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Ameer wrote:
matriculated wrote:buying a house while black
The wife looks lighter skinned than me but everything is about race to some people. If we can put aside skin color for one minute, can someone explain to me how the police are supposed to know it was their house if they didn't have any paperwork and their ID still showed their old address? Also, if you were away and someone was in your house and the neighbors called police, should the police automatically believe them if they say they live there?

The police have to act on the evidence and observations when they arrive. As you stated, the Kalonjis did not have closing papers with them or IDs with the current address so the police wouldn't automatically believe them. They could have checked with the realtor or escrow company. I would think that it could have been resolved without the Kalonjis having to spend the night in jail.

WildBill

ScooterSissy wrote:
...told by their real estate agent they should go over to the house and change the locks
Sounds like they didn't have keys. With forclosure purchase, they don't have keys (we didn't when we bought our house).
There has been lots of stories lately about squatters, so I suspect someone was being "overly vigilant". Oops.

It could be. I just assumed that changing the locks meant taking out the old ones and installing new locks. It's much easier if you have keys.

WildBill

"The Kalonjis didn’t have the closing papers with them, so deputies arrested them, charged them with loitering and prowling and took them to jail."

I have never have had the closing papers with me when I moved into a new house. It seems like having keys to a vacant house would be pretty good proof that were the owners.

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