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Just To Be Fair: Stateside Squatters

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Condo bust draws scams and squatters

MIAMI – June 19, 2008 – Someone had kicked the door in on the foreclosure on the 33rd floor at The Club at Brickell Bay. Last week, Lori Rice, the building’s property manager, pushed it open. Inside, she found the tell-tale signs of a squatter: a mattress on the floor, a few toiletries in the bathroom.

“Clearly, a man was staying in there,” Rice said, adding that she called the police.

When police arrived on Monday, they found the . . . → Read More About Just To Be Fair: Stateside Squatters

25 June 2008
2 comments - (Comments are closed)   Real Estate, Squatters

Possession (Squatters) vs. Ownership (You)

Garland Baker has a wealth of knowledge, that's for sure. Like on the topic of squatters. In 2004, he wrote this article explaining how…

Possession is more important than ownership

By Garland M. Baker Special to A.M. Costa Rica

Owning property in Costa Rica is much more than just having a deed. Possession is nine-tenths of the law in this country.

Most people believe it is a simple procedure to buy a . . . → Read More About Possession (Squatters) vs. Ownership (You)

26 May 2008
2 comments - (Comments are closed)   Legal Arrangements, Living-In, Real Estate, Squatters

Squatters

A woman wrote to me recently about buying a house in Key West. Once she found out I live in Costa Rica, she wrote this:

I have a question since you are living in Costa Rica. This is where my husband originally wanted to get a home. We had even started to look when we were told there is a really bad problem with people stealing and/or homesteading your property if you left it to go anywhere. Have you found this to be true? Linda

Hi Linda,

That is all true. When we leave to . . . → Read More About Squatters

29 April 2008
16 comments - (Comments are closed)   Crime, Culture Shock, Legal Arrangements, Living-In, Squatters