Squatters are using my REO at night

[Bienes Raices]

Yesterday I found fresh human waste in the toilet at the REO I have under contract. Today I was there with the mold specialist and we found food remnants and some drug paraphernalia.

House is owned by a mega-bank and my agent is trying to get in touch w/ asset manager/listing agent to have them call the police, etc...

This house is a good deal & I don't want to back out just because of this. But am I allowed to secure a property that is not mine yet? Sliding glass door is broken, screens on enclosure have been cut and front window is broken. If the bank doesn't take action, what would you do in this situation?

Technically my inspection pd. hasn't begun yet--we are waiting on changes to addendum, but they have it on Pending for me.

[Curtis Gabhart]

Cops won't do anything.

Maybe put invisible mouse traps on the toilet seat so when they sit down it the mouse trap now turns into a balls trap...

or or or put a bunch of clear marbles on the floor and walkway so they fall all over the place walking in...

Or leave the door ajar slightly and put a 5 gallon bucket of red oil based paint sitting on the top of the cracked door ledge so when they open it they get painted and you can follow there tracks to catch them..

just kidding obviously but if it's a good deal and you don't own it it's not really your problem... Hell you may even want to lay a couple turds in the house to annoy the intruder...

Anyways if you were real worried secure the place just don't let anyone know your doing it and when you do finally buy it THEN get serious about it and install the alarm you mentioned. I am sure it is a good selling feature in a so so neighborhood.

When we used to do condo conversions in mediocre neighborhoods I would install alarms at the beginning of the job for security and include a 2 year contract as part of the sales price...

Let me know if you want any more anti-trespassing techniques...