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FLOWER MOUND, Texas - A little-known Texas law and a foreclosure could have a man in Flower Mound living on easy street.
Flower Mound's Waterford Drive is lined with well-manicured $300,000 homes. So, when a new neighbor moved in without the usual sale, mortgage-paying homeowners had a few questions. "What paperwork is it and how is it legally binding if he doesn't legally own the house?" said Leigh Lowrie, a neighboring resident. "He just squats there."
Lowrie and her husband said the house down the street was in foreclosure for more than a year and the owner walked away. Then, the mortgage company went out of business. Apparently, that opened the door for someone to take advantage of the situation. But, Kenneth Robinson said he's no squatter. He said he moved in on June 17 after months of research about a Texas law called "adverse possession." "This is not a normal process, but it is not a process that is not known," he said. "It's just not known to everybody."
He says an online form he printed out and filed at the Denton County courthouse for $16 gave him rights to the house. The paper says the house was abandoned and he's claiming ownership.
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More power to him! We have thousands of empty houses and thousands of homeless people--seems like a match made in Heaven.
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As long as he's taking care of it, why not? I don't think he necessarily has a right to own it, but I would think letting someone act as "caretaker" for free rent would be okay.
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The shame is ... the original homeowner should have been able to stay and work something out.
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Why do the neighbors want him out:
Lowrie and her neighbors continue to look for legal ways to get him out. They are talking to the mortgage company, real estate agents and attorneys. They're convinced he broke into the house to take possession, but Robinson told News 8 he found a key and he gained access legally.
"If he wants the house, buy the house like everyone else had to," Lowrie said. "Get the money, buy the house."
Robinson said he's not buying anything. As far as he''s concerned, the $330,000 house is already his and he has the paperwork to prove it.
You'd think they'd be happy someone was taking care of it. No electric and no running water though .... how's he going to go potty?
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You think that may be the reason why the neighbors want him out?
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Originally Posted by Terr
could be!
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lET'S HOPE THAT HE IS NOT USING THE POOL !!! Originally Posted by jackalope
' Oh bury me, then rise ye up
And break your heavy chains
And water with the tyrants' blood
The freedom you have gained.
And in the great new family,
The family of the free,
With softly spoken, kindly word
Remember also me."
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Could be they're tired of him shitting on their lawns :P Originally Posted by Terr
TO THE BOLD!
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pool closed due to aids! Originally Posted by stefan bandera
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