Squatters Move

Thankfully, I did not have to ask the police to remove the squatters from the property.  PD could not do it anyway. The states attorney's office told the local PD that they would not allow it.  Can you believe it?  People are illegally standing around on my property (because they are not living there---yeah right whatever.)  and there is nothing I can do about it.  Fortunately, I did not find this out until 1:30 this afternoon.

Well, this is what I did.  I located the real tenants of the apartment in another town 10 miles away and told the tenant of that property= real tenants girlfriend (because my tenant would not come to the door; I heard him tell his girlfriend to say that he was not here).  So I just unloaded on said girlfriend.  "AT 2:30 p.m. today I will be at the apartment with the police to set squatters off the property, change the locks on the door, and that they would be arrested for trespassing if they returned."  I was sure that she would get the message to her boyfriend who in turn would inform the squatters.  It worked.  They are packing as I write and the keys are going to be delivered to me in 20 minutes.  I expect there to be some damage, dirt,and trash left behind.

Is it a happy ending?  Yes, I got rid of the squatters with loud noise and rowdy/druggie activities.  Neighbors are happy!   I'll have to do some rehab work on the apartment..but that's to be expected after each move.  The big unhappy ending is to the tenants in the front apartment.  Damages to the truck of front apartment: 2 flat tires, stolen keys= no transportation so wife dropped out of college, husband can't get to work = no income to pay rent so they will be homeless next month.  (That's how long it will take to kick them out for non-payment.)  And I will have no rent money until the units are ready to rent again. 

Why can't people just get along?  This whole mess was caused by people not being considerate to one another.  This one got mad, did something stupid, and the other reacted by doing something  worse.  Now we have 2 displaced families.   People be good to each other!

It's a day!