140: Flash handled the squatters

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🗓️ 2 June 2023

⏱️ 69 minutes

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There’s a problem that’s becoming a bigger and bigger issue for anyone who owns a home. The problem is squatters. If you’re not familiar with the term, “squatting” is when a person – or even a group of people – figure out that a house is not being occupied. Maybe the owner is trying to sell it, or in some cases, the owner lives there but is just away from home on a vacation. When the squatter determines that no one is home, they just go in – usually by breaking in – and take up residence. They just act like its their house. This is happening all across the country. And the infuriating this is that in most cases, the police can’t just go and remove them. It becomes a civil matter, which means the homeowner has to spend money on lawyers and court filings, as well as paying for some other place to live in the meantime. And all the while, the squatter is living in the home without paying anything. My guest today is Flash. He didn’t expect it, but he was faced with a squatter problem. But he decided to handle this case on his own. Disclaimer – the process that Flash used may not work for everyone. It might not work in your case. It also might be dangerous. For advice on how to deal with squatters, consult your attorney. If you’d like to contact Flash by email: [email protected] Petition to make squatting a crime: https://www.change.org/p/change-squatter-laws-help-make-squatting-illegal United Handyman Association website HTTPS://Unitedhandymanassociation.org Instagram: @flashshelton @squatterremover YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/@handymanassoc. Full show notes and pictures for this episode are here: https://WhatWasThatLike.com/140 Graphics for this episode by Bob Bretz. Transcription was done by James Lai. Want to discuss this episode and other things with thousands of other WWTL listeners? Join our podcast Facebook group at WhatWasThatLike.com/facebook (many of the podcast guests are there as well) If you’re looking for a simpler and cost-effective supplement routine, Athletic Greens is giving you a FREE 1 year supply of Vitamin D AND 5 free travel packs with your first purchase. Go to athleticgreens.com/WWTL Save $10 on your first purchase when you go to StoryWorth.com/what Head to airdoctorpro.com and use promo code WHAT and receive UP TO 39% off or UP TO $300 off Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	There's a problem that's becoming a bigger and bigger issue for anyone who owns a home.
0:13.5	The problem is squatters.
0:19.1	If you're not familiar with the term, squatting is when a person or even a group of people
0:24.9	figure out that a house is not being occupied.
0:29.6	Maybe the owner is trying to sell it, or in some cases, the owner lives there, but is
0:34.3	just away from home on a vacation.
0:38.3	When the squatter determines that no one is home, they just go in, usually by breaking
0:43.9	in and take up residence.
0:47.3	They just act like it's their house.
0:50.3	Um and grandma say they are living a nightmare after pulling their life savings together and
0:54.7	buying a home.
0:55.7	They say squatters moved in and they can't get them out.
0:59.4	My mom and I decided to buy a house together about two months ago, because our both of
1:05.1	our rents were going to go up dramatically about $500 a piece.
1:09.1	We screamed and scraped the two of us to get this and um and you know we were so excited.
1:15.7	This four bedroom, three bathroom, 2700 square foot home was supposed to be a dream home
1:21.5	for Jen Larson, her mom and three kids, but it's turned out to be nothing short of a
1:27.3	nightmare.
1:28.3	We gave the um seller seven days to move out because they said they needed the money
1:33.5	from the sell of the house to move everything out of the house.
1:36.1	So we're like, okay, we can give you seven days.
1:37.7	We agreed to that.
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