Lando Thomas, one of the business owners behind Southern California-based Squatter Squad, has been removing squatters since 2018.
A group of Californians has taken the squatting crisis in the state into their own hands and created a business in which you can hire someone to get rid of illegal tenants on your property.During the COVID-19 pandemic, several states updated their rules to allow renters more leniency if they were unable to make their monthly payments.
In Bellevue, Washington, for instance, landlord Jaskaran Singh said he has lost $80,000 in unpaid rent from a squatter who has filed a Temporary Protection Order against Singh, effectively barring him from going within 1,000 feet of the property he legally owns.When it comes to what homeowners should do with their own squatters, Thomas was clear.'Stand your ground with them,' Thomas said.
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