Caught On Video: Oakland Realtors Coach Buyers On How To Profit From Tenant Eviction

Published 2018-06-25
KPIX's undercover cameras caught Oakland realtors at open houses coaching buyers on how to legally profit from tenant evictions. Susie Steimle tells us about the loophole on the books, that makes those evictions possible.

All Comments (21)
  • @joeyjoey22
    This is not a loophole. Being able to live in a home anyone buys and remove existing tenants is common sense. It's a loophole if we actually plan for buyers to NOT be able to remove tenants even if they themselves want to occupy it.
  • @Sirius39170
    Why would you buy a home if you couldn't evict non-paying tenants?
  • They're just explaining the laws today... They really aren't doing anything wrong
  • @MasterTurkey
    But they rent, they don't own. If realtors are showing the property, maybe start looking to rent elsewhere.
  • @hankhanson2534
    What's wrong with legally having people move out from your home that you own?
  • @Cassanova23
    Realtors are a resource of information. They are just providing information to the buyers. It’s up to the buyers to decide what they want to do after purchase.
  • @karma4872
    This is how our people have each other’s back. Wonderful
  • @beamreach7015
    "Fair" and "Decent" rarely coexist where there is short supply and seemingly endless demand.
  • @mypassion2563
    It’s nothing wrong to move tenant out on your own buying money.
  • @fbabdiver
    i'm sorry for anyone trying to find ANY home in california right now. Even on the north coast rents have doubled in the last 2 years
  • @c.rutherford
    This isn't a 'legal loophole', its just a condition of sale. As if they expect people to come buy a house in order to lose money and adopt squatters who are no longer honoring the lease they signed. Or maybe they think the original owner should just be chained to the squatters for life and house and support them forever, and be forbidden to ever sell? If KPIX thinks buying a house with squatters is the right thing to do.... why don't they do it, and give us an update on how things are going?
  • @jeanval428
    And then when we take up their sidewalks these buyers think I'm just going to park somewhere else😝😝😝😝. The front lawn is my front yard view -I don't mind if your front door faces mine. We still get the same sidewalk you do.
  • If they started showing my apartment I’d know it was time to move if I was ignorant enough to rent that is.
  • @MrRar66
    Wait - they informed people on how to follow the law!?! Preposterous, Ridiculous, Incomprehensible.
  • @MrBobochow
    Let your conscience be your guide, I realize some don’t have one.
  • @Nothinghere5
    yes to Measure Y we have closed this loophole in Oakland
  • What I don't get is how if it is a triplex, you get to move into one unit and evict all three. That sort of sets up a perverse incentive for people to do this.
  • @jaymeez
    I got a spare room in my house in Sacramento for Morgan Love 😍 There needs to be laws to stop these ruthless profit seeking investors. People need housing!