Jan. 24, 2013 Yahoo
Thomas Jefferson once said, “If you want something you’ve never had, you must be willing to do something you’ve never done.” But one Florida man says he’s the rightful owner of a $2.5 million mansion because he walked through the front door and never left.
The Orlando Sentinel reports that 23-year-old Andre “Loki” Barbosa is a squatter trying to cash in on a Florida law which says an individual may claim ownership of a property if they have lived there for seven years.
Sunrise real estate lawyer Gary Singer told the paper Barbosa is arguing that a Florida law known as “adverse possession” applies to him. The foreclosed, 7,522-square-foot property has reportedly been empty for about 18 months.
Barbosa reportedly filed his "adverse possession" paperwork in July 2012.
