re: Big Ron squatters law in Florida first in the US outstanding .

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What if someone leases my beach house, which rents by the week, for 10K per week May 7-13, and I have a full calendar of renters all summer. I need the rental income to pay my mortgage. Now, my May 7-13 renter decides they just love the view, and wants to squat there until October. Without this law, maybe they do just that, and deprive me of my income and deprive my guests of their planned summer vacation, and my house goes to the bank because some dirtbag just liked the view.

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Most places, you can have an eviction judgment in two or three weeks. The holdover tenant (defendant) can then retain possession only by paying the contractual rent into the court registry. That is certainly an inconvenience to your other tenants, but you do eventually get paid.

That system is not perfect by any means, but it is something that has developed over a period of centuries as a practical solution to a complex problem. it tries to provide some protections to both parties, until the merits of the matter can be resolved.

By contrast, this new legislation strikes me as a knee-jerk reaction and entirely one-sided.