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[Viktorthepirate]

I once bought a rental at half price because the owner couldn’t get the tenant to leave after spending thousands for attorney fees. I “evicted” him in 10 days.

How?

[Speaker to Animals]

Probably violence or the imminent threat thereof.

[Viktorthepirate]

Probably violence or the imminent threat thereof.

Probably got some leg breakers out there lol.

[Martin Hash]

I once bought a rental at half price because the owner couldn’t get the tenant to leave after spending thousands for attorney fees. I “evicted” him in 10 days.

How?

This is a one-of-a-kind story:
The guy was really savvy about how to squat. He'd strung the previous owner along for 3 years by promising to pay AND... The way he made money was to put up a sign that said "Salvage Accepted Here," and charged half what the dump did. The 5 acre parcel was 10 feet high in debris. In fact, there was a 2nd garage on the property we didn't even know about because it was mounded over. The owner was getting fined $250/day for the "public nuisance." The tenant also had a Sheriff's Deputy buddy who kept us from performing the usual Fear Eviction, and he would NOT leave the property. AND his neighbors were on his side!

This took some thinking. First, we got a Writ of Restitution, and a Retainer. Next, we hired Sheriff's Deputies round-the-clock. At another Hearing we got the tenant to admit that the salvage refuse was "his." (This guy went to all the Hearings.) Then we had him over a barrel because the judge allowed us to move the refuse into a public area - the street, which set the whole city into a panic because there was a lot of shit. We stacked it down the road for a mile. The sheriff was pissed but we had the Order.

This went on for days, and we would knock on his door every 8 hours, the minimum The Court would allow, and ask him, "Do you need help moving?" That was my job: I'd do it at 3 am every night. The guy took us to Court for harassment but lost. After 10 days, he left without us even knowing.

Additionally, the guy had 5 dozen 6-toed cats he said were worth money so we couldn't get them off the property until he left, then we called The Humane Society. There were still 4 or 5 cats left even after multiple trips to the pound. There were also a dozen active bee hives, but that was okay, I took them home.

[Viktorthepirate]

I once bought a rental at half price because the owner couldn’t get the tenant to leave after spending thousands for attorney fees. I “evicted” him in 10 days.

How?

This is a one-of-a-kind story:
The guy was really savvy about how to squat. He'd strung the previous owner along for 3 years by promising to pay AND... The way he made money was to put up a sign that said "Salvage Accepted Here," and charged half what the dump did. The 5 acre parcel was 10 feet high in debris. In fact, there was a 2nd garage on the property we didn't even know about because it was mounded over. The owner was getting fined $250/day for the "public nuisance." The tenant also had a Sheriff's Deputy buddy who kept us from performing the usual Fear Eviction, and he would NOT leave the property. AND his neighbors were on his side!

This took some thinking. First, we got a Writ of Restitution, and a Retainer. Next, we hired Sheriff's Deputies round-the-clock. At another Hearing we got the tenant to admit that the salvage refuse was "his." (This guy went to all the Hearings.) Then we had him over a barrel because the judge allowed us to move the refuse into a public area - the street, which set the whole city into a panic because there was a lot of shit. We stacked it down the road for a mile. The sheriff was pissed but we had the Order.

This went on for days, and we would knock on his door every 8 hours, the minimum The Court would allow, and ask him, "Do you need help moving?" That was my job: I'd do it at 3 am every night. The guy took us to Court for harassment but lost. After 10 days, he left without us even knowing.

Additionally, the guy had 5 dozen 6-toed cats he said were worth money so we couldn't get them off the property until he left, then we called The Humane Society. There were still 4 or 5 cats left even after multiple trips to the pound. There were also a dozen active bee hives, but that was okay, I took them home.

Ahhh ha ha ha.

Love that story.

[Speaker to Animals]

Was the previous owner able to get renumeration after this guy admitted the garbage all belonged to him?

[Speaker to Animals]

My father bought some duplexes back when I was a kid and rented them out. It definitely did not work out so well. Most of the people who rent something like that end up completely trashing it. By the time they leave, you are looking at significant costs in fixing the place. Watching that drama as a kid convinced me it wasn't much worth it. I guess if you like fucking with people it could be fun. But that's not for me.

[Martin Hash]

Was the previous owner able to get renumeration after this guy admitted the garbage all belonged to him?

I felt bad for the original owner, so when no one else would buy it, I offered half though I knew I could go lower. He was put in contact with us because people knew the Hash Brothers handled “problem” properties.

Funny, we scheduled court 1 day after transferring ownership so the tenant only owed us $7. All the previous bills he’d run up couldn’t be taken into account.

We also put water in our name on all properties after that so we could shut it off. That turned out to be the best eviction method though still required the Merc a couple times.

[nmoore63]

I've had good success with rentals.

The key for me has always been, rent below market value, then be very picky about who rents and sign them to long term deals. But I've only ever rent stick built (or commercial). Never down mobiles or multi's.

Course my strategy is illegal in Seattle, so there's that.

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-n ... nters-law/

[Speaker to Animals]

I've had good success with rentals.

The key for me has always been, rent below market value, then be very picky about who rents and sign them to long term deals. But I've only ever rent stick built (or commercial). Never down mobiles or multi's.

Course my strategy is illegal in Seattle, so there's that.

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-n ... nters-law/

That's what some of the other owners in my condos were doing before the HOA voted to ban renters. Most of the renters I knew before they had to go were decent people.

I wonder how you even find people like that. In one case, the owners knew the renters through work (fire department) so it was pretty easy going.

Still, those people were renting a two bedroom condo for about $800 per month when two bedroom apartments around here are renting for about $1200 and up.

Taxes are only about $700 per year, though, compared to the several thousand dollars per year you'd pay down the road in Buncombe county, which is controlled by democrats and ass hippies. We don't even have functional government schools. We barely fund that place. Everybody sends their kids to the private Christian schools around here, which are actually very good -- and affordable since you aren't getting ass raped by a teacher's union.

Honest to God, same-sized condo in Cook county Illinois: over $7,000 per year in taxes about ten years ago, and that's definitely gone up.