squatter pos taking over hi $ homes n texas

[filthy phil]

. Properties in which owners have died or are absent because of job duties or illness are at risk. Some property owners have returned home to find their houses trashed or looted.

http://m.therepublic.com/view/story/c023e1090887423f8ad2f44dc6249af1/

[coppertales]

at my south camp. But, my neighbor keeps a good eye on the place. Besides, you cannot see my trailer from the road and the driveway is gated and overgrown with brush and weeds. I always approach the trailer with gun in hand when I go there....I am not too worried about north camp. My BIL lives across the street......chris3

[blacksheep]

Blanket party then baby seal time, problem solved.:thumbspbig:

[Sergis Bauer]

There are numerous easy ways to close this loophole. Tarrant County better get to it.

[mriddick]

That's why I bought 65 acres and a house, if you catch them in the house you got 65 acres to get rid of them on.

[filthy phil]

That's why I bought 65 acres and a house, if you catch them in the house you got 65 acres to get rid of them on.

Break out the wood chipper on their gypsie ass

[TheMrMitch]

I have a solution adverse filers will be averse to.

[cevulirn]

I have a solution adverse filers will be averse to.

Still boobytrap your door? I expect that would keep squatters out!

[old Grump]

Still boobytrap your door? I expect that would keep squatters out!If they get hurt but survive they will sue and win. They will end up with your property and you will end up supporting them.

This happened to a man in a neighboring town who had been losing antiques from his mothers house. He set up a shotgun trap which wounded the man who had come back for another load of antiques and he made out like a bandit. We have a legal system, not a justice system.

[Oswald Bastable]

That's why I bought 65 acres and a house, if you catch them in the house you got 65 acres to get rid of them on.

Always dig the hole first. Otherwise you might be interrupted...then you have to dig two holes.

:D

[mriddick]

Always dig the hole first. Otherwise you might be interrupted...then you have to dig two holes.

:D

Wise advice from Casino...

[Oswald Bastable]

Wise advice from Casino...

LOL, never seen the movie and didn't know that was the source...but interesting how great lines surpass their sources. :)

[Kadmos]

I'm all for adverse possession, but it has to be handled correctly. Most places you can't just file a claim and that's that.

Usually you have to live in the house for a number of years, pay the taxes, keep the property in good shape, and live there openly (can't hide out when the owner rolls into town to stay the weekend and then roll back when he leaves)

It stops abandoned properties from becoming a blight, it keeps property values up, it takes strain off of cities and counties from having to deal with the costs of abandoned properties.

My dad managed to take a 1/4 acre in the suburbs because the owner wouldn't mow the property, the owner was the county. After mowing it for 16 years he fenced in it with the rest of his property, filed the papers and it was his.

I told my ex FIL to do the same with a lot next to him, he didn't and the city sold the lot and put a very narrow shotgun style house in what had basically become FIL's gravel driveway. Really hurt the value of his home.

I'd much rather live next to an adverse possessor than an empty house no one takes care of.

The real problem it seems to me is that the county or state is making it too easy to claim adverse possession, sounds like all they want is someone to pay the property tax and then call it good enough.

Anyone who trashed a house usually wouldn't be eligible for an adverse possession claim. Nor would someone who just promises to live there, they would have had to be living there already and for some time (years).

Frankly, if you can't be bothered to check to make sure your property doesn't have someone living on it for years, and aren't in a coma, then you get what you deserve.