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Updated 6 months ago, 06/21/2024
How to find home owner/squatter issue
I have a vacant house a couple doors down from my personal home, in Texas. It has squatters in it. The police have removed them twice so far but they just come back. The city sent notices to the address on the tax records, which is a property mgmnt co. I've called the prop mgr but always get vm, and he never calls me back. The prior prop mgr told me the owner lives in Japan. I found a guy with same name on FB, but no response. The code enforcer says hes never heard of our town confiscating properties. They only put liens for the money they pay for boarding it up and mowing. Does anyone have an idea on what I can do? I can't even reach the owner to see if he'll sell it to me. It's reducing our prop value and dangerous with the squatters. We have 2 school bus stops right next to it.