NOTHING is for free......Unless this guy is some saint and your soul mate best friend, there is a reason he's getting rid of it for FREE....a reason why the business next door passed......a reason why the charities are passing on a FREE house/landYour job is to solidly find out WHY.........

Get rid of them as soon as you can legally do so. 

Not for your opinions, your condescension, your judgment, your quotation marks, or any other of your emphatic crutches.Unless you have more than that AND the common knowledge of ‘hire a lawyer to get rid of a squatter,’ don’t waste my time.Apparently people can’t read between the lines.1) WHAT RIGHTS DOES MY BROTHER HAVE AS SOMEONE WHO LIVED HERE HIS WHOLE LIFE UP UNTIL THE POINT THAT WE BOUGHT THE HOUSE (once again, last month).2) DO I HAVE TO GO THROUGH A LEGAL EVICTION GIVEN THE CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP?

To get rid of all the recently bought stuff. 

Basically getting rid of more challenging properties, ones that don't make a high enough return, or ones where there has been insane appreciation.

@Carlo Con if you are going to go Conventional, will you have to put money down or has the value of the property risen enough to make up the 20% down payment that would be required to get rid of the PMI? 

Long story short, he had to get rid of it. 

Another problem with landlord references is a crappy landlord may give a good reference to a bad tenant to be rid of them.

I would also clean the basement corner out, get rid of the silt and give yourself a fresh start to see what might be happening.

I have a huge pine next to a house and I'm trying to figure out how to afford getting rid of it before any damage is done.I love trees and shade, but they can make expensive pets.