The fact that they took to a bogus lawsuit so quickly after a low ball offer shows they're scum bags.
@pauls5745
11 ай бұрын
yeah they definitely tried to get it for a steal and got salty they didn't have their way
@jasonbourne1596
11 ай бұрын
I'm sure the land itself was worth more, and we know a house on an acre and a half of land is worth more than 30k anywhere pretty much.
@andrewk8636
11 ай бұрын
All large construction companies are
@Grimpmann
11 ай бұрын
EDITED MY COMMENT AWAY BECAUSE READING IS HARD APPARENTLY.
@user-qv6nq6qm3y
11 ай бұрын
@@Grimpmann The vast majority of Hilton Head is gated high end development. The cheapest lot I can find for sale on the island greater than 1 acre is smaller than hers and listed for $229k
@ericsmith8373
11 ай бұрын
30K for the land and house? Sounds like they are trying to rip her off.
@I.C.Weiner
11 ай бұрын
Add a 1 and 2 zeros in front of that and maybe I'll sell
@gandalug1
11 ай бұрын
It’s Hilton head, it’s worth at least 30 times the offered a,out.
@Mr_Gabbles
11 ай бұрын
Likely subdivide the land. She keeps a 1/4 acre and house while they build houses on the other 1.5 acres
@rockon8174
11 ай бұрын
What was your first clue?
@samueladams1775
11 ай бұрын
@@I.C.Weiner add a couple more zeros
@johnnixon4085
11 ай бұрын
A friend's grandmother owned the last large tract of land that wasn't a working farm in the township we lived in. She was harassed mercilessly to sell. She changed her number, they got it and kept calling. They dumped illegally on the property, then reported the dumping. When she got fed up, she deeded the property to the Nature Conservancy, so it can't be developed.
@user-se7vt5ow4e
11 ай бұрын
When we lived in Florida our neighbor did the same thing. Which was great for us as all the land behind our house remained undeveloped.
@darkwing3713
11 ай бұрын
Great solution!
@michellekrueger5122
11 ай бұрын
That's great! What a wise woman!
@vivaldi1948
10 ай бұрын
Love it!
@anitahaviland3036
10 ай бұрын
Good for her!!!
@Crashphoenix666
11 ай бұрын
Offering $39,000 for property that would easily fetch $750,000- $1,000,000 tells you all you need to know. Fight on lady! And due to her age, if the unthinkable happens, I hope her family continues the fight to keep their property.
@mosquitosthrash6811
9 ай бұрын
Brand new - nigh 23 Million dollar school Creeps lowball - $ Holy harley's hatman They have a bad aim.
@nucleargrizzly1776
11 ай бұрын
I had a developer inquire into my property. When I declined he said with a smirk, "We'll see about that." I let him get pretty far into it before I informed his people that there are 3 protected and at least 1 endangered species on my property. His smirk went away.
@Chris_at_Home
11 ай бұрын
I always thought that if someone tried to force me to sell I’d fill the home with hazmat in barrels. Truckers would love to drop it off and I won’t let the buyers into the house until they gave me the money. The they would get stuck with the hazmat.
@Chris_at_Home
11 ай бұрын
I recently had a utility try to widen the easement onto my property. I put 1” rebars in the ground on my property and you should have heard the noise when it went through their brush hog. They ended with damage to a tire and their brush hog. They were swearing at me and I told them they went out of the easement and it’s not my problem.
@mr.behaving
11 ай бұрын
i did something similar, except i "accidentally" started a protected species act investigation on the developers land, preventing them from building for over 6 years. oops
@nucleargrizzly1776
11 ай бұрын
@@Chris_at_Home How much of your property did they steal?
@nucleargrizzly1776
11 ай бұрын
@@Chris_at_Home Just get a few Houston Toads and a pair of Bald Eagles. You should see the look of terror in a developer's eyes. 😁😁😁😁😁😁
@mamanoneyall51
11 ай бұрын
Watch the developer 'accidentally ' ruin her property (aside from noise, bullying tactics) by building in such a way, her property will now flood
@UncleKennysPlace
11 ай бұрын
More than one developer has tried that, and been shut down.
@riccochet704
11 ай бұрын
Legally they can't do that. Any time you build you are responsible for the water coming off of your land.
@jeremykothe2847
11 ай бұрын
@@riccochet704 so "sue me", they pay the settlement, but your land is now uninhabitable so you have to move, and they then make another offer.
@pvtbuddie
11 ай бұрын
@@jeremykothe2847: Then you sue for enough to repair the land!
@jeremykothe2847
11 ай бұрын
@@pvtbuddie and the magistrate denies your suit and awards you the "value" of the land as assessed, which isn't enough to fix the problem, then his daughter coincidentally gets a job with another firm owned by the same developer. You are correct, of course. I'm just a cynic. But property developers have been getting away with this kind of thing since property has been developed. In the olden days they'd just send people to rough you up repeatedly, smash everything, threaten your family etc.
@MugRuith
11 ай бұрын
As someone who had a property stolen from me by fraud...there is a special place in hell for people that steal someones property. Now we need to ensure that we make their time on earth just as hellish.
@mosquitosthrash6811
9 ай бұрын
I wish the MAN would just knock on the door; l hate these cowardly intimidation tactics.😡
@CrazyBear65
Ай бұрын
Unless and until _every_ American stands in their front doorway, _locked and loaded,_ and emphatically says _"Hell no!"_ We will continue to be oppressed and bullied by the system for the benefit of the 1%. We must unite and stand together as one people in order to defeat Big Brother.
@cowsgomooatme4845
11 ай бұрын
I feel for her, I have been harassed about selling my property as well, I finally gave them a price of $1,000,000. They said it's not worth a million, I said that's my price, take it or walk away and don't come back without a million dollars. They haven't been back. Funny stuff man!
@olsmokey
11 ай бұрын
That's exactly what I have done with our corner block suburban house. I told the agent "Yes, I'll sell it right now for our price which is $5 million". (5 times the going rate here) "Pay that and we'll move out tomorrow". They don't come back.
@mb-ky7ku
11 ай бұрын
I get regular calls about my house When I decide to waste my time to answer the call I tell them 4.5 million in cash In nonsequantial bills None of the bills are to be larger than a fifty If that is not doable then lose my fucking number
@hiddenagenda4910
10 ай бұрын
OMG I thought I was the only one who did that!😂 The asking price for my 120k hovel is 1.5 million. Yeah I haven't had a call in over a year now, 😈
@stevecooper2873
8 ай бұрын
I am glad that is maybe a trend. The area around my hovel is being developed, and I have been getting weekly calls asking if I want to sell "any of my properties". No wasn't working, so I worked up a figure to buy, relocate, and improve on a new property and doubled it [taxes, etc]. Generally the caller hangs up, but one insisted on knowing why the price was so high. I explained it really wasn't any of his business, but here is the breakdown ... then they hung up ;-)
@fallouthirteen
8 ай бұрын
That seems like the funnest response too. Like ask for at least three times the amount that'd actually make you go "hm, maybe I'd sell for this much." If they don't accept that offer then you can just go "well, I guess you don't really want it then, you know what you have to pay if you want to keep talking to me."
@stepheneddington1667
11 ай бұрын
Developers should never be allowed to do these things. If someone doesn't want to sell their property and home. Then that should be the end of it. If her shed and satellite dish were truly on the Developers land I can understand that, but they shouldn't have had to file a lawsuit to remove them. This is clearly intimidation and trying to force her to sell because of legal fees she will incur.
@rogde5985
11 ай бұрын
First thing I would hope the judge would ask is “did you address this with the homeowner before coming here?” And I would want to see proof that they did. If not, throw that garbage lawsuit out. You have to at least make some attempt to remedy the situation before going to court. Somehow I doubt they ever did and just blindsided her with all and any minor code violations they could find and a few they just made up apparently.
@scottmolnar4132
11 ай бұрын
Most likely they told her to move them nicely. We done that and were ignored. That is when lawyers get involved
@UmmmmmmmWhat
11 ай бұрын
If said shed and dish were on their land by a small amount and preexisted their purchase of the land, the *proper* thing would be to just grant her a small easement for a few $ like a decent person, rather than be a parasitic leech and sue.
@lynchkid003
11 ай бұрын
She could probably counter claim adverse possession
@abruptpegasus
11 ай бұрын
TBH, if her shed had been there for years, I'd be inclined to say there was adverse possession and the developer can pound sand.
@RavenJCain
11 ай бұрын
When I hear about these things I always want to reach out to them and tell them to immediately find out the relationships between the developers and anyone in the local and state government... including the legal system. Then you can bring up a much bigger case, and possible help people in the past abused by the same self serving corrupted lot.
@TheLoiteringKid
11 ай бұрын
Roping a developer into a R.I.C.O. case that implicates/enjoins the local governing board is always good.
@petegesellchen3181
11 ай бұрын
I agrre with you. Many times there are those in local gvmt hoping the new development will increase property tax revenue. I am sure the nwr development woll oncrease revenues.
@dannygraves4997
11 ай бұрын
@@TheLoiteringKid ...You mean a RICO case?
@TheLoiteringKid
11 ай бұрын
@@dannygraves4997 yes >
@classicclassi6146
11 ай бұрын
Government's like evil people in a lair tenting their fingers like "hmm how do we oppress people today?"
@brianlee6849
10 ай бұрын
I love the fact that her granddaughter is involved and telling the story to the media and supports her grandmother. Thank you
@mosquitosthrash6811
9 ай бұрын
Once the future of the beloved grandchildren are in the spotlight and under a microscope of these tossers; maybe grandma will remember some deed stuff.
@sue2611
11 ай бұрын
The story I read, said they offered her $30k. How could 1.8 acres on HHI be worth that little? Sounds shady to me.
@SpaceDad42
9 ай бұрын
It’s not illegal to make an offer, even if it is a ridiculous one.
@BigGuy10Points
2 ай бұрын
But it must be done so in good faith.
@charlesyoung7436
Ай бұрын
Lowball offers sometime bring good results. Not in this case, though. To paraphrase the song "The Little Old Lady (From Pasadena)"--Stay, Granny, Stay!"
@TwoHams
11 ай бұрын
She might like the land. I know these developers keep scooping land and turning them into suburban labyrinth hellscapes in Tennessee.
@jamerson4967
11 ай бұрын
They are doing it everywhere
@tedkaczynskiamericanhero3916
11 ай бұрын
That's the goal. Make zoning ridiculous, make it extremely expensive and difficult to build a house, get a big check from local big wig, let them slap down some overpriced apartments to charge abhorrent rent, boom profit! Governments no longer work for the people, they serve as an in-between to rob and pillage the citizens of the country.
@crazycoffee
11 ай бұрын
Yep notice all the Soviet style commieblock apartments popping up everywhere?
@sultanofswing7198
11 ай бұрын
Better than the urban hellscapes
@springflowerdark2137
11 ай бұрын
It isn't just Tennessee. They are pulling that in Missouri and Arkansas as well.
@deecee5628
11 ай бұрын
Are you freakin' kidding me? the developer only offered 30K for over an acre on Hilton Head ? What a con offer that was. Good for her for saying no. God speed in your fight, keep it up my dear. DC/Lex
@raymondrak961
11 ай бұрын
$30,000 for almost 2 acres on Hilton Head is an insult. The developer thought the lady would be a push over.
@deecee5628
11 ай бұрын
@@raymondrak961 I agree, this developer is a con man. I am glad she is fighting. DC/Lex
@oscartango2348
11 ай бұрын
I've lived on Hilton Head Island half my life, and you couldn't buy an outhouse for 30K. Unfortunately some developers have scammed some families out of land that their families owned since the 1800s when the land was considered worthless. I'm glad this has gotten attention, I'm guessing a few eager lawyers will be happy to take on Bailey Investment Group over this mess they've gotten into. Hilton Head also has a history of pulling permits over things like this, and delaying construction for a few years. The town doesn't want negative press, and there's no shortage of developers waiting to build on HH.
@wickedbird1538
11 ай бұрын
😮😮Years ago, a someone needed an 80s+ woman’s land but she wouldn’t sell. The press was so bad, they backed off. Finally, she agreed to a life tenancy. They gave her a bunch of money yearly (hoping she would not live long). She lived a very long time. Lol.
@wt_9026
11 ай бұрын
North Carolina has a horrible history of allowing land theft; I hope this woman is able to stay and be at peace for however much time she has left!
@P_RO_
11 ай бұрын
It's South Caroline and we're worse.
@wt_9026
11 ай бұрын
@@P_RO_ my mistake, but i'm sure similar reasons for both states' unlawful seizings :(
@RDKirbyN
11 ай бұрын
Thanks, Robert Moses
@JohnTheRevelat0r
11 ай бұрын
You misspelled United States of America
@davidhutchinson5233
11 ай бұрын
Using the state condemnation laws for private developers just shows how corrupt our gov't has become.
@DezGamingTTV
11 ай бұрын
This lady should install surveillance immediately. Developers like this will have no problem hiring someone to torch the owner's home. I remember years ago where I live, a developer was trying to purchase 3 blocks of old buildings, many of which were empty. The occupied buildings refused to sell, over the course of 6 months the remaining buildings mysteriously had fires or inspection issues 3 burned down in a 2-month period. Two more were condemned for fire code violations, one of which had just passed inspection not even 4 months earlier. Shady developers will do whatever it takes to get what they want.
@ronarprefect7709
10 ай бұрын
God will have them thrown into a lake of fire unless they repent and put their faith in Jesus Christ alone for salvation. There are only two options. Either Jesus Christ pays for your sins with His precious blood or you pay for them. The first scenario is a beautiful free gift of a gloriously beautiful Being . The second scenario is a tragic horror.
@lostnetwork5717
11 ай бұрын
Almost feel like their should be huge fines for those harrassing our elderly who dont want to sell their stuff
@lynchkid003
11 ай бұрын
Developer tried this on a family friend when I was younger. Unfortunately for them, she had a legal degree. Made enough from the lawsuit to move into a nicer house in a different city. Best part was she sold the land to a different developer. Downside was that now I had to drive three hours to visit their kid who I was friends with.
@impishrebel5969
11 ай бұрын
If she's 91 I vote she goes full Granny Clampett. These developers understand precious little else. Are claimjumping laws still valid?
@traewatkins931
11 ай бұрын
This happens all the time and here in Texas the cities often use eminent domain to steal the land and give it to the developers.
@normbograham
25 күн бұрын
happened in NJ. Same. A couple sitting on hundreds of acres in a growing town, had a dirt floor cabin in Morris County NJ. Developers were itching looking at all their treed land.
@sistakia33
11 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing this story! It needs far more traction than it's getting! A 93 year old woman ought to be able to live in peace!
@hamrad645
11 ай бұрын
Seriously, when my husband passed away, it was less than 3 months when realtors started calling me wanting me to sell. I flat told them I was NOT interested in selling and not to call me again. The realtors probably thought I was hostile, but less than 3 months? Come on, people!
@sistakia33
11 ай бұрын
@@hamrad645 No heart whatsoever! So sad! 💔
@Daves_Not_Here_Man_76
11 ай бұрын
She's 93. What happens if she says peace was never an option? Blaze of glory granny
@sistakia33
11 ай бұрын
@@Daves_Not_Here_Man_76 Considering how much she'd already done, she did try to pursue peace.
@janiceellery1653
11 ай бұрын
I live in South Florida and I am so sick of developers, HOAs and Condo buildings. A lot of historical buildings and affordable housing are being torn down and replaced with high price condos and rentals. Some communities are even using eminent domain to get land for "economic development".
@Elliasal
11 ай бұрын
Honestly this is the kinda stuff the second amendment is for, they are just getting away with it being labeled as "private entity".
@WN_Byers
11 ай бұрын
Its hapoening everywhere. EVERYWHERE. Not just Florida
@BILLYKRYSTAL
11 ай бұрын
I also live in south florida while us the people get destroyed with high housing costs and insane rent the governer ony cares about woke. He refuses to bring things to the table that are accually affecting every floridian. It's desantis he doesn't care about the people he only cares about his political campaign and what gets him voters. Wondering why the rest of the country is only at a 3 percent inflation and steady going down. While florida inflation is at 9 percent and still rising.
@BILLYKRYSTAL
11 ай бұрын
@@WN_Byers Yes but it's happening at a much faster rate in florida. While the rest of the country sits at a 3 percent inflation rate and they are going down on inflation . Florida sits at a 9 percent inflation rate and steadily going up with no signs that it will go down. It's our governer he doesn't care about the economy or the people in florida. All he does it fight against the people in florida rather than help keep the economy in check. We in florida are litterally the only state in america where inflation is rising rather than going down.
@BILLYKRYSTAL
11 ай бұрын
@@seanembry6438 I live in florida and we are not free. Police corruption is rampit. The saying goes come on vacation leave on probation. We are probably the most unfree state in america.
@SilverWatcher.
11 ай бұрын
My grandma has lived in her home since 1977 she's 91 she ain't moving nowhere 😅😂
@KCJAM1
10 ай бұрын
My parents had this happen when they bought one of the 1st homes in a brand-new, moderately priced, development and the area was zoned for single family homes but not duplexes. They promised that duplexes wouldn’t be built, but they changed that original plan after completing about 1/2 of the develop neighborhood. The casually began to contact the early residents and were willing to pay up to $1k but most people just signed away their rights without asking for the consideration offered! My mom held out until we were the last people standing against this change ( my dad was out at $1.5k but mom stood her ground) and the builders were getting irritated. My mom said, “we will sign off for $12k” and my dad said she was crazy and we were going to get nothing because they had made a fair offer for consideration. We ended up getting $10k sold the $74k house shortly after the windfall and used the check(s) to by in a more upscale neighborhood and she reminds dad every time she has the opportunity. He just loves those little chats, I am sure! Never doubt the tenacity of the female who is good with balancing a checkbook and knows the value of a little patience.
@carolr7823
5 ай бұрын
I would love for the developers to be put in jail.
@recyclebills
11 ай бұрын
Next the County will raise her property tax to the point that she can't pay it then force her out. I saw the same happen in nearby Georgetown years ago.
@Temo990
11 ай бұрын
Well, i doubt a city can raise the taxes arbitrarily without a valid reason. The US constitution does mandate that americans are treated equal in front of the law. So in order to treat people different, you would need to find a justification to infringe with that right. Otherwise the city could as well increase property tax just for black people, or republican/democratic voters or based on the personal optinion of the city council about the land owner.
@tjseagrove
11 ай бұрын
On Hilton Head????? That property is worth way way more!! That is an exclusive location.
@alfredthibodeaux2414
11 ай бұрын
They've been screwing the locals out of their land for awhile now.
@MinionNumber3
11 ай бұрын
Right? $30k wouldn't be reasonable if it was a 10'x10' nevermind something a house could fit on.
@MinionNumber3
11 ай бұрын
@@charlesreid9337 I know the feeling. Local median income here is a hair under $32k, average home price is $525k with the lot of our rental home being $215k by itself for a 0.6 acre lot.
@bricefleckenstein9666
11 ай бұрын
30,000? In Hilton Head? That's not a lowball offer. That's a RIPOFF offer. She should be filing criminal harassment charges AS A MINIMUM against the officers of this "developer", as well as a counter lawsuit.
@johntracy72
11 ай бұрын
She stood her ground. Good for her!
@SamBrickell
11 ай бұрын
"If you are trying to buy it from me, that means it's mine. If it's mine, it's not yours. If it's not yours, you are not in charge of it." It really isn't that hard to understand, and any politician or judge who doesn't understand this needs to leave office.
@rachelelliott1674
11 ай бұрын
I'm from SC and Hilton Head had whole communities of freed slave families that have been passed down through the family called "heirs property" but now bc developers have gone crazy down there most of these families have been taxed out of the area. They just want to live there in peace, they didn't ask for all these others to move in. I which those historic properties could be better protected
@c0lutch
11 ай бұрын
Not to mention the developer offer $30k for a property this size? That land is worth at LEAST 10x that, probably higher
@charlesyoung7436
11 ай бұрын
My understanding is that such communities came about as a way for plantation owners to encourage formerly enslaved people to stay around as paid laborers. These communities exist throughout the South, and a number still exist in the area where I live, surrounded by urban sprawl. I hope this lady either stays in her house or holds out for a much higher offer from someone else!
@conchobar
11 ай бұрын
It's the laws surrounding "Heirs property" that allowed many developers to attain the land. It wasn't rising property taxes. It's much easier to take land that was passed down without a will and split between multiple family members. A developer simply needed to buy out one or two family members and they could take the rest to court. Steve should do a show on it given so many in Michigan migrated from the south and probably own "Heirs property".
@laveraparato258
11 ай бұрын
Exactly! Where are you going to relocate on Hilton Head or ANYWHERE for $30,000.
@ostlandr
11 ай бұрын
Basically every property owner in NYC's "commutershed" (love that word) is being taxed off their property. We're farther upstate (Schenectady NY area) and we're paying over $6,000 a year in taxes on a 1960 raised ranch and some undevelopable land. At one time our escrow payment was higher than the mortgage payment. Offer us the assessed value right now, and we'll start packing. Could get a decent place in Western TN/WV and knock a zero off the property taxes. A friend just dumped his very nice home in Schenectady, which also housed his law office, and moved to a condo. He was paying over $15,000 a year in taxes. Between the taxes on the condo and the office space he now rents, he's saving money. Moved close to his secretary's home too, so win/win.
@retiredarmy3755
11 ай бұрын
I "home based" on the Monterey Peninsula, Ca. for 25+ yrs. I saw a lot of changes and a lot of development during this time, especially along Fisherman's Wharf and Cannery Row. There used to be a large number of small houses that the cannery workers used to live in. One by one they disappeared, being replaced by monster hotels and expensive restaurants. Well, some of the land owners did not want to sell. Every year around Nov to Dec, those homes mysteriously went up in flames. THEY BURNED THEM OUT!! Nothing could be proven and no one was convicted of it. It got to where the insurance companies didn't want to insure these homes any longer. It got to be a running joke in that area that the holiday seasons were replaced by fire seasons. This was primarily during the 70's & 80's. I retired from the Army in 2004 and moved out of the region in 2005. At that time, there was maybe 3 old homes remaining. Money sure can bring out the devil in people.
@razor3151
11 ай бұрын
I wish this lady the very best.
@robertheinrich2994
11 ай бұрын
sounds like future HOA fun. when the development is done, the newly formed HOA will of course declare that the property in question is part of the HOA. sure, there is no legal basis for it, but it will happen.
@phlodel
11 ай бұрын
The HOA will drain their resources with constant court battles.
@alg190
11 ай бұрын
That would be impossible!
@veganssuck2155
11 ай бұрын
@@alg190its happened
@flyingcrocs8144
11 ай бұрын
@@alg190has happened before.
@kennethpenny1461
11 ай бұрын
Bear in mind nothing is impossible except death and taxes
@Charmcity199
11 ай бұрын
The house Steve references where the developer built a building around the house is the Edith Macefield house in Seattle (aka the “Up house”). The developers tried to make things so difficult on Edith but she refused to go. The sweet part of the story is that the construction crews unofficially adopted her as their honorary grandma. They would check on her and bring her groceries. She became especially close to the project foreman and when she passed away, she left the house to him. Look up the pictures and the story if you get a chance…you’ll see how close the developer built against her house. It shouldn’t have been allowed.
@SpotTheBorgCat
11 ай бұрын
I was hoping someone would post this. I live near Seattle, so I understood which house Steve was referring to, but couldn't remember all the details. Thanks for filling us all in!
@KAnneMeinel
11 ай бұрын
There is a similar story/house in NYC.
@tbelding
11 ай бұрын
Hah. Here in Houston, they're building brand new houses where the walls are 6 inches from the property line, maybe one foot to the next house. The city and county are happily taking their bribes to create those fire risks that will trap garbage and stuff in between, be unrepairable and uncleanable, and eventually lean on each other. My attitude? "Three feet to the property line, or share a wall."
@gmailisaretard
11 ай бұрын
@@tbelding They are throwing up several new developments in my town like that. Some of them are probably about similar spacing, about 1' or so between each house, and they are charging upwards of $250k for the houses. A fool and their money...
@tbelding
11 ай бұрын
@@gmailisaretard - I keep wondering how they pass the fire marshal. Or rather, how much do they pay the fire marshal to drive by. Firewall ratings or not, that's too darned close for a four story house.
@neilmouneimne5451
11 ай бұрын
You have to wonder how many of these situations turn from developer harassment into eminent domain proceedings.
@buggsy5
5 ай бұрын
Far too many, unfortunately.
@randomstuff-qu7sh
11 ай бұрын
My Dad told me a story about something similar that happened to him over 50 years ago. He used to live in a house that was right next to a company's production plant. They were very good neighbors right up until they wanted to expand that plant. Before they even made an offer to buy the nearby properties, they started a campaign of harassment, revving trucks all night long near the homes, blocking driveways, etc. My Dad's theory was that since all the properties were rental homes, the reason for the harassment was to get the renters to leave so that the company could get a better price when buying from the owners.
@AlanTheBeast100
11 ай бұрын
Need to get a court order to stop the harassment.
@Tugela60
11 ай бұрын
It may not be harrassment, it sounds like the developer is developing their land and she does not like it.
@JeffC-fq1be
11 ай бұрын
Trespassing and intimidation isn't harassment?
@Tugela60
11 ай бұрын
@JeffC-fq1be According to her. That is her version. Apparently, all the developers are doing is developing THEIR land and asking her to remove the stuff she has built on THEIR land. If we go by the court filings, she was asked if she wanted to sell her land, she said no. Fine, no problem. Then they proceeded to develop the surrounding land they owned. There was no offer made. Further, she had structures built outside of her property which they asked her to remove. Apparently that was not disputed, so we can assume that she did in fact encroach on the neighboring property. She removed some of it, decided that she was butthurt as a result and sued them. From the face of it, she appears to be the badly behaved one here, not the developers. She is using her age and her deceased husband's family history in the area to recruit sympathy and supporters. Did I miss anything?
@joeshmoe7967
11 ай бұрын
@@Tugela60 Siding with a developer, show the kind of person you are. You don't know her stuff WAS on their land. I 100% take the person's side way way before any developer.
@Tugela60
11 ай бұрын
@@joeshmoe7967 Did you miss the part where she already removed the structures? Obviously she agreed that they were not on her land. The only part she was fighting was the patio extension, and the issue there is probably an encroachment on the boundary itself. You are suppposed to leave an easement between your house and the boundary line. If she was building sheds and satelite dishes on other peoples property, just a hunch, but she probably was not getting proper permits for the patio extension either, or respecting building codes. The developers don't appear to be the bad guys here, but you are apparently to stupid to see that.
@zrebbesh
11 ай бұрын
First thing you do when a developer makes a lowball offer for your land, is install freakin' security cameras. Because when the dirty tricks, vandalism, theft, trespassing, snooping and pressure tactics start, you want to get them on video.
@robkewley
11 ай бұрын
In the uk there is a old farm between the two lanes of the m62 motorway which they had to build around. Officially it was because there was a geological fault under the farm and they decided to go around, but most people believe the owner refused to sell.
@AliciaGuitar
11 ай бұрын
$30k is absolutely ridiculous. I bet the tax assessment is WAY more than that and its usually a lowball number! Fair value should be even more.
@kmstins
11 ай бұрын
Oh geez this struck a nerve. I haven't listened yet, but the title grabbed me. I'm still only 59, not 93, but I have 76 acres only a 10 minute drive from Pittsburgh International Airport. It's gorgeous land with nothing but neighborhoods around me. Are developers salivating and lusting after my property? You betcha! Are they coming to me with realistic offers? No! 🤡😄
@r.pres.4121
11 ай бұрын
Tell those greedy developers to stay off your property and go get a life.
@kmstins
11 ай бұрын
@@r.pres.4121 I have basically said that. I do have my property listed for sale. Another problem is the realtor who also sees big dollars, and tries to talk me into giving away my beautiful land because of his huge commission. He tries to talk me down by saying "You have an emotional attachment". In actuality, I'm an informed individual who does not attach myself to material possessions. 😊
@tgj5680
11 ай бұрын
When they do give a proper offer, an idea might be to accept with the condition that it has to be another realtor representing them.
@kmstins
11 ай бұрын
@@tgj5680 😄 The developers here don't use realtors. They have their own team of "steamrollers" on their payroll. 😉
@ycoyle2803
11 ай бұрын
Developers/neighbors have been driving my mom nuts about some property she owns. I’ve been meaning to get some pencil sharpeners from the Dollar Tree for her to start passing out to the asshats that can’t take no for an answer. Come back when your pencil is fully sharpened!
@stevej7139
11 ай бұрын
Several years ago my grandmother was in a similar situation outside of Charlotte NC, the developer was planning a shopping mall and had acquired all the property around her but she held out. My grandparents had lived in that house(original log cabin with added rooms) since the early 1920s and it started out with a lot of property(around 200 acres) but over the years my grandfather sold off sections of that property to make ends meet so she only had 4 acres at the time. She held out for almost a year before they made her a very high offer of $400,000 for 4 acres that would normally not even get $25,000 an acre, so she sold it and bought a brand new house in the city for $50,000 and stayed there with my cousin until her passing about 6 years later.
@loonhaunt
11 ай бұрын
400,000 for 4 acres in Charlotte? Must have been decades ago.
@patriciamcmanus9522
11 ай бұрын
Being from the Charlotte area, I know you are familiar with the church that is surrounded by tall buildings. I saw it when I was at the Mint Museum (one of the building surrounding it).
@kelf114
11 ай бұрын
I'm sorry to hear that. Land is irreplaceable.
@gokublack8342
11 ай бұрын
@kelf114 Everything has a price or will eventually. That's the proper way for a developer to handle it not the legal nonsense the one in this video tried to pull
@BlackSmokeDMax
11 ай бұрын
I think she should have held out for quite a bit more. But at least it was all handled much more morally.
@SassySue67
11 ай бұрын
I can’t believe her attorney didn’t go for adverse possession on the land her shed was on instead of tearing it down.
@BionicLemming
11 ай бұрын
Their original offer had to have been in writing. That alone would wreck their credibility in court.
@doorlocke8009
11 ай бұрын
you know, for situations like this I'd like to see punitive damages awarded the plaintiff in the form of the land around her property that the developer acquired. It ensures the developer wont try it again in another place, completely removes the incentive to continue the harassment since they no longer have a financial stake in the area, and serves a sort of grand Irony where their harassment trying to get her to sell her land resulted in them losing theirs to her.
@frankconley6321
11 ай бұрын
I support this idea.
@glenw-xm5zf
11 ай бұрын
I would fine the developer half a million and give it to the owners.. and place a restraining order on them so they can't harass the owners
@Raganui
11 ай бұрын
@@glenw-xm5zf They'd find ways to do it anyways.
@mphilleo
11 ай бұрын
Steve, never, ever feel bad about being a lawyer. You could've become a developer instead.
@emilyfeagin2673
11 ай бұрын
I like every lawyer I have ever met. They are smart and fun to talk to
@mphilleo
11 ай бұрын
@@emilyfeagin2673 when I'm done speaking with a developer, I feel like I need a shower.
@Misty-md9ke
11 ай бұрын
He is a developer. Im just wondering why I grace you all with my presence? I mean, I know nothing about this subject and yet someone is insisting that I do this. Im not a coder and its kinda hard to figure anything out when some Ahole is bouncing me around and making a mockery of me. Fact is, I NEVER signed up for this and for some reason can not ABORT! !! ..!!! I dont know who you think you Re You could be Jakyll for all i give a royal F. Lol yeaaah
@ronkemperful
11 ай бұрын
Longtime ago during the 1960s in Washoe County Nevada there was a large ranch covering many square miles of flat land located just a few miles north of Reno. A developer wanting to build a housing subdivision on that land knew that he could not get the rancher to agree to sell at a cheap price so he, being associated with Reno’s underworld used his power and influence to get the zoning board to change the rancher’s agricultural zoning to residential zoning which drastically increased the rancher’s property taxes, making his land worthless for raising cattle. The rancher went bankrupt for he couldn’t sell his land at any reasonable price. The developer then snatched up the property in a bankruptcy sale. Apparently this practice has been used many times before and was considered a normal means of business. That’s why I think that zoning can be a form of aggression that can be used as a weapon, as a way of forcing people and businesses to sell against their will.
@garyhoffman1517
11 ай бұрын
Land grabbers should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law 👍👍👍👍
@RedMcCarl
11 ай бұрын
Lol the government won't prosecute their own
@Elliasal
11 ай бұрын
Ironically what we should be using the second amendment for, they just abuse "private entity" to not be called the government while having all the benefits of the government.
@afriedrich1452
11 ай бұрын
Developer: We never wanted to buy the land. We want to get it for free.
@ostlandr
11 ай бұрын
Property rights are human rights. Then again, I ran into an actual Communist online who claimed that property rights are what's wrong with society. SMH.
@susanfender307
11 ай бұрын
acre and a half for 30k? Are you kidding me? Even where I live in BFE FL, that's absolutely CRIMINAL.
@hatjodelka
11 ай бұрын
This reminds me of the case of Molly Forbes, a Scottish woman in her nineties who refused to sell her farm to some unscrupulous New York property developer who wanted to build a hotel on his golf course in South Ayrshire, Scotland. Amongst other things, he cut off the water to her farm. She was made of stronger stuff than he was. He never built his hotel. I understand he's facing criminal charges in the USA at the moment.
@patriciabee4690
11 ай бұрын
Yes he is facing numerous legal problems.
@JD-lx2yf
11 ай бұрын
Was his name Donald J. Trump? 🤣😂🤣
@beepbop6697
11 ай бұрын
Same guy cut heat and hot water to the renters in one of his slumlord buildings in NY back in the 80's. He even moved homeless people in, to try to get the paying renters to leave so he could rebuild the building as condos.
@hatjodelka
11 ай бұрын
@@JD-lx2yf In the words of the dastardly and villainous (fictional) politician, Francis Urquhart "You might think that, but I couldn't possibly comment."
@terryarmbruster9719
11 ай бұрын
Lop you mean trump and you dont understand ownership laws over there. No one unless royal assigned owns property there. Its what's called a freehold lease. Inheritors must live on property when lease holder dies. Trump was going to buy it as a freehold but he would never be true owner as he isn't from a Commonwealth nation and therefore cannot be royal assigned. If it was in interest of crown or Scotland govt thee Scottish common good laws would kick in and or true crown ownership enforced. Lol but at the time Scottish politics were very close. Wasn't her refusal to "sell" or move that stopped the hotel. Was politics as she was only holdout in area and therefore if politics not involved and a true unbiased hearing took place the fact that all the others sold out and a hotel would be an economic boon in whitecairn which at the time had serious unemployment problems . all the freeholders in area sold out as most were like her seniors with lord assugebd properties from fifty plus years ago. They all sacrificed their freehold but her in order their kids and grandchildren would have significant good long employment. Lol Trump isnt going to get nailed hard at all. Be zero prison time and otherwise at most won't be able to run in election if forced into trial beforehand which won't happen. Youre also assuming another biden win. Lolevem with all the garbage hes said and done if a snap election held today he'd win easy. June he has a three point poll lead over the general electorate and lol posed to win Cali. Ties in NY. Just two points behind Oregon. Biden might also be declared medically unfit to run by then as well. Lol do you know why hes having short term memory losses trips so much has left arm tremors slurs speech etc. He obviously had a stroke they're weakly covering up. He was coherent walked fine etc one day then next and ever since its all those indicators he had a medium level stroke or frontal lobe blood vessel aneurysm. My mom had one and my grandpa had a strike. Both acted exactly like he did afterwards but strike wise its a bad sign things are like that for him for so long now. Its been a few months. Meanwhile trump in great physical and mental health. Anyways Molly didnt have a legal inheritor so her freehold got returned to Scots gov. Michael got kicked off land last year. Lol at her claim he made her life miserable. Place was truly a pigsty. That farm had many code violation visits and numerous complaints far before trump got there her life miserable makes me sick not for her but all the neighbours who sold out expecting kids etc to have good jobs and save the area economically. Old witch! Knew she was going to die soon so took her hatred out on area neighborhood and entire generations of family. Disgusting of her and egfen you to think way y'all do. Sure it screws up developers but it also screws up economic development which would affect hundreds in area for possibly entire lifetimes. Tennessee case even worse as thats such a huge development be thousands affected if don't go through. Then all the bonds developer and contractors placed with countystatre or city would have to be returned with penalty and interest added. It salso makes any futiute development in area a very high risk as one would be well if one holdout wins why bother? Lol yep loves her house and land to point that everyone else in area suffers immensely. Ahhh the bane of America!! Individual rights out trumping the common good. Lol at you
@VulcanLogic
11 ай бұрын
Found it on the county GIS. Yep, satellite shows she's completely surrounded by development, but she's got road access. The development forms a U around her parcel. The back porch is almost certainly on her property, but that shed may or may not be over the line. It's hard to say because some of the aerial shots show it on the parcel, some encroaching. You'd need a surveyor. Before the developers showed up, the area behind her house was entirely wooded vacant land, so a mistake on the lot line could certainly happen. The remedy would be to tear down or move the shed back to her property line, but that's all. The county puts the value at $100,000, but taxes the place only as vacant land. She's owned it forever, which may indicate why the assessed value is low. The home is a manufactured home and may still be titled and not taxed as real property. This is why the developer is being a jerk. He considers this lady's property as external depreciation relative to the properties he wants to build (with maybe some plain old racism sprinkled in, as Hilton Head is overwhelmingly white). There's a 1/4 acre lot directly across the street that sold October 2022 for $175,000 when vacant, and there's a nearby vacant listing of a 1/4 acre lot for $170,000. I'd like to know how much they offered. Anything less than $600,000 would be an insult. I'd also get some HD cameras covering the whole lot.
@Kriskat6
11 ай бұрын
@@cassie6917 We have that near my vacant land. It is why I am so careful about what is happening. Had a neighbor try to build a corral, but it was 15 feet over my lot line. I could never seem to get in touch with them. I paid for a survey of that lot line and a stake every 25 feet. I then went in and put in 6 foot iron posts inside of that line and sprayed them hunter orange. I also went to the local gossip farm, the bank, asking some questions. They got the hint. No squatting allowed.
@jamesmckinney8489
11 ай бұрын
There’s a long history in SC of this. Most of if not ALL of SC’s barrier islands were owned by slaves or indigenous people after the Civil War because whites considered the land useless. That includes Hilton Head. The developers have a serious problem. They’re using the shed as a ploy to acquire the land. If the shed has been on “they’re” property for over 10 years then it falls under adverse possession. And that belongs to her. Her problem is going to be w/ the local government. However, w/ this becoming public knowledge it will definitely help her cause
@stefanwarmuth5251
11 ай бұрын
The judge should take in records. bring the developer in under oath then jail the ffer for lying.
@paulpipitone8357
11 ай бұрын
I'm very happy that celebrities are helping this senior. never take advantage of seniors they deserve our respect and compassion...
@christyfehrenbacher6251
11 ай бұрын
A rock quarry did the same thing to my grandma and ran them out...my old homeplace is gone and the water contaminated Let's spread the word on the disgusting tactics of Bailey Investment Group and what they're doing to that 93 yr old woman
@user-rm1br3sw7x
11 ай бұрын
One of the difficulties that I've seen in my area is that developers often have the assistance of local governmental agencies trying to coerce people to sell. They'll try using eminent domain, raising taxes and hounding people with constant housing inspections to try to get them to sell or accept a minimal payment. All this in the name of progress that none of the people who actually live there want or need. They bought property there to get away from the 'progress' that's now encroaching on them.
@Tugela60
11 ай бұрын
If you are living in an undeveloped area that becomes developed, your land becomes as valuable as your neighbors, so your property taxes are going to go up. There is no conspiracy involved.
@ph11p3540
11 ай бұрын
It's all possible with bribery and lobbying to change local land use bylaws. It's dirty but lots of money buys anything. Money does not talk, it roars.
@Tugela60
11 ай бұрын
@truetranny You do own the property but that does not excuse you from contributing to the maintainance of the community. It costs money to do that, and unlike what most right whingers seem to think, tooth fairies are not a real thing.
@Tugela60
11 ай бұрын
@@truetranny I see. You want other people to pay for your roads, your water, your sewage system, your police, your emergency services then? But not you, you want all that for free.
@XFizzlepop-Berrytwist
11 ай бұрын
@@Tugela60 You can get a septic system, as well as a well for your property, its government regulations usually creating laws saying you cant so they can force you to do as you described charge for those services. Police are only revenue generators most the time, we have too many ticket cops, and not enough crime catching/solving cops, so we could stand to lose a few in some areas. A lot of people also get by with dirt roads just fine. In fact when a state employee comes by to help fix the roads… they leave the dirt roads in worse shape than before sometimes. There is one part of the road that is bad, and guess what? Its only bad cuz its been paved and gets pot holes, I wish they’d have just left it alone it’d have been fine. Also they can take taxes from other areas to fix roads. Property taxes are absurd, they are extortion. You should not be able to lose your home or life over defending your property from the gov.
@battleaxefabandmachine
11 ай бұрын
There are types of easements that she could apply for if the shed has been there for a long period of time. Many states have it set at 10 years.
@craigiefconcert6493
11 ай бұрын
Sounds like an obvious scheme by the developer to force her off of her own land after offering her very little do her property.
@heathencat5236
11 ай бұрын
A man in Hurst, Tx lost his life trying to defend his home from a mall developer that wanted to put a multi-story parking lot next to their mall. No joke, it made the news back in the 80s or 90s. He refused to sell and the city condemned his property out from under him.
@PrometheuzReturns
11 ай бұрын
WOW😲
@texasbroker
11 ай бұрын
Source please.
@jilbertb
11 ай бұрын
That pretty much says, someone in the city was "in" with developer...
@AC-yj8cx
11 ай бұрын
Kelo v New London
@davidseals8848
11 ай бұрын
Who is the developer
@petertimmins6657
11 ай бұрын
I’m thinking that if you ever find yourself in this type of situation the best thing to do is ask the developer from the very first meeting to put their offer in writing. Secondly, get your property surveyed and the boundaries clearly marked. Next, immediately start taking pictures of every part of your property at least once a week, or more often if there is a notable change. If it ain’t documented then it is, at best, a he said she said situation.
@henrimatisse7481
11 ай бұрын
it makes sense to have a survey but are expensive. Hopefully one was done at conveyance and let the developer deal with the legalities. Was the developer's acquired land surveyed also and does it fits together? Maybe it's just county parcel info that is more often than not inaccurate or just incorrect.
@chriswise1232
11 ай бұрын
And multiple cameras.
@colinsmith1495
11 ай бұрын
Security cameras would be better than just pictures. It doesn't just prove what was damaged, but who did it.
@jennifer9528
11 ай бұрын
"Next, immediately start taking pictures of every part of your property at least once a week, or more often if there is a notable change." Lol! Yeah, because that's a totally realistic and feasible thing to do. There's no reason to take pictures of "every part of your property" more than once every few years (if that) unless you notice any changes. A land survey filed with your county, along with pictures taken when surveyed and pictures taken when changes are made are enough. Anything more is overkill.
@robertbowers9856
10 ай бұрын
I did that about a new neighbor harrasing my kids by documenting everything he said or did and called his attorny about what I was going to do in court. I never heard another word.
@MrWc867
11 ай бұрын
I am willing to bet the developers have talked with her kids/family about this. I'm sure they will have no issue with assisting them with gaining a POA. Sad world we live in.
@Loadrunner620
7 ай бұрын
Her tires were slashed, stalkers walking outside her home banging on siding and glass windows. Vandalizing her property constantly to encourage her to sell.
@machintelligence
11 ай бұрын
Sounds like adverse possession to me. 30 years is a long time. Time for a SLAPP lawsuit.
@apburner1
11 ай бұрын
What the hell does a Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation have to do with any of this? Did you hear "SLAPP" in reference to lawsuits and just thought it would make you sound smart if you repeated it?
@jeffnewell1211
11 ай бұрын
I think a adverse possession claim would b better
@crosslink1493
11 ай бұрын
You've got it backwards. 'SLAPP' lawsuits are what the developer would use against the landowner (or landowners) who are complaining about changes to local zoning, building locations on property (setbacks), environmental reviews, etc. This is similar but not actually a SLAPP suit as it only involves one defendant (the old lady) and its not her complaining (at first).
@dudleydeplorable5307
11 ай бұрын
My granny experienced similar. I had experience working with farmers facing loss of land under eminent domain. We knew we would ultimately loose. But we fought to near the bitter end. We got more for the properties than those that caved immediately. My Granny was the last holdout. She was nervous but she trusted me. She got 2.5 to 3 times more money than the early sellouts.
@Goatcha_M
11 ай бұрын
If you want an extreme example of the small landowner winning out, there is a farm plot in the middle of Tokyo Narita Airport.
@TimothyWelty
11 ай бұрын
There was a developer out in Phoenix that had the state file imminent domain against land owners so that the developer could build homes.
@57WillysCJ
11 ай бұрын
Any time a developer or even a builder comes in near you or a family member get a survey of your property. If you live in a small area where the surverer might be close to someone in authority, find a highly rated one from a different area.
@niveknospmoht8743
11 ай бұрын
So in other words the developer is being a bully and trying to bankrupt her with court proceedings
@VanuOfMILF
11 ай бұрын
There is very little that gets my blood boiling, but land developers that wont take no for an answer is one of them. I hope she wins her lawsuit to the fullest extent the law permits.
@WarrChan
11 ай бұрын
Several years ago, my friend Russell tried to help this old man, Mr. Peterson when developers kept harassing him to sell his home. They damaged his mailbox and made him so angry that he attacked one of the builders.
@catnvol
11 ай бұрын
More power to her! It is one thing when the government takes land by eminent domain for a major public project like a road. Quite another when a developer, or even worse the government on behalf of a developer, tries to take land or force a sale. I had an old family friend that lived next a major university campus that wanted his house for development. They were able to force all of his neighbors to sell but, like this woman, he did not want to move. He was around 80 at the time as I recall. The university tried to bring out the big guns to go after him but they met their Waterloo when they took him on. Fortunately, he was fairly wealthy and could afford the multi-year fight. He continued to live there until he eventually died in his 90's.
@markkelleher9637
11 ай бұрын
Pfizer did this in new London CT. The city took a whole bunch of homes through eminent domain with a few holdouts taking it to the supreme court where they lost 5-4. The court ruled that eminent domain can be used for private development ie more taxes collected job creation and secondary development parks infostructure etc.. 9 years later Pfizer cancels the project and moves what people who were working in the city prior to all this and moves them to Groton CT. so the city was left with no factory, no jobs and no taxes from homes that no longer exist. the supreme court screwed this one up royally.
@toddgaak422
11 ай бұрын
@@markkelleher9637 Yep. That London decision was one of the worst Supreme Court decisions EVER.
@ostlandr
11 ай бұрын
@@toddgaak422 After that travesty of justice, a bunch of Patriots got together and tried to take Chief Justice Rhenquist's house under Eminient Domain for a development to be known as the "Lost Liberty Hotel." Gubment shut them down quick.
@peachesrambo4037
11 ай бұрын
Money will change hands, imminent domain will be used to take the land.
@interstellarsurfer
11 ай бұрын
Hand rubbing will intensify.
@cjclark1208
11 ай бұрын
Evil House Fly Rubbing It’s Front Mandibles Incessantly.
@normbograham
25 күн бұрын
sad but true. But she's 91, they will start the proceedings, and take it after her death.
@Mike1614b
11 ай бұрын
One of the things you can't do in this country anymore is park your car and "be left alone". Besides a WalMart parking lot, any place you park, the cops will come up to you and ask you what you're doing. it's unbelievable
@frotoe9289
11 ай бұрын
One of my favorite examples of developers being bungholes is what the developers of the second major high rise condos in Las Vegas did. 4 38-story towers near but not on the Strip with lovely views. Then the developer shortly after finishing that, ran over and grabbed a hunk of land right next door and built the Fountainbleu Hotel + Casino. >700 foot tall hotel on the Strip (tallest building in Nevada). And they built a TWENTY TWO story parking garage that looks like it's 50 feet from two of the condos. So much for the lovely view of the Strip these floofy condos used to have. Those facing that direction below about the 24th floor now mostly have views of a parking garage, or the face of a 3000 room hotel tower, and those higher up still have significantly obstructed views of the tower looming 300 feet higher. The condo owners sued (of course) and were told what you don't own you don't control. Basically, what did you expect to be built on a prime hunk of property on the Las Vegas Strip? Words to remember. What you don't own you don't control.
@lindawilson4625
11 ай бұрын
This kind of crap happens all the time. Often the city backs the developer and they will try to use/abuse eminent domain. The Institute for Justice is very helpful for this situation. I wouldn't trust the developer's survey, either.
@Charris4358
11 ай бұрын
This happened to my great grandmother. And the developer actually built a u shaped building around her home and the family had to tear it down after she died as part of the eminent domain agreement. My great grandfather devoted his life to building many homes in that city including his own. Sad it worked out the way it did for her after he died. RIP Hilma Letourneau. I hope this case works out differently.
@steveb6103
11 ай бұрын
I live in White Bear Lake. I also signed the petition to save her home. And Cup and Cone .
@Charris4358
11 ай бұрын
@@steveb6103 thanks for that Steve. At least she was able to live her final days there. I may need to make a trip out there for some Cup and Cone! They used to let us clean up the parking lot as kids for free ice cream!
@TDBurrow
10 ай бұрын
I was NOT surprised what she looked like after hearing who the donors were. 🤦🏻♂️
@jansugalski4856
11 ай бұрын
This is part of the larger corporate mind set of "screw the individual".. In Gainesville, Florida the developers are seemingly buying up everything with not much push-back, but I'm hoping the S**T will hit the fan.
@krodkrod8132
11 ай бұрын
The people who "want to be left alone" are the most dangerous when provoked.
@gordonshumway7239
11 ай бұрын
They paved Paradise and put up a parking lot …
@ostlandr
11 ай бұрын
Point, Brain: When we pave over all the farmland, what are we supposed to eat?
@t.c.2776
11 ай бұрын
There is a law in some states that if you build over the property line, believing its part of your property, and the other property owner doesn't catch it for years, you can claim something like fair use and keep that property... she's should have challenge that she'd been using it for the past 10+ years without challenge.
@andm6847
11 ай бұрын
i so hope i'm at some point on a jury for a case like this. i will find away to convince the others to award 150 mio in damages for emotional pain and maybe even another 150 mio in punitive damages.
@Riiyan
11 ай бұрын
Any company that is harassing private citizens in court like this should loose all rights to their corporate protection and charges should be filed against all managers.
@sidserv1978
11 ай бұрын
They are doing this crap here in Idaho too. One guy in my town has a large chunk of land right in the middle of town. Last offer was for 5 million. He is still refusing. The worst part is we have over 2300 homes going in. The state hydrological surveyors have already calculated that there isn't enough water for a third of those homes. The biggest problem is the mayor is behind a bunch of the homes being built. It needs to end. The other bad part is with the last housing boom, a 3 bed 1 bath house is over 2k a month to rent. These are 1950's homes with popcorn ceilings. The other part of the issue is since we are outside of Boise Idaho the prices for homes have gone up so much that my kids will never be able to afford a home here. There were bidding wars for houses here over the past few years too. Some home buyers were paying 100 to 150k over asking price. A year later and the foreclosures are starting to happen.
@ighdesigns
11 ай бұрын
Look in the Mayor’s bank book.
@THE-RECKONATOR
11 ай бұрын
Offering only $30 k to her is basically highway robbery, how could she even find another home with that even if she had accepted. I'm sure they already have a plan set up in place to block someone from inheritance by eminent domain or something also. It makes you wonder how we're they able to aquire all the property around her. As for the dispute of the shed and dish on "thier" property I would argue that even if she didn't own it she could claim it under adverse possession
@SunnynPhilly
11 ай бұрын
The City of Lubbock TX did this with an older neighbourhood just east of Texas Tech University in the early 2000’s. The city “created a reinvestment zone, took the historic houses, demolished them cleared the lots then built apartments, townhomes and a Walmart.
@barrybarlowe5640
11 ай бұрын
The most famous one I ever heard of was in San Francisco. Someone wanted a property which had a spectacular view of the bay, but the owner wouldn't sell. The 'Someone' bought up all the land around that property then built a two or three story high wall, blocking the view. This was in late 1800s. There were no zoning laws and the company had political pull. The afflicted property became a tourist attraction, but the owner hung on for years.
@IaIaCthulhuFtagn
11 ай бұрын
If she owns 1.3 acres how did any of her stuff end up on the neighbors land (the shed etc). Sounds kinda shady to me. Like you said they need to get someone out there to check out the property lines, and sue them for damages to her property. We don't really have a right to be left alone. The govt can claim eminent domain, take your shit, and then give it to a private company.
@UncleKennysPlace
11 ай бұрын
In some places, not in others.
@waylondismuke3362
11 ай бұрын
Yes they can they do it all the time in my state of Ohio. They say is needed for something else then sell off to the company sometimes they just take it and your SOL. you spend millions im court then still lose
@JP-nisu_2
11 ай бұрын
They did it with the Nissan Plant in Canton Mississippi, to local residents.
@birdnird
11 ай бұрын
In addition there is just about nowhere in the US where you can get 1.3 acres that has access to utilities for a mere $30,000, especially in a place developers are eager to buy. Hilton Head is coastal S. Carolina. I can’t imagine anything going for less than 500K/acre. Just take a gander at the Zillow estimates. That developer is absolutely trying to rip off an elderly widow
@ubb262s
11 ай бұрын
In California, eminent domain cannot be used to seize property for private development
@gatesurfer
10 ай бұрын
Here in Hawaii, they had to build a major shopping mall around a watercress farm. Was supposed to be a three-phase mall. Turned out to be just two. We’ve also had problems with “big-foot” homes, but we call them “monster homes.” 15 bedrooms in one structure!
@skytechbits
11 ай бұрын
Good for her. I hope she is able to enjoy some peace while still here.
@ronthepainter3313
11 ай бұрын
It all comes down to local and state municipalities getting tax revenue.
@freethebirds3578
11 ай бұрын
Sadly, if she wins and the developer builds around her, she will be surrounded by an HOA that will certainly attempt to finish the job of driving her off the property.
@broomrider4699
11 ай бұрын
I find it absolutely appalling that these profit hungry, morally bankrupt developers believe just because they want someone’s land, that that property owner should be made to sell and will go to extraordinary lengths to make the owner do what they want. I’d be counter suing for harassment and mental anguish. I hope her grand-daughter suggests cameras and surveillance.
@natehill8069
7 ай бұрын
That plays right into their hands. Suing them costs a lot of money and they will just delay, delay, delay, delay, delay, delay until youre bankrupt. They have whole squads of lawyers who specialize in dragging out simple lawsuits for decades.
@markthompson4225
11 ай бұрын
Don’t forget about the HOA after they build out that will make her life a living hell
@schandler4958
11 ай бұрын
Average house cost in Hilton Head is $700,000. The property is probably worth atleast a couple hundred thousand.
@kennethpenny1461
11 ай бұрын
Probably more depends on how many living units they can build on the property
@duanesamuelson2256
11 ай бұрын
House on it, possibly historic..probably closer to a million or more. I would drop the house on the historic registry if possible remember its been in the family since the 1870's or so...nothing like having to also fight the historical society.
@po2709
11 ай бұрын
@duanesamuelson2256 Depending on how strict the historic committee is, you should never put your house on or buy a house that's on a historic registry. A family friend bought a run down house that was on a historic registry. Everything he did to that house had to be "period correct" and approved by a board that had five members who nit picked every thing. It took over three years to do what should have been a nine month rehab and it cost triple what he had budgeted.
@duanesamuelson2256
11 ай бұрын
@@po2709 I'm well aware of dealing with historical societies, or as I've come to know them in multiple states "hysterical societies". I was just thinking about how much of a pain it would be for the developer if they ever get their hands on the property. Nothing like doing a demolition and be ordered, with legal backing, that you have to do a restoration to the original using correct period construction and materials.
@po2709
11 ай бұрын
@@duanesamuelson2256 I understand that. I meant for the 91 year old home owner.
@cynthiakammann7368
11 ай бұрын
So much for life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. There oughta be a law.
@sirxanthor
11 ай бұрын
At least they told her what they were doing. Even though they lied to steal property, my mom in NY got home from being in the hospital for a month, to find the farm behind her gone, the fence that separated her property gone, and 15 feet past the fence no longer there stolen, going into the pool area. My brother was livid.
@maxsmodels
11 ай бұрын
My first experience with this was as a kid watching a Herbie the Love Bug movie where Keenan Wynn was trying to take an old woman’s home for a giant building.
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