An Airbnb host is warning property owners to fight back after squatters took over a home on her ranch and demanded $30,000 to leave, prompting her to hire a company that specializes in removing squatters.
“The whole situation just crushed me. I reached a point where I had no idea what to do and felt extremely helpless and beyond frustrated,” said Grace Young in an interview on her property in the unincorporated El Cajon, located in Southern California.
Young said the nightmare started in June after an Airbnb guest — who she says broke house rules by having several unapproved visitors, bringing dogs and violating the sound curfew — checked out after being booted from the online vacation rental platform…