A couple quick questions if anyone knows the answer to before i give an update.. Excuse me in advanced if these questions have been answered, I'm sure they have, I've probably read them at some point years ago... But some pointers would be helpful.. I haven't had time for much I've been searching for work, I have my court hearing in 5 days reguarding my eviction from the place i've called home for over a year... buying a truck and having to do all that fun stuff associated, etc. etc..
-1) Anyways.. At what point, if it could be determined, does it go from tresspassing to a legal matter of dispute? I have the electric in my name, it says it's been "switched on" and that I've used $12 worth of electricity thus far, however I haven't gotten a single piece of mail (from anyone) yet. I assume after 1 month I'll get a bill, since i did opt in for paper billing.. Or do I need to change my address at the post office in order to recieve any mail there? I've been hesitating to do this in fear it'll mess up my unemployment...
-Similarly, should I change it, or change it at the SOS perhaps? or doesn't matter?
-And along with that question, I've put exterior locks (the type you put on your shed) on the two usable doors to the house. The front door remains boarded shut from the inside, and the only other door goes to the basement which doesn't connect to the main floor. Esentially, what's your guys' opinions in whether or not that consitutes as having "changed" the locks? Or like, am I no longer tresspassing when I'm there?
I was considering typing a lease agreement that states i'm allowed to stay and don't have to pay as long as i clean up the yard/house.. If i were to do this I'm not sure if I would include the owners name or a random name, to be the party that is leasing the house..
I took a load of some random stuff over there to try and legitimize my presence further.. I figured stuff like a calendar/planner with person notes, my dogs medication (leaving only a pill or two in an old bottle), and whatever else that is clearly mine would definitely help.. But I'm like terrified of raccoons so I haven't put anything besides a couple new doorknobs right inside the door, lol. I picked up a stove and a couple table saw stands one night to scrap and kind of regretably dumped them there, temporarily, but it's been days and all i did was cover them with grass best i could.. whatever i guess..
2) OK I'm rambling, second question, if I am granted the option to continue renting my lot where my trailer currently resides, and I catch up/pay my rent on time, I would assume that would mean that I will NOT have an eviction on my record? And likewise, if I am to get served a court ordered eviction at this house, would I get hit with the eviction on my record if I evacuate the premise timely?
I think that's all my questions for now.. Sorry for the repetiveness of em.. I think i can upload pictures right now, I"m about to go get a storage unit cuz I picked up a good bit of stuff (ddumpster divving the schools right now), but I gotta let my battery charge cuz it's seeming that my alternator is fucked. sooo yeah, pictures...
Edit: I took my voltage pen that is supposed to beep when it comes close to live lines, and it seems that there is no power getting to the hosue at all. I did notice at the breaker panel, when i went down into the basement with my friend, that the circuits (all?,don't reemebner) were cut but oddly a lott of wire still remains.. )
OH and property taxes! Says$3 are owed now, and when I put Oct. 2026 (the website gives u an option to see how much will be owed,) it said $3??? I put my question marks there than bits of understanding of what that means lol. If any one could tell me the implicaations of that? Explained for like a 5 yr old haha.
I don't think i had mentioned that, by searching that i found the owner who lives 40 miles away about in a wealthier town sorta.. saw she bought /sold real estate at least once in florida.. and saw that she bought it in 2008, (recession)., It was abandoned in 2016 (street view), neighbors have been the same since 2008 (they notice! ) Aaaaannd I also found a youtube videoshowcasing the house for sale with a drone, showing not the house but th property for use commercially. Video uploaded 2020. The house (land) has been listed twice i believe since then, last time only for a week in 2022..
I'm not sure what to take from all of it really except I don't have the hopes for long term possession.. If anything I can use for storage and depending on how my eviction proceedings go, buy me some more time... If I hadn't updated since my buddy and I edxplored it one night, it's a bit grosser and destroyed than i previously had hoped. the raccoons must piss on the roof which just deteriorates shit so fast.. cuz damn 2016 wasn't THAT long ago?? lol.. Or I am gettting old lol..
I have been considering looking for abandoned houses in the nearby cities.. I don't suppose there's harm in posting my location so - Lansing I would like to find something but I could also drive like an hour and try eiher flint or go into detroit and find something.. not sure if good idea or what..
One thing that's gonna kill me if i get evicted and lose my place is losing my 2 car garage will all the toolls i've accumulated lol. maybe the government will help me with housing after? but i know i won't have a place to work at will probablty be in an apartment with paper thin walls and i'm a night owl and sfgdfgjdgjh
Besides the neighbor driving by slowly and seemingly drive back on his property which seems to curve so that it's directly behind the house, there have been at least a couple cars that have drove rather incredibly slow, and i believe even turned around to drive by slowly a second time.. Maybe just curious folks. who knows. I don't know.
