My son is recently engaged to a girl he knew in highschool

Yay, a wedding!

I sure hope they get out of her way soon. I know she is anxious to get moved in & settled down.She was smart to not put the utilities in her name till she got possession. They could have reaaly taken advantage of her & from the way they sound they would have.I can't believe they had the nerve to even ask that of her. PEOPLE, PEOPLE.

I hope it all works out for her and that the current inhabitants get their butts out quickly! Since the house was foreclosed, doesn't she have some sort of legal action she can take to get them out.. or would she have to wait until she officially owned it?

Wow, this is quite a situation for her! She was smart to put the utilities in her name, but it may not necessarily make the tenants move as quickly as you would think. $16 per day is amazing; can't get a hotel for that!

Good news!There is nothing like marry and embark on a career in young people's life.They will be a well-matched husband and wife.I guess the bank owned home is much cheaper than the regular commercial housing.

Never had anything like that happen. Sounds like the other people wanted your future DIL to pay for their electricity. Good for her for doing what she did.

The part I can relate to is the dawdling tenants. When I moved in here, my friend organised a friend of his to come and collect all my furniture and belongings in his truck. Everything went well till we arrived here to unload, all of us very tired and hungry. It was a 5 hour trip and the loading had taken about 3 hours, they had also driven over to where I used to live that morning. We get to my new home, there are no tenants and nothing has been moved. We begin to unload boxes but there's not much we can do. We find out that the tenants were 3 states away, hiring a truck and they had broken down and were not expected for several days. There is no phone call from these people to explain. The friends with the truck, got a lift home (an hour away) and left the truck in my front yard. I had to find a bed for the night. Next day, the brother of the tenant comes and moves all their stuff to the lounge room and the front patio and I can move my stuff in. That night, I slept on my lounge, in my living room, surrounded by boxes. I was in my new home. It was a bit of a nightmare at the time and all sorts of other things could have gone wrong but luckily, that was the end of them.

Congratulations to your son! One bright spot in this lousy economy is that people can get houses that they can afford and I'm glad his fiance was able to take advantage of that. I certainly hope that house is filled with joy.

this is great. congrats. although it is sad that the people lost their house. but that is what the economy is doing to us. its a good thing these young people ,your son and the girl have God on their side. i saw where you said her parent is a pastor. that should help assure their future. cool.

Hello my friend GardenGerty Ji, Well, at times it happens as nature is interested to unite them. Congretulations in advance. May God bless You and have a great time

This is horrible. Your daughter-in-law is setting herself up for a nightmare. I would STRONGLY encourage you to talk to her, and your son, about what a bad idea this is. Unfortunately, she may have already doomed herself a bit. Look... The people in this house are intentionally stringing this out. They have no intention of leaving until they are forced to. There's a reason people pay less for foreclosures. It's because dealing with them is a pain the butt. Look at it from the perspective of the person in the house. They are paying ZERO right now. No rent, no mortgage payment, nothing. They have NO REASON to move until they are forced to move by law. 10 years ago, I looked into buying a foreclosure. The guy in the house acted like he was all for it, all into it, and was outgoing friendly the whole nine yards. Well we signed everything, setup the whole deal, and sent him the paperwork. Over the next 5 months, he signed one document after another. Sending one or two in each month. But when it came down to the last document to release the house for sale, he simply didn't sign it, didn't send it in. Eventually the bank called us up and said they were through with this, and they were just going to go ahead with the foreclosure, and we need to move on. He did exactly what he wanted. He kept the bank from kicking him out of the house for another year. He wasn't paying rent, or a mortgage payment. Free home for a year. This is EXACTLY what these people are doing to your sons future wife. They have no intention of moving until they are absolutely forced out. Why do you think they wanted her to put the utilities in her name for them? People who are leaving don't care about the utilities.... they are leaving! They want the utilities on because they are not going anywhere. IMPORTANT Nearly every city, and I know every state, has squatting laws. One of the more common laws is, you can't cut off the power to a squatter. If some guy climbs into a window in your garage, and sets up a sleeping bag, and a chair and an electric heater, he can say he's a squatter, and you can't kick him out. Nor can you cut power to the garage so that he doesn't have heat. You have to go through the legal eviction process to force that person out of your garage. Your son's future wife, can't even do that, because she does not yet legally own the property to force them out. This is bad... very very bad. They can in theory go to court and force the power turned on through the squatter laws. Since her name is on the utilities, she'll be paying the bill. This is a mess. You are heading for a nightmare. Have your daughter-in-law call up the utilities and ask to have her name removed because she doesn't yet own the property. NEVER put your name on ANYTHING, that you are not in complete 100% control of... EVER! She is setting herself up for a nightmare. Lastly, most of the marriage counseling I've read, or heard suggests that you do not buy a house with someone, until after at least, no less, than 1 full year of marriage. Tell your son and daughter to go rent someplace for a year. Don't buy nothing. Wait and do this right. Don't rush into a situation when you are still learning how to be husband and wife. That's hard enough without this drama. I am very worried for you and her on this. If the utilities refuse to take her name off, and the squatters force the power back on through the squatter laws, she could end up paying for their electricity for the next year, until the foreclosure forces them out. From this day fourth, I don't care if you are buying a freakin outhouse, or tool shed, you do not sign ANYTHING until the people, or person in it, is gone. NOTHING. Hope I wasn't unclear. I do hope this doesn't end up a nightmare for you.

If I remember correctly, you also have a new grand baby. So you have many blessings in your life. I know how excited your son and his fiancee must be but they are also having to deal with hassles in having present tenants vacate. They are probably on pins and needles. I feel bad for the people who have lost their home. it must be very hard on them but I hope that they will be able to leave soon and let the young couple move in to begin life as a couple. Many years ago, I rented a flat. The leasing agent told me that the couple living there was going to vacate early and did not mind my moving in on such and such a date. I went over to my new place with a car full of stuff to find that what the agent had told me was not correct. The young couple was there and I would have been allowed to bring my things in early as long as I gave them money to leave my items in the flat. I could not do that. It got real unpleasant. I was forced to leave all my things in the hallways outside of the flat until they moved out. Luckily, nothing got taken.

Congratulations on your son's engagement! It sounds like a perfect match. How lucky for them that she found him again. As for that house - how can those people keep living there without utilities? I hope they hurry up and get out. If he hasn't thought of it already, when they finally get to look it over he should bring a camera in case he needs pictures. It's a shame, but I've heard so many stories of people losing their houses to the bank so they take out their frustration on the house and damage it as much as they can before leaving. One of the foreclosed houses in my town had a lot of the windows broken in it and squirrels had taken up residence. Well, I wish them both much luck and happiness. And I know your thrilled about it. Happy to hear about your happiness!

Nice a wedding.It is a good thing.The wedding put together two lovely people and their love to have a happy life forever.

I've never had such an experience, I hope that your future daughter in law has positive experiences from here on out. The fact that your son is marrying someone he knew from highschool is very special, both of my sisters married their high school sweethearts.

gosh they may never want to move now that she is paying the electricity. I hope she doesn't get conned.

Congratulations to your family that your son has had this happy coincidence.

Hmmm.. The title is quite different from the topic, but I am guessing that they're moving together and that is her home that you were talking about. As for experiences as to knowing someone getting engaged? or Experiences on having to kick someone out? hehehe.. As for experiencing someone getting engaged, I am happy to say that my friend just got engaged! It was so sweet, I guess I am always a sucker for romance and though it wasn't as romantic as in the movies, I just couldn't help but make my heart melt each time I imagine the face of the guy talking to her father about asking her hand! hehehe.. It's just really cute! As for kicking someone out, I don't have any experience of such and I am hoping that i would never get the chance to be in that drama. hehe.. Have a great MyLot experience ahead!

We had a gal living in one of the apartments here afew years ago that just would not move. She was an addict and had been evicted. That easy. She just wouldn't leave. I remember hearing that she had been evicted and I recall seeing her hanging around there for weeks. It was sad. Hope this all goes well for your son.

Congrats to them both! I have read about these types of things happening to people online often. It sounds as if the people living in the house are trying to scam as much free time as possible. I do hope that they get out quickly so that your future DIL can get moved in.