Why would the legal world take much longer and many more dollars to achieve what this guy can?
The court system here has a huge backlog, so it can literally take a year in MOST cases to get rid of them (if not longer like during Covid). An owner basically has to first call the cops who verify they are not a paying tenant, then weeks later file a petition with the city to have them removed within 90 days, then after 90 days, if they do not vacate, submit a court action to go to court. If they’re a no show on the court date several months later, they will finally get forcibly removed a few weeks after the court date. All this because they, squatters have rights:
Why wouldn’t everyone just sign a lease to their friend?
If you have friends willing to take the risk of getting injured or hurt in the process, sure, but I don’t know anyone who would do that personally.
If the landlord is aware of the squatters and then enters into a lease intended to deprive them of possession, how is that not just an end run around the law?
As stated before, it’s a loophole to the squatters rights linked above. Here is SoCal you either wait your turn for your day in court whilst they trash the place OR you do something like this. The law just hasn’t caught up and thus why Squatter Hunter is lobbying for change.
The video does, but here’s one that may explain it better:
https://www.the-sun.com/news/10824220/squatter-hunter-flash-shelton-evict-laws-business/
The court system here has a huge backlog, so it can literally take a year in MOST cases to get rid of them (if not longer like during Covid). An owner basically has to first call the cops who verify they are not a paying tenant, then weeks later file a petition with the city to have them removed within 90 days, then after 90 days, if they do not vacate, submit a court action to go to court. If they’re a no show on the court date several months later, they will finally get forcibly removed a few weeks after the court date. All this because they, squatters have rights:
https://www.sapling.com/12143680/legally-rid-squatters-california
If you have friends willing to take the risk of getting injured or hurt in the process, sure, but I don’t know anyone who would do that personally.
As stated before, it’s a loophole to the squatters rights linked above. Here is SoCal you either wait your turn for your day in court whilst they trash the place OR you do something like this. The law just hasn’t caught up and thus why Squatter Hunter is lobbying for change.
Thanks, you did say to watch the video and I missed that, I’ll give it a watch