A Malibu real estate agent shared advice on how to avoid becoming a victim of squatter takeovers after a woman allegedly targeted California homeowners.
A Malibu real estate agent warned California homeowners about the need to protect themselves after a serial squatter reportedly targeted the beachfront community for years, a problem she said could become worse after the Los Angeles wildfires.
According to Vanity Fair, McNulty met 65-year-old Alden Marin in 2021 at a beach at Point Dume, where the two shared a pleasant exchange, before Marin opened his home to her, as she claimed she was 'waiting for her new place to get ready.' But days quickly turned to weeks, then a month, then two, and Marin's sister reported a change in McNulty happened, and she continued to make excuses about why she could not provide rent.
Benichou added that since California is a sanctuary state, she believes it's going to take a lot of work to get the tenancy laws to ever change. 'It'll take a lot of work to get these laws to change, to be more in the favor of the homeowner. This is just something I see time and time again.
There are so many sides to this,' Benichou said. 'And it's hard because there are great tenants and there are great housing providers and then there are those who take advantage of every single situation. And unfortunately, because of the fact that we live in California, and certain cities within Los Angeles, like Santa Monica, for example, have rent control, so it's harder to get a tenant out in Santa Monica than it is in, say, Burbank, which doesn't have rent control.
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