This is episode number 282 of The Homeowner Show. Whether you're DIY or looking to hire, we're here to help you find the best information and options for you and your home. My name is Kevin Hackett. Here with me is Craig Williams.
Hello, hello, hello, and welcome to The Homeowner Show. We're so glad you could join us for another live episode here from the studio. How you doing, Kev?
Well, you know, it's another day and, you know, everything's pretty good. We actually— there you go, people can actually see me now. We, we, we just laid asphalt at our house. I didn't even tell you about this.
You're not supposed to swear on the show.
I know, it is what it is. But where'd you put asphalt?
So all the way through the whole thing?
No. No, the front part's good. It needs to be resealed. Um, there's no doubt about that. But from my actual, like, the concrete of my, like, my house, my garage, driveway, all the way back to the mother-in-law house.
And, um, underneath my RV, uh, cover.
And where I park my truck.
So that was— that's a pretty long distance.
That's a, that's a lot of asphalt.
It's a lot of asphalt. It took, uh, Well, um, I mean, it was a lot of dollars.
Um, more dollars than most people probably expect. Um, but—
I know, I know. I got— I'm— yeah, I have a pretty good idea.
Yeah, it was a lot. Um, because it's 12-foot wide too, all the way back. So we, we did it right. Um, it's like 2.5-inch thick. I mean, it— we, we definitely did it right. But, um, the crazy thing was they got there about 9, 9:30, and they had to, they had to do some, some prep, you know. They had a skid steer out there working and, um, had to put some, some rock down a little bit before, but they were done by 2:30. Oh yeah, I mean, with the right equipment, it just doesn't take that long. No. Yeah, no, they did it right. And, uh, really, really good guy. Uh, in fact, at some point maybe we'll get him on the show because we've never had a guy—
What's the name of the company?
Uh, Armor. Armor Asphalt.
Okay. So is that his name?
I don't know. I don't, I don't think so.
I don't, I don't know what it is, but I had a not so good experience with an asphalt company.
The one out here that did yours out here?
Yeah. Well, of course, because they didn't—
They didn't do it right. No, because there's no asphalt.
Well, no, there's no asphalt.
Well, this one, like I said, redo it twice and there's still no asphalt. Yeah. No, this, this, uh, so far so good. I mean, um, you know, it'll be real interesting to— right now my camper is not put up yet. He said give it 3 or 4 days. He said really it's not that big of a deal, it's just that the cutting of the wheels couldn't— especially whenever you're cutting tires for, uh—
Yeah, it'll put grooves in that asphalt.
So he's like, just give it a little bit of time. So we haven't tried to put it— I'll probably put it up tomorrow, the next day. Uh, he came on Friday to do it, so—
Um, But yeah, man, it's been— what's— I'll tell you what's been the best part is my kids have a continuous road from our driveway all the way back to the mother-in-law's house to ride their bikes on.
And that's a— it's a distance.
I mean, I don't know what the distance is, but it's, you know, 3.5 acres of property. And, uh, so they, they get a— they get a kick out of that, and they've been— they've been having fun. It's really fun going from the mother-in-law house back down to the road because it's downhill.
They don't really have to pedal or anything.
Is it smooth enough you think they could like roller skate on it, or—
Yeah, I mean, it— again, they, they really did a good job. Whenever you come over, you'll be like, wow, that— it looks really nice.
So, uh, yeah, and, and honestly, I mean, while it's a lot of money, this, this guy did it for cheaper than anybody else, so Um, you know, we—
Yeah, we, we went with the cheaper route, and we were gonna just do chip and seal. Are you familiar with chip and seal?
I'm not familiar with it.
I was not either. So chip and seal is basically— you see it on a lot of like country roads. It's basically, uh, they put down a layer of gravel and then they put oil on the top, and then they put another layer of gravel on top of it. Okay. And it— and that, that gravel just sticks into the oil. And it, it is, it is pretty solid, right, as far as that goes. But it's not nearly what— it's pretty flat too, where asphalt you're going to get a layer of, of rock basically. Uh, this is pretty flat, so it's very different. It was not that much cheaper to go with the chip and seal, so we, uh, we bit the bullet.
So, and literally bit the bullet, but it'll be a nice write-off.
Oh, you get to write it off?
Well, sure, I can. You can. Not everybody can. I can, and I'm not going to tell you how. Okay, but I can. Uh, but yeah, it'll be a nice little write-off. Nice. Anyway, how are you, man?
Uh, yeah, it's, uh, we got a lot of fun stories for you guys tonight. Uh, we're going to be running down 3 of them, uh, starting with, uh, H— how HGTV is ruining America. That should be a fun— oh yeah, little, little quick tidbit to get through. We're also going to talk about this, this story that broke with Jon Stewart, the real estate scandal with him. Tim Pool actually broke that. We're going to be looking at a clip from him. And then the big finale, the one that we're going to be taking credit for, is DeSantis revoking squatters' rights. Of course, we got a clip of that from the PBD Podcast that we're going to be going through. So excited. Exciting show. Yeah, we got some fun stuff we're going to be talking about tonight.
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So anyway, let's, let's jump into the first one. We have this clip. I, I pulled this, this clip off of TikTok. It showed up in my feed mostly because I think I watch, or, like, because of what we do, I get a lot of home improvement stuff. Coming through on TikTok. If you didn't know, you could follow us on TikTok. That's right. But this, this clip. Okay. I don't actually know who these people are. I just loved what they had to say. It's funny. It's Sophia Bush and Hilarie Burton, which I think if I read the notes on the clip right, they're from One Tree Hill. So I don't even know.
Is that what? Okay. I don't even know why they're talking about this. but it's one of the greatest things ever.
The home improvement shows have destroyed people's lives.
They've ruined personality. Girl, if I see one more distressed pop—
Oh, what are you gonna say?
I'm saying contractor gray and beige walls so you can You can work on the resale value of your— I don't give a shit about the resale value of your home. I don't care. Paint it purple.
Paint it red. Everything.
So I've been, I've been watching this, this competition show on HGTV here lately. I think it's called like Rock the Block.
And apparently it's like their number one show.
I've not watched it yet, which is why I was like, okay, if it's their number one, they're saying it's their number one show. I'm going to see what's going on. And it's it's typically like a designer and a contractor that are teamed up. A lot of times it's like a husband and wife. They're trying to do like the Chip and Joanna Gaines thing.
But it's them versus like 3 other couples, and they all get like a certain amount of money to redo an entire house, and they all have to do like the same room the same day, and then they all get judged.
And they get like a week to knock it out.
I'm watching it, and like the way they set the show up is like, well, these 2 people are going to be fighting it out to do this. And it's like, no, Like they each have like these massive crews that come through and do all this stuff, but they just do like the money shots of these guys like sanding a 2x4. And it's like, that guy's doing nothing.
And it's not— that piece is not even going in the house.
And I'm not even saying the guy sanding the 2x4 doesn't know what he's doing. He's probably a really experienced guy. I mean, you don't get to be on those kinds of shows if you don't have any experience. But like, I'm sorry. Like, there's no way that they are skilled craftsmen that can do every bit of a kitchen install.
And, like, I don't care how big of a help your designer friend is. Like, they're helpless.
And, and honestly, most of the— and, like, to, to the point that these gals are making, like, most of the stuff that they're doing is so stupid.
It is. And they're, they're really harping on, which they're gonna get about to get into this, which I think is so great.
They're really harping on going, look, if you like your house, do with it what you want to. Your resale value doesn't matter right now. Live in it.
Enjoy it. All right, here we go.
Your heel was red. No, everything in my world was purple.
Yeah. We were color-coded. I was pissed. But this idea that everything is supposed to be beige and gray and really simplified really bothers me. And part of that is decluttering your home so that the resale value, you know, is high and it's easy to sell in the future. You can't be in a relationship worried about the exit, right? And you're in a relationship with your home. You gotta treat that home like it's your woman. And you have to dress it up and accessorize it and treat it well. Adorn it.
It's a jewel. Hello. Yeah. Your house deserves rings.
So yeah, treat your house like it's your fancy girlfriend. That's what I want for you guys.
All right. Well, that's it. Yeah.
You'll do this. I, I, yeah, I like it. I think, I think towards the end of the clip she actually says, yeah, just treat your house like it's your fancy girlfriend.
So it's, I mean, and she, The, the thing that I like about what she's saying there, and this is so true, it's like I have people come over to my house, right? And I'm, you know, there's a lot of people that apologize when you come over to their house. It's like, oh, I'm sorry, it's so dirty. And it's like, well, you just spent 7 hours cleaning it, so I don't really know why you're apologizing for the fact you knew I was coming over. But I kind of look at people and I'm like, sorry, I live here.
come on in. Yeah, you're welcome in my home. Yeah, that I live in.
I like you, you're invited into our mess.
Right? I've got 2 children, I got a dog, all of them live in my house. I got 2 dogs outside, they don't come in my house. But like, it's just what it is. Like, right, if I like that, who cares what everybody else likes, right?
Yeah, I mean, if that's how you enjoy— but like, if you like it immaculately clean, by all means.
Oh no, no, and I'm not saying you shouldn't clean your house. Yeah, and that's not my point. My point isn't that you should declutter it just because someone else thinks you should. It's do what you want to. Like, I, I don't think you should be a slob in general. Yeah, don't be a slob. But you want to not have a gray wall, don't have a gray wall, you know?
Well, I, I also— I mean, like, I, I do like kind of, you know, I don't know, tense up at that whole idea. It's like, well, you need to do this for the resale value. Like, and I, I— okay, there's, there's— yes, there are some things that you do to not intentionally devalue your home.
Right. But like, if you're gonna tell me, like, like to her point, like the paint colors, like you can't do anything other than gray or beige. That's because you're gonna ruin it. I don't care.
Well, I mean, and that's, that's one of those things. How easy is that to fix?
If you want to sell your home, that's different.
Paint it. It's not— I mean, paint's cheap.
Really. And now painters may not be cheap, but paint is cheap. Oh dude.
Like we're like in like 3 days, 3 or 4 days, the Interior of my home is about to just get like flipped.
Yeah, like we're getting the whole inside painted.
Getting a bunch of repairs done to like sheetrock and stuff. My kids have kicked holes in walls and—
Yeah, because you live in your home.
Yeah, yeah. Like what else? We're getting a vent hood put in the kitchen.
We're getting the cabinet, bottom cabinets finished.
We are— what else are we doing? There's a bunch of stuff.
The bottom cabinets? Oh, it's about to happen.
Like finally finishing our master bath. Um, like the ceiling needed to be completed and finished. Um, and the room needed to be painted. Uh, it's just like, just stuff.
That just needs to be done that you put off. And which I don't have time to do it.
And so maybe someone else. Billy's gonna come knock it out for me.
Look, it's one of those deals where I, and I say this a lot, that we talk about contractors on, on this show all the time.
And there's a lot of things we— our calculator doesn't work, but the calculator is important.
Like, how badly do you want to do this?
Because if the answer is you don't want to do it, then it's probably going to cost you more in your emotional health, your desire to live life well. Uh, it's going to cost all of those things.
As opposed to just paying someone and being done with Yeah. And if you need to wait an extra month or two to save up the money, that might be your best option.
Because for me, it's probably gonna take that long to get to it anyway because I'm busy.
So anyway, good, good clip. Let's, let's hit the next one. The next one is actually a clip from Timcast IRL. Timcast is a nightly news story program. They basically have a panel that gets on and discusses the big news stories of the day, what the implications of it are. Anyway, Tim broke the story of this whole Jon Stewart real estate scandal.
And the scandal was, is he accused Donald Trump of fraud because of some real estate dealings and how he'd managed the taxes on some of— excuse me— some of his properties. And I felt like this one would be close to home for you since I know that you've been dealing with property tax.
Yes. Fun Wonderful issues. It's excellent.
Yeah. So I figured you'd be a little sympathetic, a little towards Jon Stewart, probably in this one. But anyway, we got this. We got this really cool clip from Timcast. He breaks it down and we'll, we'll let you know what we think.
DeSantis eliminates— Oh, that's the squatterites.
Oh, come on, Kevin. Act like you've been here before. All right, well, look, you got to get—
this is not going to take too long, but everybody's not perfect. Well, I mean, I've, I've been more perfect in my life than right now, but this is— it's coming up. Are you ready?
I realized I was wrong once.
And then I, I was mistaken. Mistaken.
Yeah. Okay, here we go. We're ready to go now.
Here's the big story for the day. Jon Stewart overvalued New York City apartment by 829%, yet accuses Trump of crime for overvaluing.
Quote, the Attorney General of— Let that sink in for everybody real quick because he just gets to like the stink of it right away.
Over— you overvalue by 829%.
Yeah. Like, you know what that reminds me of?
It reminds me of the Seinfeld episode where George buys Jon Voight's car.
Oh, yes. But it's Jon Voight's car.
Yeah, but it's a LeBaron.
You bought a LeBaron? But it's Jon Voight's.
I can almost imagine that's exactly what happened in this situation.
Yeah. So he's telling his friends, he's like, you paid what? But it was Jon Stewart's.
Exactly. Sorry. All right, here we go. Carry on.
Yet accuses Trump of crime for overvaluing, quote, the attorney general of New York knew that Trump's property values were inflated, because when it came time to pay taxes, Trump undervalued the very same properties. Now, we talked about this story because I stumbled upon this rather in real time and by accident. I had been doing a segment on Jon Stewart criticizing Kevin O'Leary, who is a real estate developer who I would say passively defended Trump in the fraud trial in New York, in New York State. They claim that it's not just about New York properties either. It's about lenders in New York and even D.C. properties and Florida. They claimed that Donald Trump committed fraud by overvaluing the properties to secure larger loans when he knew they weren't worth as
much. And how did he know? Well, Jon Stewart says, because when it came time to pay taxes, he paid a lower amount.
As any sane human being who works—
Okay. He's about to say any sane human being knows if they've ever bought a piece of real estate, right? Like, if you want to say, like, again, this is not an endorsement for Trump whatsoever. But if you want to say that he committed fraud, you need to throw the bank that gave him the loan with it.
Because it is the bank's job to do their due diligence to value property that they are lending money against as collateral.
So like, if he was able to like pull the wool over their eyes somehow, like, that's their fault.
Because all he can do is just give them information that they ask for.
And but, like, we're also talking about a guy that owns real estate worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
So it's just a whole different ballgame. And if you think that you have the bank up your rectum when you're trying to get a loan, imagine what it's like when you're dealing with properties that are worth that amount of money.
I can imagine that they did their diligence. And that they— if he secured loans based off the value of these properties, it's either moronic banks, right? Or I don't know.
I really don't know what the other option is.
The money has to be there.
Either that or the banks are stupid.
Right. And they have to get the money from somewhere, too.
Amount, as any sane human being who works in real estate or has ever bought a house knows, or maybe, maybe just perused Zillow. Tax assessed value is done by the government, but usually a local assessor. And—
Hold on right there. Tax in Texas, I don't know where it is everywhere else. In Texas, the tax assessor is not a government agency.
It's not a government agency pretty much anywhere.
Okay. So, so he's not quite right in what he just said. He said that it's a, you know, the government values your tax based on the tax assessor. which is not exactly right. The tax assessor assesses— it's completely in, uh, it's, it's their— they're an independent agency. Now, they are audited by, by the government to make sure that they're doing things legally and ethically and all that kind of stuff. But I do think it's important— this is something I was not aware of— I do think it's important for people to know that your house being assessed by the tax assessor, the local tax assessor, the comp— like, We live in Montgomery County. The Montgomery County Tax Assessor is an independent agency not working with the
That's important to delineate.
Which I think— I don't know that he's contradicting that in this story.
I don't think he is either.
It's just a little delineation that I want to make sure that people are aware of. He's not pointing that out.
But I think it would actually further make the case that he's trying to make.
So anyway, if you need help—
Typically different from the real market value. To argue that Trump committed fraud over this is to lie. So while I was doing the segment, I said, I'm sure Jon Stewart sold property, right? Well, sure enough, big news that he sold the property for $17.5 million. I pulled up the county records and what did I find? The actual assessed value, market value, not tax assessed from the city, was $1.8 million. Why then would Jon Stewart sell it substantially higher than that. To make matters worse, according to the Post Millennial— actually, it's the New York Post who covered the story— the individual who bought it ended up selling it a few years later for $13 million, losing more than $4 million, a 20— 26% loss. Wow. So dare I say, Jon Stewart
overvalued a property at sale, telling a person it was worth $17.5 when he knew the government said it was $1.8. That individual lost $4 million. Dare I say, Jon Stewart, if by his standard Trump has committed fraud, so has he. Well, Jon Stewart responded to the story.
He says, OMG, I've been caught doing something not remotely similar to Trump. I guess all I need to do now is start a fraud college, steal classified documents, bankrupt casinos, pay hush money, grab women, discriminate in housing, cheat at golf, and foment insurrection. And you'll revere me.
I got to make it. This is, this is, this is how it always goes, man. Like, you get caught with your hand in the cookie jar and people point out your hypocrisy.
And so what do you do? You just go, well, yeah, that was bad, but it's not as bad as all this stuff.
This is classic hypocrite, man. It's like, okay, yeah, that was bad. But like, as long as I can point you the other direction and go, well, look at all the bad stuff that the guy, the other guy actually did.
Yeah. I mean, it's one of those classic classic situation— excuse me, situations of like, look, if you're, if you're going to make fun of someone, make sure that you're— you don't have something that they can make fun of you back at. Like, this is classic—
It's the same thing. Like, this is classic, you know, like playground bullying tactics. You got to know what they are.
The pro— the problem here though is like, here's a guy that was actually saying like, we need this guy to go to jail because he's committed fraud, right? Well, under the same litmus test, he's committed fraud.
You know, but like, no one who is of rational mind thinks that Jon Stewart committed fraud.
He probably used his celebrity to sell a not-so-great property for 897% more than what it was actually worth.
The Jon Voight syndrome. As which it will always be known by now.
He LeBaroned him. He LeBaroned him. Um, it's so funny.
I'm actually impressed that the other guy didn't lose more.
I mean, he probably sold it like, hey, I got Jon Stewart's love.
It's like, get me out from this thing.
Yeah, right. And, and some other guy's going, I'm not a schmuck. It's not even worth that, but I'll, I'll buy it for this.
You know, maybe he signed one of the tiles in the bathroom or something.
Who knows? I doubt it. I doubt it. He, he ran is what he did.
As soon as he sold that thing, he's like booking it.
Like, if you have the opportunity to make that, who knows? I don't know what he paid for it.
It doesn't matter. But I mean, he didn't pay $18 million for it.
But again, that's not the game that we're playing here. The game that we're playing is, is he valuing it over what? The city, yes, had it assessed at.
he's doing that. And so like, if you want to call that fraud, well, then you both need to go before the judge.
It's, it's not going to turn out the way you want it to here.
if, if, if the same measuring stick is being used, and it should be, which—
Yeah, it absolutely should be. It's the same city. That's right.
It's right. It's just a— it is what it is.
Yeah. And again, like This is not to defend Trump.
No, this is just like it could be anybody, right?
This could be Martha Stewart, a whole celebrity who—sorry, why not?
Why couldn't it be Martha Stewart? Right?
Yeah, let's just all dogpile on her. Anyway, continue. Well, I don't think she was ever on HGTV. No, maybe that's true. Why couldn't it be one of them?
Exactly. Just not Chip and Joanna. I like them.
Well, they, they were, weren't they?
Yeah, I think they were at one time.
That's where their show started.
They have like their own thing now.
They have their own theme park and—
Are we allowed to speak ill of them?
I mean, not— I like them. They're good, wholesome people.
I need to like just have a list of like why I hate Chip and Joanna Gaines. I don't actually hate them. It's just like, I feel like I need to now.
You need to just because I think you shouldn't.
Chip and Joanna need to be taken down a peg or two.
And they're Texans. Come on, man. Like, they're, they're from over there in Waco. No big deal. They're good people.
Alright. So in this, this, the last story we're gonna run with today is one that we actually need to take credit for because we're the ones that actually broke this.
And let the world know about all these stories that were happening where people were having their property squatted on.
How long have we been talking about this?
At least 3 months. It may be longer than that, but like, we've been hitting it pretty hard for the last month. I know. Yep. And anyway, on PBD Podcast the other day, Patrick Bet-David, they broke this— broke— well, they didn't break the story, but like, DeSantis released a new bill that they passed in Florida revoking squatters' rights.
So anyway, we got this clip from PBD. He's going to run through the story and then he got a clip from DeSantis himself explaining what just happened and why they did it. You ready?
Yes, I'm ready. This time it's the right one. Sweet.
DeSantis eliminates squatter rights. Yeah. Okay. Gives power to cops to remove offenders because a couple squatters in New York, one guy, Venezuelan, illegal Venezuelan, I believe, is teaching people how to actually go squatting in New York. I don't know if you saw this step-by-step process on how to do it.
So This is actually a TikTok account you can go and find. It's a Venezuelan guy, and he actually teaches people how to find vacant properties, what to look for. Most of it is in Spanish. And he has gotten well known in all the wrong ways because he recently posted a video crying about how mean people are being to him now and how he's being pursued by authorities.
Oh, what did you think was gonna happen?
Well, I mean, okay. One, you're in the country illegally.
So you got That, that's one, what they're going to be coming after you. 2, like, you've gone on the internet and told people how to break the law, right? How to steal people's property. I don't know what you thought was going to happen, right? Like, when you showed your face, right, and made the account public and it went viral.
Like, how many, how many more checkboxes do we have to—
Like, and then you go, and then you get on, and then you get on same said account crying. Oh. Uh, look at me. Yeah, it's, it's—
yeah, anyway, you can go look it up. Yep, they're protected. And this is what DeSantis does. Governor DeSantis signed legislation into law eliminating squatter rights, stating, we are in the state of Florida ending the squatter scam once and for all. The new law, effective July 1st, criminalizes squatting and empowers property owners to swiftly remove squatters, addressing Previous challenges where squatters were treated as tenants, requiring lengthy legal battles for eviction. DeSantis highlighted the severity of the issue by comparing Florida's approach to states like California and New York. Rob, do you have the video of him explaining this? Go ahead and play this clip. Does your house belong to you? Yes. Or if you are not using it, can someone just come in, squat for a period of time And then claim
that they have a right to be there. This so-called squatter scam is something that's happening around the country. There's even videos telling people how to go in and take over an empty house. That was never how the law was supposed to work. And in Florida, we are going to take action today to end this scam and to protect the private property rights of our homeowners. You should not have anyone go on your property and take it over and then try to assert some rights. It's absurd. We're going to put an end to it today, and we'll be leading the way yet again in the process.
The one— yeah. So here's the deal, man, is this is one of the most baller— oh yeah— moves in politics I've seen in a while. I agree. Like, he— one, like, if you're going to In, in my opinion, DeSantis is like one of the greatest governors that we've ever seen. And not because like I agree with everything that he's done, but like the dude just like stands on his principles and does what he says he's gonna do.
I mean, if you're gonna go after Disney, you're not afraid.
I mean, and he didn't just go after him, like he tried to cut him out at the knees, man.
Like, and did a pretty good job at it.
Yeah, he, yeah, he cut into him pretty good. Yeah. The, the deal with this though, man, is he is making moves to make Florida so attractive.
And differentiated from all the other states.
Which is— let's just, let's just say where people are, are fleeing in droves still from some of these states like California.
And he states California right there. We're differentiating ourselves from them. And he's going, look, everybody's moving to Texas. Yep. How about coming to Florida? Yeah. I mean, that he's kind of just putting it out there, you know?
Well, look, if you— what he's saying is if you value property rights, here's a state that'll actually stick up for them.
Yeah. Which he's doing it.
If you are a real estate investor and you're looking at your bank account and you go, well, I have this money that I need to invest. I need to put it into some property. I could put it in New York. I could put it in California. I could put it in Oregon. I, you know, I could put it in Washington.
Sorry. You know, true. You know, there's Nevada. I mean, like, there's all these places I could put it there. But will it be safe?
Because if I, if I, if I buy a property there, what's to keep somebody from squatting on it, claiming squatters' rights, And then I'm just footing the bill for the next 6 months as we go through a legal battle of eviction.
With someone that was never leased the property in the first place.
I mean, clearly the other, the other governments are not taking care of this.
Obviously they're not. And so the money's— I mean, like, DeSantis is putting it out there and saying like, look, want a good safe place to put your money? I'll kick them out. That's right. I'll kick them out. I love it.
And I mean, I mean, and the thing is like, There is no way that there, there are certain areas of the country where this is not gonna go well. Right? What do you mean? A squatter situation. It's not gonna go well. Like, for it, it, it, because I, I told you the other day, you come into my house.
And you, and you squat in my house.
You're talking about individuals sticking up for themselves. It is, it is not gonna go well. Right.
And, and what is there to protect those people that everybody in their right mind is gonna look at them and go, look, they had every right to go in there guns Every right, because it's their house. Nobody goes into your house and takes over. That's not the way it works.
The problem is the police are arresting the people that are trying to take their property back.
Exactly. That's what I'm saying. So now you got a governor who's put something in place that's going, no, no, no, we're gonna give the people that deserve the rights the rights. And it's not that the squatter laws were made— like you said, that's not what they were intended for, right? It's not like they're there to be harmful. They're there to be helpful. Yeah. So let's make them helpful. It's what we've been preaching for months now that we've been breaking these stories.
Thank you for listening to us, Mr. DeSantis. Right.
Finally. Yeah. Someone's been listening. Get through to you.
Yeah. Well, hopefully now it's on to the other 49. That's right. So we need, we need you to get on board here, Greg Abbott.
I mean, because we have, we have the same issues here. I don't think they're as severe here as they are in, like, you know, states like New York.
and some others. But like, it's, it's, it's going to be an issue.
I mean, and there's going to— there's got to be people like DeSantis out there that are going to have to lead the way. Right. Because— and I think Abbott would, would gladly do something. Yeah.
I don't think he'd have any problem with it. I mean, like, somebody's got to go first, you know? And like, there's no shame in being second. No.
So just don't be third. Right. And definitely don't be like in the 40s. Yeah.
I mean, like, that's the thing, man, is like, I think I think this is going to be one of those things that other governors are going to look at 6 months from now going, if I, if I had pulled the trigger. And like, when we start— well, and honestly, it may take longer than that because it'll, it'll be in an election cycle when a lot of governors are up for reelection.
That's when we're going to start seeing a lot of this stuff either happen or not happen and being preached against. And they're going to be like, well, look at, you know, Florida did this and look at how bad it went. And whatever. But like, I actually don't care how it goes. I'm more interested in the state upholding the rights of the individual.
I really don't care if it goes well or it goes bad. I just want the state to stick up for the individual whose rights are being trampled on.
Like, that's all I ask. So like, it could go horribly wrong.
As long as we're still upholding those rights.
So it's, it's an interesting one. I, it'll be, it'll be fun to watch from a distance over here, um, and see how it goes in Florida. I, I think it's going to do nothing but good. I think they're going to get a massive influx of cash.
Um, because Florida is looking more and more like a good place to stick your money, even, even with property being overvalued. if it's overvalued, if it's safe, well, people don't mind paying more for security.
That's right. You got it. So I would.
Yeah. Well, and do you know, I, I read the other day some of these cases that we've, you know, some of these cases, the stories that we've broke talking about squatters like in New York. Do you know how these squatters, you know, like one of the strategies they use to secure their place in these, houses and buildings?
Well, we've talked about a number of them.
So, well, there was one I hadn't heard of.
Yeah, it was they go and they get a power bill in their name.
Or like a telephone bill.
So now they've got proof that they're a resident.
Yeah, that's their proof of residency is like a simple phone bill.
Well, and, oh, by the way, a lot of these places aren't like where we're located. We can really only get one electric bill. That, that's our only option, right? But there's a lot of places where you can get multiple, right? And all you gotta do, probably go down the street and find the other, the other place that'll let you get an electric bill, and boom, you're, you're in.
Yeah. And well, and I, you know, I think—
Yeah, I think, I think what's gonna have to happen there is some of these utility companies are gonna have to start having proof of lease, background checks differently, uh, you know, a copy of the deed, you know, to make sure that they're, you know, offering services to people who are authorized to get those services.
Um, I mean, cuz like, how easy is it to like get internet hooked up in a— like, they don't ask any questions.
No, no. They just ask for your address and a credit card. No, I mean, I, I was talking to, uh, someone the other day and, um, contractor's been on our, on our show and he got— he— this happens. I mean, and I get it. He got a, a call for— from the renter. I need you to put insulation in the house. Come put insulation in the house. It's like, okay, well, at what point you're like, okay, sure, I'll do that, right? But that renter doesn't own that house. What if, what if, what if that renter puts in— I mean, this is insulation. This is a decent, decent-sized project, right? You want to come put insulation in the house? Like, what if
it's the wrong kind? You know what I mean?
I mean, that, that could definitely happen. No, well, I only want to pay for this cheap junk, and now it's a problem down the road. I— there, there— I, I don't know where the line is on that. I really, really don't. But I do know that whenever it comes to what we're talking about here, uh, there's gonna have to start being some pla— some things you go, no, no, no, I, I gotta, I gotta check this first.
Yeah, absolutely. So, all right, man. Good stuff tonight. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, I like, I like all these stories. Yeah, it's good.
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