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Has he tried all the usual tricks.. switching off water, turning off electricity?

by sgt 3y ago

smeej 3y ago
Those are probably also illegal, if the squatter is already being protected by other laws that protect renters.
ceejayoz 3y ago
That can count as an illegal eviction, which can mean serious penalties.
henriquez 3y ago
There are already lawyers involved on both sides so the landlord would get bulldozed for playing tricks like that. When I lived in CA I had to help my friends and family with lawsuits against some legitimately bad landlords (a meth head in one case, heroin in another, and frivolous eviction because they wanted to jack the rent up for a new tenant before the lease ended). While I was researching California Civil Code (not to mention what cities like SF and LA have stacked on top of it), the deck is completely stacked against property owners. Like it’s relatively trivial to exploit the law to live rent free for six+ months while a lawsuit is pending and then ride off into the hills and do it again with your next landlord. Fun fact, if you stay in a CA hotel for 30+ days you are legally a tenant and they have to sue for eviction if you don’t feel like leaving. Although I think AirBNB rentals are in general morally wrong I don’t think these laws are always fair either, and I would definitely avoid renting out property in CA.
Condition1952 3y ago
The owner is still paying those utilities, aren’t they? they should just stop paying
- rascul 3y ago
  Not sure how things are there but in my experience in different parts of the country the tenant is generally responsible for the utilities.
mattmaroon 3y ago
You would think this should not be that hard. Cut off utilities, use something to prevent Instacart delivery. They will have to leave eventually. It’s a good old fashion siege
batch12 3y ago
Someone should make something for these airBNB folks that does this at the end of every rental if they don't already.

Has he tried all the usual tricks.. switching off water, turning off electricity?

by sgt 3y ago

Has he tried all the usual tricks.. switching off water, turning off electricity?

smeej 3y ago

Those are probably also illegal, if the squatter is already being protected by other laws that protect renters.

ceejayoz 3y ago

That can count as an illegal eviction, which can mean serious penalties.

henriquez 3y ago

There are already lawyers involved on both sides so the landlord would get bulldozed for playing tricks like that. When I lived in CA I had to help my friends and family with lawsuits against some legitimately bad landlords (a meth head in one case, heroin in another, and frivolous eviction because they wanted to jack the rent up for a new tenant before the lease ended). While I was researching California Civil Code (not to mention what cities like SF and LA have stacked on top of it), the deck is completely stacked against property owners. Like it’s relatively trivial to exploit the law to live rent free for six+ months while a lawsuit is pending and then ride off into the hills and do it again with your next landlord. Fun fact, if you stay in a CA hotel for 30+ days you are legally a tenant and they have to sue for eviction if you don’t feel like leaving. Although I think AirBNB rentals are in general morally wrong I don’t think these laws are always fair either, and I would definitely avoid renting out property in CA.

Condition1952 3y ago

The owner is still paying those utilities, aren’t they? they should just stop paying

rascul 3y ago
Not sure how things are there but in my experience in different parts of the country the tenant is generally responsible for the utilities.

mattmaroon 3y ago

You would think this should not be that hard. Cut off utilities, use something to prevent Instacart delivery. They will have to leave eventually. It’s a good old fashion siege

batch12 3y ago

Someone should make something for these airBNB folks that does this at the end of every rental if they don't already.