A one-time payment and the home is yours.
There’s no mortgage or rent, that’s the deal being advertised on Instagram.
The catch is that you become a criminal – a squatter.
The account states clearly they have no legal right to these homes.
So, Channel 2 Action News sent hidden cameras and a Channel 2 producer in to see what really happens when you show interest in a squatter home.
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At first glance, it looks just like another real estate pro hustling to rent homes on social media.
But at 1 Time Payment Homes, the site makes it clear these are squatter homes and spells out just what that means in a pinned Insta story.
“The company’s owners will come out, so will the police. The police will tell you there’s nothing they can do about it — squatters rights,” our Channel 2 producer J.P. read off the Instagram account.
“This is a criminal act. This is stealing and needs to be looked at that way,” said a property owner who asked only to be identified as David.