That is a whole nother Jerry Springer! lmao
P.S. if they are truley drug users offer them 20 like suggested!
if they had a lease it would be a civil matter, but because they don’t have 1, that makes it a criminal matter>>>plenty of cops in my family. Just speak with a cop, and see what they say about the issue, everything will work out good for you.
Yes indeed lmaooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Call the Non-emergency line and find out!
No don’t just give them free money, let them earn it and be done with the whole thing.
I agree, call a non emergency line and find out, then let us know what happen.
Yeah we are bored we need something fun to do!
you’re right too, I really need something to do…
Reo,
It was bound to happen sooner or later, we finally disagree.
A dead beat tenant will take the money and become another landlords problem.
I may even give them the name of a landlord or two, that I know doesn’t screen tenants properly.
Crack head squatters are a different story. Either, they or their other crack head associates will
come back to the money tree.
Now, is as good a time as any to add a couple police officers to your team.
These people are trespassing, plain and simple.
Get a statement from the seller if you can, that states that he had made no rental agreement with these people and call the police or find an officer in the area.
Stop it now. Have them removed and file a no trespassing order with the police station in that area.
Police departments like having no trespassing orders filed.
Example: Police are driving down a street and see 5 people hanging out on a front porch.
They seem to be up to no good, but the police will not stop because they do not have probable cause.
If the police have a no trespassing order on file, they can and will stop. They now can check each for warrants, look for drugs and weapons. They may arrest or they may give a warning the 1st time and definitely arrest the 2nd time.
When it comes to crack heads, do not start listening to them. If, you found a rat in your house, you would not ask, why my house or ask it to leave, you would and should deal with it swift and harshly.
Crack heads are not much different than rats, they give nothing to the world, they only take.
Their life is not worth a dime and they do not think yours is either.
Also, if you are a landlord and you know someone is doing something at or in your house and you do not make your move at once, you have accepted it.
EXAMPLES: People staying that are not on a lease, a pet when a pet is not allowed, squatters all become acceptable if you see it and do not react at once.
Naturally, we all have had experiences that did not go down as expected.( An officer that did not make a person leave when he should of ) but that is life. Never let another person dictate your loses.
Sorry Reo, I have to disagree this time.
Your experience may have been with users of drugs, which is bad enough, but crack heads are like no others.
Male or female do not go it alone, unless you are big, bad and just want someone to beat on.
All landlords in these atmospheres should get a gun permit, if allowed in your state.
They are not hard to get. You will file a statement that you are not a felon, you have not been charged with domestic abuse in the last”three years” and that you have not been “proven” to have been mentally incompetent in the” last three years”.
Sorry again Reo, unless you have better quality of crack heads in your area, I will have to disagree.
Moneytalks
I am in Baltimore, Maryland. This has happened to me twice. However, in both situations I knew that people were living in the house. Prior to settlement I asked the Seller if he had any tenants in the houses and he said “no.” First I went to the occupant and advised that they have 48 hours to get out of MY house. Neither occupant vacated. I simply called the police and the police were more than happy to remove the occupants. One question asked by the police. I responded to the police that they were illegal squatters. The people did not produce a lease or any proof of rental payment. NOTE: Do not call them tenants when speaking with any city officials. They are illegal squatters, not tenants. Tenants have rights.
Yeah, what he said. I’ll say no more!!! ;D
Yes, sir!
Not tenants.
Inittowinit,
Is there such a shortage of property where you are that you jumped at the first one you found?
You’re buying a used car. The owner said he would make repairs to the rusty roof and the busted transmission in the next two weeks or so. His son also needs it on Fridays to get to band practice, even after you own it. Would you cut him a check on the hopes that these problems would simply go away?
Stop pussyfooting around with the sellers!
If he said he was going to do something, or there are still people living there, tell him “I’ll close the deal when they’re out, and the work is done.” Don’t EVER EVER give your money on the good faith that he will take care of the problems later.
As soon as you gave him money, he forgot that you even existed. Don’t let it happen again.
well moneytalks there is a first for everything!
Here in Colorado Everything is a civil Matter My ex-wife stole my van it was civil because we were married 3 years prior! I had a squater close to same situation tried to kick them out they called the police I was told No its a civil matter! Everything here is a civil matter! That is why I never call the Police here its no help! Its all civil!
REO,
That’s because it’s where all of the old hippies have gone to die…it used to be Vermont but that got too pricey for them!
Keith
I know. I know. I was so excited about getting in on a “good” deal that I screwed myself by not following the number 1 rule of rei- Get it in writing. I know this is a valuable learning experience and I’m glad I learned it on my first two deals. My husband is going by tonight to make sure they are out. They were told to get out last night by the previous owner. If they are not out, then we will get the police. What’s odd is that I feel they have some sort of “deal” or something with the previous owner. In speaking with him, he’s fumbling all over his words. They are probably there to watch the house. Probably? The house is in a very bad neighborhood, but with crackheads hanging around in front of the house, that will make it that much harder to rent, so they must go. They can go voluntarily (which is what I prefer) or they can go forcibly.
Inittowinit,
You are on the right track, now.
Is this the worst that you will deal with? No.
But, you will deal with and you will be ok.
We all learn lessons along the way.
Use common sense and always be open to learning from others mistakes and you will not get into something that you can not get out of.
Another thing to watch for is criminal activity in one of your houses.
If you know about it and do nothing, your house can be boarded by the city in many locations and you will not have access for up to a year.
If the police report to you that they have made arrest at your house for illegal activity, start eviction right away.
Moneytalks
Moneytalks
“Getting it in writing” only helps when you are willing to go to court, and have damages you can recover. Even if everything is in writing, it doesn’t completely protect you.
Of course the guy had a deal with these “tenants” before - otherwise, HE would have called the cops before the sale. But now that the deal is closed, he could care less what you think. In his mind he is saying, “What are they gonna do? Sue me? To recover what??”
The KEY lesson is that you should have arranged every detail before the deal was closed.
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It needs to be vacant for 5 days before closing, as another poster said.
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For repairs, you can sign a contract but only close WHEN the repairs are completed. Give a maximum timeframe for the repairs to be completed, otherwise the contract is void.
Hope this helps your next deal. I hope I don’t sound too harsh - congratulations on actually doing a deal (most won’t).
What I should’ve gotten in writing was the fact that there was to be a tenant in place at the time of closing. If I had known the tenant was moving, I would have made sure the house was clean and ready to go for another tenant. The fact that we (my husband and I) thought we were going to have a tenant is one of the main reasons we agreed to purchase the two houses. It was a package deal. We thought we were only going to have to find one tenant, not two. That is very frustrating, but again, I should’ve had that in writing.
I definitely should’ve been more specific about the time frame in which the repairs would be done.
This will not happen again! That is a promise I’m making to myself as well as to you guys!
It was certainly a great learning experience. Something that all the books and courses in the world won’t teach you! 