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All Forum Posts by: Mike Flora

Mike Flora has started 66 posts and replied 515 times.

Post: ADVERSE POSSESSION SITUATION

Mike FloraPosted
  • Investor
  • Menifee, CA
  • Posts 534
  • Votes 216

oh I know it's a long haul but bringing taxes current is a start and over 15 years no one has come to see the property or do anything with it! No one took possession or a family member put the deed in there possesion???? Just sitting there for 15 years guys! Spoken to the elderly neighbors many times and no one has been around the property. Very very strange but IM ON IT!!! What's the worst that can happen at this point. Thanks for paying my late taxes for 400 dollars. Just wondering if anyone has some vital info for me at this point??? Make or break kinda stuff I can look into. You guys probably know more than me but the county, title company and my person info search have the same info and it two dead deed holders from 15 years ago with no heirs and it states it's owner occupied by them!!! 

Post: ADVERSE POSSESSION SITUATION

Mike FloraPosted
  • Investor
  • Menifee, CA
  • Posts 534
  • Votes 216

lol guys I need to speak with a lawyer, but who is going to get mad at me paying taxes at this point when no one on the deed has been around for 15 years on a vacant property that no one has touched at all. No fix up, no actual squatting, no nothing except what I'm doing and that is

Bringing the taxes current cause they were late. Don't see how anyone would have an upper hand on it cause if they did they would have paid the taxes and taken over the property and done something with it like me or you would. So far it's an opportunity that only holds a 150 dollar risk for me. 

Post: ADVERSE POSSESSION SITUATION

Mike FloraPosted
  • Investor
  • Menifee, CA
  • Posts 534
  • Votes 216

it's a 55 and up community. 

Post: ADVERSE POSSESSION SITUATION

Mike FloraPosted
  • Investor
  • Menifee, CA
  • Posts 534
  • Votes 216

I have done extensive research and the people paying the taxes for I don't know how long contacted me. Obviously they were not happy but they have no ties with the owner. They love right around the corner and saw the vacant property and are trying to do the same thing I am. I'm pretty sure of that. 15 years and deed not in there name yet??????? And they were late on taxes and just recently had the tax mailing address put to there address. I put a forsale sign up to get a response from them and I got it with a scared threat of me trespassing and them responding that they know the owners, which have been dead for 15 years now. I have an interesting situation and I'm contacting a lawyer but they have no rights at all right now and me paying back taxes could be the first step in taking over a property that needs to be fixed. No one has been inside for 15 years according to neighbors. No true squatters inside the property. Just other people living around the corner late on paying taxes that I paid up to try and get ahead of the game. 

Post: ADVERSE POSSESSION SITUATION

Mike FloraPosted
  • Investor
  • Menifee, CA
  • Posts 534
  • Votes 216

the neighbors want me to fix it up!!! They actually like me lol and they don't know the other people paying the taxes. 

Post: ADVERSE POSSESSION SITUATION

Mike FloraPosted
  • Investor
  • Menifee, CA
  • Posts 534
  • Votes 216

right around the corner, done my research and no heirs found at all, vacant for 15 years, county recorder has only both dead names on the deed and property owner occupied by them. So 15 years vacant with no one ever seen around property, two dead deed holders since 2000 and late taxes which I paid up and changed addresses to me and the people who were paying it have no relation to dead owners whatsoever. 

Post: ADVERSE POSSESSION SITUATION

Mike FloraPosted
  • Investor
  • Menifee, CA
  • Posts 534
  • Votes 216

taxes were $400 dollars between 3 people to bring current and these people are trying to do the same thing we are yet doing nothing with the property. Property vacant and nothing done with it for 15 years. People just changed tax address very recently and have no ties with the deceased deed names. It's up for the taking so my problem is not knowing how long these other people have been paying the taxes. The cloud is unknown at this time so the most I lose is like 125 dollars but can gain about 120K. 

Post: ADVERSE POSSESSION SITUATION

Mike FloraPosted
  • Investor
  • Menifee, CA
  • Posts 534
  • Votes 216

Got a situation, deed shows owners names that have been dead for 14 years and neighbors state property vacant for at least that long. Property is free and clear but obviously taxes have been paid. So I have found no heirs to deceased of 14 years and nothing has been done to property to fix it up. Taxes were late and not paid for December 2014 so I paid for December and April to bring taxes current and changed tax address to my address and found out who has been paying taxes and doing nothing with the property. They actually called me cause I put a for sale sign in the yard to get a response and it worked. They were upset etc etc trying to say I was trespassing etc, the neighbors want me to fix the property up and no one has taken the steps to move the deed into there name and obviously do not have the money or resources to do so, but I do and took those first steps with the taxes. So pretty much it's a battle between me and the other tax paying people right now on the property. I want to go change the locks and start a process to remove the people who have been doing nothing with this property and have been paying taxes for I have no idea how long for dead deed holders. I'm going to contact a lawyer for info but THOUGHTS on the situation? Obvious there is more to the story but that is the basic jist of things.

Post: Probate

Mike FloraPosted
  • Investor
  • Menifee, CA
  • Posts 534
  • Votes 216

got it, thanks. Guy I work with lives in temecula though so that actually helps us a lot.

Post: Probate

Mike FloraPosted
  • Investor
  • Menifee, CA
  • Posts 534
  • Votes 216

lol thanks guys, oh I'm gonna build one and mass mail the heck out of em!!