Airbnb renters refuse to leave, put up no trespassing sign on North Carolina woman's property

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  • čas přidán 7. 06. 2024
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    What is a squatter? Airbnb squatters at a Durham, NC home got their by starting a months-long rental. When the contract was up, they refused to leave. abc7chicago.com/post/squatter...

Komentáře • 105

  • @zoilakhan1190
    @zoilakhan1190 Před měsícem +32

    As the owner of the property you have the right to make repairs. Begin repairs by moving the doors & Garage door. Then remove the & repair the windows & so on & so forth.

  • @luanamuldoon
    @luanamuldoon Před měsícem +22

    One should consider installing electronic locks with codes, that can be changed whenever.

  • @celebrityrog
    @celebrityrog Před měsícem +27

    NEVER do a long term rental. Keep your rentals to 5-days maximum. After that time, enter and clean them out.

    • @ThumbdownMan
      @ThumbdownMan Před měsícem +2

      Doesnt matter. The squatters will still stay after 5 day period.

  • @t.e.8084
    @t.e.8084 Před měsícem +26

    Turn off the utilities.

    • @arfriedman4577
      @arfriedman4577 Před 29 dny +4

      That can be bad if there's a sump pump that needs to run.

    • @LordApelong
      @LordApelong Před 28 dny +1

      You can't do that no matter what 😂

    • @MidnightBITE155
      @MidnightBITE155 Před 27 dny +1

      You can be arrested for turning off the utilities. I wish I was joking.

  • @streakydrip8792
    @streakydrip8792 Před 29 dny +9

    The day these renters moved in they rerouted their mail to this Air BnB knowing they would squat for the long haul. I hate people like this.

  • @TruthbeforeTrust
    @TruthbeforeTrust Před měsícem +41

    It’s still your home, they never had a lease agreement nor rental agreement.
    You can enter the house.

    • @jeffchilders9455
      @jeffchilders9455 Před měsícem +5

      No! This is not true! I saw a landlord go to jail for trespassing. When you rent something out you can only do inspections if it is in the lease. The tenants must be there usually during the inspections. Most States now have strict tenant and landlord laws.

    • @TruthbeforeTrust
      @TruthbeforeTrust Před měsícem +16

      @@jeffchilders9455 Which is why on my airbnbs I list the properties as portion not whole house. That way it is written as someone lives there. Your just renting a room and access to the kitchen.
      That why they cannot claim the whole place.
      I still have a right to enter the premises because I still “live” there.

    • @roninthedestroyer8958
      @roninthedestroyer8958 Před měsícem

      You have to have a rental agreement from the owner or a rental company. The problem is that the police are told not to touch them. Just tell them to go to court. That's in the liberal democrats areas the police do not ask for proof.
      So imagine you go to the store come back and someone changed your locks. You call the police and tell them you went to the store and came back and someone changed the locks. The police get the person to open the door and the police say do you live here. YES I RENTED THE HOUSE AND JUST MOVED AND IT COMES FURNISHED. The say okay that good enough for me sorry ma'am you have to take them to court. ​@@jeffchilders9455

    • @roninthedestroyer8958
      @roninthedestroyer8958 Před měsícem +1

      ​@@jeffchilders9455was that in the one in queens, NY??

    • @ThumbdownMan
      @ThumbdownMan Před měsícem +4

      The tenant wants to play dirty. Then the landlord need to play dirty too. I.e. something like landlord breaks the side window, jump in with a truck bullhorn and make loud noise. Use your imagination.

  • @golightly5121
    @golightly5121 Před měsícem +28

    Move in with them. Don’t get police involved.

    • @hwertz10
      @hwertz10 Před 29 dny +5

      I was *just* going to suggest that? This guy in California did that -- he like inherited his grandmas house, went to do something with it only to find out squatters were already in there. He moved in too. They're like "What are you doing?" "I'm moving into my property". He moved in, woke them up early, used up all the hot water in the shower, stenched up the bathroom every morning, helped himself to the food in the fridge, ran his stereo and/or TV to make sure they didn't nod off during the day. My recollection is the scumbags even tried to call the police on HIM! Well, obviously, when the police won't do their job against TRUE squatters, he of course showed ownership of the home so they DEFINITELY weren't going to do anything about him!
      That guy now does this as a business -- he moves into people's property that squatters are squatting on and makes the squatters life a living hell -- or at least unpleasant. I won't judge someone too harshly *just* for squatting, if they're outdoors and find a vacant space to squat I mean what the hell. But this style of squatter (that either rents or just moves in somewhere then work the legal system to stay as long as physically possible) are scumbags and opportunists so if it's even mildly unpleasant they'll move on.

    • @golightly5121
      @golightly5121 Před 29 dny +1

      @@hwertz10 : Agree, make a lease w people trusted and move them in.

    • @LordApelong
      @LordApelong Před 28 dny

      It doesn't work like that 😂 but that's funny

  • @carmenfarine3580
    @carmenfarine3580 Před měsícem +29

    My gosh when are we going to get some legislation in place to help people with these lowlife people who mooch off of others?

    • @OperationChicago
      @OperationChicago Před měsícem

      $3,000 tha state government gets

    • @NoahBodze-pm9ok
      @NoahBodze-pm9ok Před 29 dny

      When are we going to make it so foreign Muslims can’t turn white neighborhoods into “passive income “ by destroying it as a business.
      You don’t actually see the problem here.

    • @robloxvids2233
      @robloxvids2233 Před 29 dny

      Vote Republican.

    • @rabidgoon
      @rabidgoon Před 28 dny

      Legislation is not needed. If you’re going to rent things out, especially on Airbnb, you need to be intelligent about it. This lady made a mistake by renting the place out long term like that.

  • @walterbrown2425
    @walterbrown2425 Před měsícem +28

    Totally outrageous!!! Someone shouldn’t have to go through all this to get their own home back!

  • @jeffchilders9455
    @jeffchilders9455 Před měsícem +25

    Wow! State laws should be changed for Airbnb rentals.

    • @quitabe9240
      @quitabe9240 Před měsícem +3

      Yessss vacate immediately no going to court

    • @geerowr.6666
      @geerowr.6666 Před měsícem

      Some states have already changed laws cause the squatter are using existing laws to steal ppl's income from their property.

  • @kikiday5250
    @kikiday5250 Před 29 dny +5

    Turn off all services, power ,water,gas, and any other. Leave instruction at the companies to not restore. And don't worry. And post as much info as u can online...let everyone know who they are

  • @seadweller386
    @seadweller386 Před měsícem +7

    That’s what happens when everyone wants to be an amateur wannabe hotel/motel/inn/ manager, I mean “host.”
    Don’t ever trust these lame gig companies and their stupid guarantees or whatever they promised.

  • @ThumbdownMan
    @ThumbdownMan Před měsícem +7

    Break her own door down. Its her house.

  • @sherri8347
    @sherri8347 Před měsícem +5

    JUST RIDICULOUS..CONSIDERING YOU OWN THE PROPERTY.

  • @GraceJoubarneHypnotherapy

    Had the same issue in Ottawa, Canada. The pair even put up a surveillance camera outside the unit without my knowledge. The Ottawa Police kept saying they were 'tenants' and I would have to get an order from the Landlord Tenant Board. The problem is that the Board is not available and it can take over a year to get an order. Meanwhile the noise was unbearable.
    Mercifully, a Sgt knew the law and came to the property. He asked them to provide proof of being tenants, otherwise she was violating the Innkeeper's Act. Of course, they lied to the officer and managed to get a couple of days 'grace'. But within 2 days of this officer ordering them out, they were gone.
    It turned out they had moved in 4 pitbulls (2 breedings pairs) and they destroyed the unit and stole my furnishings.
    I will never rent again...nobody needs to be subjected to this government-orchestrated scam. The government (board) interferes with contracts between landloards and renters, which is where renters get all these ideas for taking-over.

  • @an12-ck1gz
    @an12-ck1gz Před měsícem +9

    Rent it out on air bnb to a biker gang! They can get them out

  • @terrelford
    @terrelford Před měsícem +12

    This makes no sense when its ur property

  • @pghurd3340
    @pghurd3340 Před měsícem +6

    "...I have no idea why all of their stuff is on the streets, your Honor. I have no idea who burned it. No, I will not pay for any hospital bills..."

  • @IndestructibleNopal
    @IndestructibleNopal Před měsícem +10

    airbnb is trash

  • @Liam-jk4wi
    @Liam-jk4wi Před 29 dny +2

    This needs to end,the law needs to stop protecting these bullies.

  • @user-pt3id3xx1f
    @user-pt3id3xx1f Před měsícem +17

    When will landlords realize Airbnb is useless. It’s criminal. Airbnb needs to be sued out of out of business.

  • @HeyCoachBarbara
    @HeyCoachBarbara Před 29 dny +2

    Georgia changed their legislation on squatters rights for instance like this. It’s a legal offense now. Maybe other states will look into it

  • @lcdp9459
    @lcdp9459 Před měsícem +2

    She needs to create a go fund me so others have the opportunity to help if they want to.

  • @Davis2920022001
    @Davis2920022001 Před měsícem +4

    Have the power turned off 📴

    • @earlmartinez5304
      @earlmartinez5304 Před měsícem +3

      That’s illegal

    • @YourSecretIsSafeWithMe
      @YourSecretIsSafeWithMe Před 28 dny

      Are they paying her bills?

    • @trenitty81
      @trenitty81 Před 24 dny

      @@earlmartinez5304lol, I wouldn’t care if it were illegal, a simple call to the power company, hey I’m moving out of this location and I don’t need a transfer of service. Pretty simple!

  • @anthonyvoss9150
    @anthonyvoss9150 Před měsícem +2

    Well it was only a matter of time...

  • @hankrhill324
    @hankrhill324 Před 28 dny +1

    I would never do a rental like that. Just have a good friend or couple of friends sign a lease with you to move into the property. Then they have 100% right to walk in and move their stuff in. You’re not ‘forcing’ them out, you just have a couple new tenants. Those tenants may or may not be good roommates to the squatters… more likely not. It actually works pretty well. Squatters want their privacy, not some jerks living there who will do anything to annoy the squatters all day and night.

  • @worldtravelsisters8933

    Airbnb hosts can choose to require a security deposit from their guests, but it's optional and not explicitly required by Airbnb. Hosts can set the amount, which is usually between $100 and $5,000, and can collect it in a few ways:
    Host-required security deposit
    Hosts can send a payment request for the full amount, or most commonly, charge guests when they make their initial payment. Airbnb places an authorization hold on the guest's payment method, but they don't have to pay immediately. Hosts can claim the deposit up to 14 days after guests leave, or before the next guest checks in if that's sooner.
    Request $2500 to $5000 deposit and a simple lease signed. Any over staying at our properties, squatters will loose their deposit plus an eviction record under their names for 6 years, plus a rent rated significantly higher than normal rate

  • @Ianjdgale
    @Ianjdgale Před měsícem +1

    It’s an air bnb they are just providing a service

  • @StepsWeGrow
    @StepsWeGrow Před 21 dnem

    Do not rent out to long term renters, always avoid them.

  • @jenniferbond5771
    @jenniferbond5771 Před měsícem +2

    Show them!!!!!

  • @jody6376
    @jody6376 Před 29 dny

    Did I miss names and pictures of the squatters? Is it against the law to go to your own house and take pictures. So many rights for criminals!

  • @foomp
    @foomp Před 28 dny

    There's an existing contract that has expired though. It makes no sense for this to be legally upheld with an expired term. Renters are not owners. Honestly, I would also sue them for legal expenses and potential losses. Let them keep trying to prolong it. The owner will win and they will just be mounting debt. Maybe they don't care, but they're just homeless people then. Assets will be taken from them if they fail to pay.

  • @James-qw5kd
    @James-qw5kd Před 29 dny +1

    My property, they are leaving. I will deal with the legal consequences after...🤷‍♂️

    • @trenitty81
      @trenitty81 Před 24 dny

      Agreed, I don’t get this at all. I promise, they would leave my property

  • @1976ondy
    @1976ondy Před měsícem

    What if they are committing a nasty crime inside, what if one of them is in danger?

  • @tashaunadavis87
    @tashaunadavis87 Před 28 dny

    She better shut the power off and remove the appliances

  • @Tolkienlady
    @Tolkienlady Před 24 dny

    If they can squat, so can she! Move in and squat in your own house! A guy in Cali did that and now hires out to do that for people.

  • @malaikhamchansombath488
    @malaikhamchansombath488 Před měsícem

    Wait till they leave to go get groceries or something and change the locks board up every windows. 😤😠

  • @BlimpCityFeeder
    @BlimpCityFeeder Před měsícem

    Shame Ms. Rahman can’t go after AirBnB with that disclaimer about long term rentals. I know the economy is bad, just sad when guests won’t do the right thing. A win for the Hotels/Motels & Extended Stays who don’t have this problem.

  • @atetabrown2499
    @atetabrown2499 Před 27 dny

    I'm sorry but if you don't know the law and the rules don't rent out your home. I can't believe she hasn't heard that if someone stays in a home for 30 days or more they can claim residency. Now it's going to take her months to get this jerk out. And I don't understand why anyone would only need to stay for a month or two right there she should have known these people are up to no good

  • @MidnightBITE155
    @MidnightBITE155 Před 27 dny

    Hire a big buff biker gang guy, have him use the AirBNB app to book the home. Let him move in with the squatters, cops can't do shit.

  • @legaleeblonde4310
    @legaleeblonde4310 Před měsícem +6

    Sux to be the owners. Welcome to the blue America and blue state. Fafo in Florida.

  • @Shannon-gr7rm
    @Shannon-gr7rm Před měsícem +5

    I'm not sympathetic to people that own Airbnbs. Once she gets the squatters out she should sell the house.

    • @rabidgoon
      @rabidgoon Před 28 dny

      They’re all looking for easy money and then when they find out the money isn’t as easy as they thought, we are all supposed to have sympathy for them? Not me.

    • @angelabenson3029
      @angelabenson3029 Před 28 dny +2

      Who says it’s easy money? Most people who have them do it to help pay for their property. We have a vacation home by the beach that we rent out by the day as we don’t live their full time. Many people especially families with children prefer staying in a house rather than a hotel. It gives them the opportunity to cook if they want to, enjoy the yard, do all the things that you couldn’t do in a hotel. We pay for the upkeep and cleaning as well as utilities and mortgage. I’m really not sure why you would think that because someone rents out their property they deserve this.

  • @nex-ex5100
    @nex-ex5100 Před měsícem +21

    I have no sympathy for AirBNB or any real-estate investor for that matter. It is because of them that average Americans can't afford to buy homes. Kinda hard when the completion are billionaires.

    • @mylamberfeeties875
      @mylamberfeeties875 Před měsícem +9

      Learn economics 🙄

    • @jasmineartis5754
      @jasmineartis5754 Před měsícem +10

      She’s not a billionaire she’s a regular American who worked hard for her house. So you’re supporting her possibly losing everything because you can’t pay your bills?

    • @seadweller386
      @seadweller386 Před měsícem

      @@jasmineartis5754Lesson here is simply don’t trust these lame “sharing economy” companies and open your doors to strangers.

    • @mkxv
      @mkxv Před měsícem +1

      Dude I feel you. We had a really hard time buying a house because of cash offers from investors. We ended up buying from someone who invested, renovated the house, and had it on the market for a year. If they were doing AirBnB there would have been no way

    • @nex-ex5100
      @nex-ex5100 Před měsícem

      @@mylamberfeeties875 Or eat the rich.

  • @jefflebowski918
    @jefflebowski918 Před měsícem +5

    I knew this would happen eventually, good luck getting a squatter out in a blue state.

  • @rabidgoon
    @rabidgoon Před 28 dny +2

    You wanted easy money and then when the “easy” part turns out to be hard, you go crying to the media about your plight.

  • @Neppy1414
    @Neppy1414 Před měsícem +4

    air bnb should go away anyway. we need more rental properties

  • @myrat.9807
    @myrat.9807 Před měsícem +7

    Now I understand what hotels and apartments are for. There is no misunderstanding that you are a temporary customer with hotels and apartments. Homes should only be for buyers and owners because the law does not support landlords. Renters do not respect landlords that provide them housing for cost so this business is dead. Renters know they don’t have to pay…. so landlords and Wall Street stop investing in single family homes for rent. Nobody appreciates landlords raising costs because of renters that refuse to pay.

    • @raindances3310
      @raindances3310 Před měsícem +3

      I'd rather see them convert hotels to housing. Let the little guy trying to get ahead keep his step up.
      Plus when traveling, I can't stay in hotels. I require a kitchen and travel with my dogs. Hotels rarely let you leave dogs alone.

  • @jenniferbond5771
    @jenniferbond5771 Před měsícem +8

    Thanks dems

    • @t.e.8084
      @t.e.8084 Před měsícem +5

      You just want to put hate out there.

  • @ahanna4396
    @ahanna4396 Před měsícem

    😂😂😂

  • @koolflows7581
    @koolflows7581 Před měsícem

    lol

  • @K0nt4kt
    @K0nt4kt Před měsícem

    Nice homes are free now. I hope the squatters can sell it also and walk away with hundreds of thousands of dollars

  • @LordApelong
    @LordApelong Před 28 dny

    I hope they aren't black 🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞

  • @ULTRAMAGATRUMP2024
    @ULTRAMAGATRUMP2024 Před měsícem +5

    Joe bidens america! Lets go brandon!

  • @TrustM3Bruh
    @TrustM3Bruh Před měsícem +5

    Yall got a democrat governor.. lol good luck, yall gonna need it.😂

  • @terrelford
    @terrelford Před měsícem +2

    This makes no sense when its ur property