check and great credit score, and yet they will turn out to be a neo-Nazi Proud Boy who tries to bully the black/jewish/gay neighbors and tears the living shit out of your place and then screws you on the rent. But careful background checks can really reduce this problem. Great video!

I know how he is feeling, I am going through the same thing.

Seems like you need some roof mounted cameras. Or just sell the place, it seems more trouble than it is worth.

I never could be a landlord. I couldn't take picking up all of their crap off the lawn.

We have a rental trailer and the renters we had for 6 years, we overlooked the smoking and multiple cats that wasn’t supposed to do. We had mercy on them too many times until near the end the man left her and she invited a unauthorized man and young couple to live there. The young couple we know did crack because theres was crack pipes found. They all got evicted out and on eviction day, trailer had piles of trash and big things left in it. 😮 We did find some good things in it to resell. We have tons of work to do to it. 😢

"The Ocho, formerly the Loco" Slowly getting the crazy out of there. So, what's the count now - 6 units currently occupied and all of them are good tenants?

ever thought of installing cameras? almost every appartment complex that i have been to or seen has them... not only would it save your behind but it can help authorities find who made the mess

Oh my gosh. sigh This is insanity.

Wow.... what a nightmare for you!! Stay safe!!

We used to buy places and keep the tenants in place. Then after going through repeated issues like you are having now, we adopted a policy of cleaning house after purchase and starting off with renovated units with tenants we screened ourselves. It's obviously expensive up front, but in the long run it's the way to go.

I guess is fair to say you wouldn't be sad If another unit went vacant!! Haha. I hope you have no more problems... 🙏🏻

Have you thought about installing cameras and flood lights?

I'd knock tell them they can't keep that stuff there that it has to be removed immediately

He probably came back for that Texas Roadhouse gift card…

I couldn't do it!!! I'd be so pissed off!!! People are slobs!

when the lease is up for that bottom unit where the furniture was you need to not renew their lease. .... yeah thats a lot of headaches.. you need to get some better people in there... thats a video you should put up.. what you can do to screen renters...

The squatters could've done yard sales with all that junk.

Well, now they are somebody else's problem. If you get the newly vacant apartment rented to decent folks, you might decide to keep this place. I still think it's a good purchase. I would love to know if anything is happening at the compound, if that's the old tire place. I get the compound and the complex mixed up.

I don't know how he has the patience to deal with all the nonsense from these tenants.

Good grief so much drama at that ocho. I hope this will be the end of the squatters and problems there. I dont think i could deal with that type of work with rental propertys or realistate. Looks like way to much stress to me. Plus the money as well.

That's a liability having that furniture under the apartment windows in the walkway

I don't understand how some people consider being a "landlord" are disingenuous and it's not considered a "job". I've had okay landlords and a GREAT landlord, the good ones have to get things fixed if something happens, will usually let you pay fees a few days late, and they have to deal with disgusting tenants that destroy their property. Then claim victimized when they are threatened with eviction due to no payments for MONTHS and usually never can get the tenants to pay for the mess they left it in. I've always rented because it was all I could afford. I've never understood the amount of people that think having properties and renting them out to people are in the wrong.

Should got that dumpster.

If I was this man I would set up a yard sale and sale everything for .25 cents lol😂

I don’t know how the law works in Colorado but maybe you should post no trespassing signs on your vacant units . Then take pics of them . Then if you get squatters they trespassed .

@mark Ferguson you need to invest in some cameras.

People who rent don't care about rules.. My landlord has 2 tenants break door frames and never once has she gone after them and charge them to replacement. She has a rule and said no smoking in the unit, but they don't care and do it any ways.

Isn’t the furniture a fire hazard?

Are you renting units or operating a landfill???

Never a dull day for you, I see .. so let me do it for you… 🤦‍♀️

Previous footage, I was wondering where the snow went lol

Need to keep an eye on the apartment could be looking for a squad because where is professional squatters about.

I hope you can get some sort of judgment against these degenerates so whatever income they have is garnished for a long time to come.

The police should make them clean it up!

I want to comment, but I’m stumped. How on earth do people think they’re untitled to squat and pay no rent, then punish the owners.

The way to end this is do a MAJOR up grade! An upgrade that would demand triple the rent, and you would need an A+ credit rating, as well as a high paying professional with that type of pay scale for income, as a tenant.

Where's the for sale sign?

Does anyone actually park a car in those garage units? Maybe they’re more trouble than they’re worth, in which case maybe charge separately for garage units at lofty rates to discourage anybody from renting them.

Maybe the bags got dumped out because people were looking for valuables?

Disgusting! Even if u rent, u have to take pride in yourself, and your housing

Have you ever seen someone being evicted and the house is actually clean? It seems to be some correlation between being a nasty slob and getting evicted "not paying bills".

Yeah, nope. Been through it once and I’ve learned I’m just not cut out to be a landlord.

anybody in the neighborhood could of dumped bags looking for usable stuff.

I flipped houses for a few years and let me tell you, some people are absolute pigs. That is an insult tot he pigs! One guy had given a $17,000 deposit and signed all of the agreements and leases then moved in and let his pitbull eat the house! Never paid a single installment and never had garbage service. The city fined us for the condition of the yard which we mowed twice a month due to his lack of returning calls and once it was done, he owed six months of payments. The entire house needed new drywall, flooring to the joists and the smell of rotten food, dog sh!t and literally seven 35 gallon bags of dirty diapers were just the house issues, the garage was a tear down! He used his place like it was a dumpster and after watching Mike The Scavengers channel, I have seen cleaner dumpsters. You couldn't give me low rent apartments even if they came with prepaid maids, haulers and unlimited supply of dumpsters and cleaning goods.

Can you put some stuff out for free by yard and post it to get rid of it, or does it gotta be hauled off.

Baseball bat + squatter = happy owner 😈👍 Edited to add: furniture + gasoline = problem solved 🙂👍

The neighbors could have went through it and mad a mess.

Snowbirds heading south for the winter?

A friend rented out his house to a woman. The judge gave the woman six months to move and not to worry about the rent. She showed up in court with another woman's baby !

You were not serious when you said you feel bad for evicting them were you?

Throw the furniture outside into the dumpster

Why aren’t the police charging them for this?

I would just put it on that original pile, and give them 24hrs more, and then throw it in the dumpster.

Curious to know how much is the rent that they are unable to afford in $/month.

Guess you learned not to move things twice..straight from garage/dwelling into a dumpster..🤗🤗

As someone starting to get in the business, would cameras be illegal and would it just be a waste of resources? I know owners of storage units have them. Might be good for “RU-vid content “ if anything. Then again, might be something many would skip wanting to move in because of . This kind of drama is why I want to focus on NNN, but have to start somewhere 🤷🏼‍♂️

Post their information online so that no one will ever rent to them again…

If you’re bringing a dumpster why dump stuff in the yard? Just back the dumpster up to the garage and load it

Why don’t you place cameras on the exterior of your bldgs?

New Rule (need to be law): All squatters will be evicted immediately if they do not have papers of ownership or a realtor's rental contract. They will also be charged with all damages to property and cleaning up of said property when moved out. This moving-in of property, any property, by families who are not owner/renters is a bunch of BS and will no longer be tolerated !

I wonder if Mark ever loses his temper on squatters. I can't see it!

What was the rental amount monthly

I'm sorry, I don't have all that much sympathy for this landlord. I've been a landlord for 35 years. I currently have 14 leases across 5 buildings. I have never had to evict a single tenant. Why? First of all, I am very picky who I rent to. I check their credit, their employment history and their references. Second, I only sign month-to-month leases. That way, if anything goes south (which it rarely ever does), I don't have any complicated legal issue to break the lease. Most importantly, I live close by all my properties and keep in touch with my tenants. If they start to fall behind in their rent, I can work with them. No surprises. People who want to be absentee landlords, who are only in it for the cash flow, are the ones who complain about their tenants. For me, being a landlord was my retirement plan, not a "get rich quick" plan.

You couldn't give me rentals even if they came with prepaid maids, haulers and unlimited supply of dumpsters and cleaning goods.

Is this in Bismarck?

That would make me no longer want to be a landlord. I don’t know how the squatters got in, but once the renter got out of there I would replace the locks immediately, so nobody could come in and squat on the property. Our laws need to protect landlords, not squatters. Squatters should be evicted immediately. They can go find a hotel room or in extended stay place. And from the looks of it, these people are having children? That should also be illegal. I would have no tolerance for people like that.

There's a sense of entitlement here. It seems like they're even trying to punish the owners for wanting the squatters out and their own property back. I'd give up the notion of investment property for the time being. Live in your own house, make it a nice one with good security. The squatters need to grow up and work and pay rent like the rest of us. If they want to live in filth, they'll have to pay rent like everybody else.

What state and city is this in? Is it a bad neighborhood?

I know where the furniture went… into the dumpster, lol. They aren’t going to sue you and if they do they won’t win

Well, instead of buying all that junk, they could’ve just paid rent and had a place to live

I converted some of my long term units to medium term with traveling nurses... why bother with that bs tenant?

Bad investment. Ohio?