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Didn't go in long enough to read it. I'll go back tomorrow with some friends.
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Adverse possession
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That's probably what they wanted people to think. But the fridge ( I walked around to the back) had an old white woman and grandkids on the fridge. Whoever squatted first must have gone away too. That car to the left of the house has four flats and is rusting. I'm telling you they're getting electricity for free somehow in there. There were were spider webs on the door handle when I opened it.
Fuck all these Debbie Downers telling you not to do it. Go for it! Honestly I think your biggest concern should be your safety. Make sure its empty, don't get into any verbal altercations if someone does show up.
That said I hope you have a backup plan because 10 years is a long time.
That said I hope you have a backup plan because 10 years is a long time.
I think I'm going to do this everyone. Don't give a shit if you don't like it. It's definitely abandoned by the original owner and the squatter that was already there. Went to the house today and rang the doorbell and knocked loudly. Then tried the doorknob and it was unlocked. Took a photo of the house and the inside living room but didn't go further in. I yelled loudly of anyone was living there before walking inside. Was no answer. Think this is my new home maybe.
Uh. Apart from the cans. That house looks nicely painted. There is a car in the driveway and someone is paying the electricity. That doesn't sound abandoned to me. That grass is even maintained and looks shorter than mine right now.
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I'm telling you no one was there. I opened the door, the kitchen light was on, i yelled as loud as i could "Is anyone here?" "I'm coming in". Then i went in and took the photo from the front door. Then went to the back porch, opened that door and saw the fridge and photos and then yelled again. No one. the car has 4 flats and is rusting. And I have never seen another car pull up to that house for the time i've been around here since january 31st. not even at like 1am has there been another car in that driveway. I'm pretty sure this place has been abandoned. Got some step brothers coming over tonight. maybe we'll go back together and check the rest of the house out to be sure. but I think this is doable.
If I get a job somewhere else I'll just pack up and leave and not give a shit. Paying rent alone would be more than just paying the taxes here in Alabama.
You ever think about sticking around for more than just your peep show? How do you know the person who drinks the beer didn't come back an hour or so later?
Also...maybe the person who drinks all that beer cannot legally drive.
Why the hell is the lawn mowed? Do you think it just maintains itself?
Post this on r/legaladvice or whatever
Edit: I'm actually with you on this but DEFINITELY ask for legal advice first
Two potential bad outcomes:
- the person who does live there but had to run away at the drop of a hat comes back - and finds you, and sues you, and your life is ruined
- the person who does live there is one sketchy motherfucker like a drug dealer or criminal, perhaps high up enough to give no fucks about security, and you'll just be squatting in their house
Edit: I'm actually with you on this but DEFINITELY ask for legal advice first
Two potential bad outcomes:
- the person who does live there but had to run away at the drop of a hat comes back - and finds you, and sues you, and your life is ruined
- the person who does live there is one sketchy motherfucker like a drug dealer or criminal, perhaps high up enough to give no fucks about security, and you'll just be squatting in their house
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I'm saying I've been around here for 4 months+ and have never seen anyone near or around that house no matter what time of day or night.
It's not mowed, you can see the weeds growing from the ground.
It's all brick, it doesn't need painting.
It doesn't matter if no one is there right now. People can be gone for months at a time and still not abandon the place. My father in law has a place in Palm Springs and he is only there for 5 months of the year. Just because he isn't there for 7 months doesn't mean it's abandoned. Have you even checked to see who it is registered to? Who is paying the electrical bill?
That means absolutely jack shit though. The person in there could be a recluse alcoholic who walks to town or rides a bike.
Land records are public. He could have looked it up in the time it took him to make this thread
i have a friend who owns a piece of property they visit once every couple years. This thread is unbelievably stupid. That house is in amazing condition. I'm sorry but I'm dying at "think this is my new house now" lmao. So so naive. I have a friend who tries to pull shit like this all the time, it's hysterical, he constantly thinks he has a leg up on the system.
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I'll look them up later. And public records would show that someone just up and left? I'll mark down the address after going back tonight. I'll go with my stepbrothers so we can check the whole place out.
What state are you in? I am curious to look up local laws
don't tell him OP, he just wants the base coordinates
You can see where the tax bills get mailed to see if an out of state resident owns it, see if they have a mortgage and if taxes are paid from escrow, see who holds title, google their names for an obituary or see if a death certificate was recorded or a probate filed.
Go nuts
No, but the records will show who legally owns the home. Because someone does.
Don't worry, OP will just go through the mail to find all that information.
if OP is coming around the place with some family as backup, it sounds like they're getting ready to try to invoke Castle Doctrine in a house that isn't theirs
??? Everything white is paint. That is nicely maintained from the pictures. The inside picture looks pretty good for supposedly being abandoned since January. The lawn also doesn't look like it hasn't been maintain since January. The weeds and grass would be way higher.
Once he takes possession he should remodel the upstairs bathroom and install a zipline
Muricka, amirite?
If the beer drinker comes by, the original poster can give them back the empty cans. It's called adverse possession, which implies securing and defending the property. Drinking beer and then wandering off doesn't count as possession.
I still think original poster needs to do their homework on the property's history, but so far it's not evident that they are breaking any laws.
We're gonna see a nice uptick of people like OP thinking they've got a grand secret to free houses now.
Thankfully, if you watch the video in its entirety the average person will know there is virtually no way of getting away with it on a scale of actually getting someone's whole house. Bits of property on odd shaped lots? Absolutely. The pre-squatted house with a maintained lawn the OP posted? Not a fuckin' chance
You say that, and yet look at the amount of arm chair lawyers in this thread as well as OP.
Do it. Please update us when you do. Photos and all.
Don't do it if you're going to keep it to yourself.
Don't do it if you're going to keep it to yourself.
it's not that you have to secure and defend the property, it's that your use has to be open and notorious
move the beers to the lawn
Do it the millennial way OP.
Twitch IRL stream.
You might end up with a house AND Twitch monies!
Well both, really. But I do think a pyramid of beer cans with a sign saying μολὼν λαβέ could be seen as notorious.
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