They built 96 houses on my land, not by accident, on purpose. I inherited 47 acres in Colorado from my grandfather. Paid off and pristine. Went to visit the property for the first time in 3 years and found an entire subdivision where my forest used to be. Paved roads, street lights, families moving furniture into houses they’d paid $485,000 each for.
The HOA president, a woman who’d never worked an honest day but wore a Rolex like a badge, told me to my face I was a deadbeat squatter trying to scam hardworking families. Said her lawyer confirmed the land was abandoned, so adverse possession made it legally theirs. She’d already deposited 16 million in pre-sales. Here’s what I did.
Absolutely nothing. Let them finish construction. Watch them landscape, paint, install pools. Then I walked into federal court with my grandfather’s original 1971 deed.
Yeah, like the stone. 47 years old, structural engineer, divorced. I drive a 2008 Silverado that burns a quart of oil every month. Nothing special about me except one thing. My grandfather left me 47 acres of Colorado forest worth about $4.2 million. William Flint bought that land in 1971 for $8,200 cash. Depression era guy.
