How to Get a McMansion for $16

Kenneth Robinson lives on Waterford Drive in Flower Mound, Texas, but he doesn't own or rent the home he claims he has a right to live in. The home was in foreclosure, and the owner abandoned the property. That's when Robinson swooped in and, after submitting a $16 filing fee at the local courthouse, claimed the law of "adverse possession" gave him the right to occupy the home. Adverse possession is a common law concept developed in the 1800s. According to Lucas A. Ferrara, a partner in...Full Story