The sheriff finally served an eviction notice to the man who’s been squatting in a Florida mansion worth around $2.5 million. But it looks like the squatter will at least be able to enjoy the Super Bowl and maybe Valentine’s Day in the bank-owned house. [More]
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Eviction Papers Served To Squatter In $2.5 Million Mansion, But He’s Sticking Around For Now
By 2.1.13
Squatter Takes Over $2.5 Million Bank-Owned Home, Bank Of America Doesn’t Seem To Care
By 1.24.13
If you’re going to squat, you might as well squat like a rich dude. Just ask the man in Florida who has been enjoying the mortgage-free life in a $2.5 million, 7,200 sq-ft house, all while the owner — Bank of America — appears to be doing nothing to get him out. [More]
Homeowner Discovers Squatters The Night Before Closing On House Sale
By 11.8.12
A Florida woman says the sale of her childhood home is now in jeopardy after squatters were discovered living in the property on the night before the sale was supposed to close. [More]
Homeowner Has To Share House With Squatter Because Police Can’t Do Anything
By 10.12.12
A couple years back, a woman in Detroit thought it would be a great idea to snap up a house for $23,000, but after a series of unexpected twists, that homeowner and her 1-year-old daughter are now sharing that house with a squatter who refuses to leave because she says she has a lien against the house. [More]
Family Battling Squatters Finally Able To Move Back Into Their Own Home After Almost 9 Months
By 8.23.12
It must have been a sweet, sweet homecoming for the Colorado family that has been fighting to regain possession of their home after squatters claimed they had a right to live there. It’s been about nine months since the family — which had moved to Indiana temporarily for work — got a call from a neighbor saying there were strangers living in their house. [More]
Squatters File Bankruptcy To Keep Homeowners Out Of Their Own House
By 7.30.12
Earlier this month, we told you about the Colorado family that, after 8 months of trying to evict squatters who had moved into their temporarily vacated house and falsely claimed “adverse possession,” finally convinced a judge to order the squatters to leave. Seems like all was resolved. Not exactly. [More]
Colorado Family Kept Out Of Own Home For 8 Months By Squatters Claiming Adverse Possession
By 7.13.12
Imagine coming home after being out of town for a few months only to find that your house has been taken over by squatters who claim they now own the property. Now imagine waiting eight months for a court to finally kick those squatters out. One family in Colorado doesn’t have to imagine this horror story because it’s their true story. [More]
Neighbors Resort To Prank-Playing In Attempt To Drive Out Squatter
By 5.30.12
Last summer, a home in the Palmer Woods section of Detroit became vacant when the homeowner walked away on the mortgage. Not long after, a moving van pulled up and a new neighbor moved himself in. Thing is, he wasn’t the new owner — and there wasn’t much the neighbors could do about getting him out. [More]
Claiming Adverse Possession Is Not Going To Get You A Mansion For Pennies
By 2.8.12
Many of you are already aware of the Texas man who bragged he had taken possession of an abandoned $300,000 home for $16, only to be given the boot by Bank of America. This man is part of a growing trend of people across the country trying to use “adverse possession” laws to scoop up homes left vacant. [More]
Judge Says Bank Of America Can Boot The $16 House Guy From McMansion
By 2.6.12
UPDATE 4:40 p.m.: Kenneth says he’s going to leave his $16 house without a fight, telling the Dallas Observer’s “Unfair Park” blog: “If they are the true owners, then you’re supposed to give it up anyway.” [More]
Man Attempts To Occupy House He Doesn't Own, Uses Claim-Jumper's Defense
By 1.20.12
When living in a home that doesn’t happen to be yours, you should have an excuse. And one man in Niceville, Fla. (how nice!) says he was just squatting there by way of the a law that makes it okay for what the pioneers used to call “claim jumpers” to hang on to property they don’t own. [More]
"Adversely Possessing" Empty Houses: Robin Hood Or Fraudster?
By 11.9.10
Citing a law from the 1850’s, Mark is going around Florida looking for foreclosed and abandoned houses and filing paperwork to try to claim their deeds. It’s called “adverse possession.” [More]
