re: Worried about squatters occupying your vacant home? This NYC news anchor has the solution

I've known people who have dealt with squatter's without the harrowing ordeal that you read about on here. You need to retake physical possession of the house before the police arrive. Once they do the person inside the house is holding all the cards. There are usually retired LE who work part-time gigs as PIs or skip-tracers and so on. Hiring a well- connected former cop as an escort is a strong move. Having mail in your name recently delivered to the address helps too. (Especially a parcel, which a squatter is almost certain to open.) $10 worth of poorly-made TEMU crap can land a felony right upside the squatter's head