Squatting has reached deadly conclusions and epidemic proportions in some states. What will be the fate of squatting for Arizona homeowners? Stories of squatters might seem funny and distant. But are they?

Let’s put politically correct gibberish aside for a minute.

It isn’t funny when squatters take possession of your home. It isn’t funning when squatters burn down homes. It isn’t funny when squatters murder homeowners and stuff their bodies in duffel bags.

It isn’t funny when squatters nearly beat to death service providers hired by homeowners. It isn’t funny when homeowners get arrested for changing locks so as to bar squatters from their homes.

It isn’t funning when squatters maximize their leverage by impeding real estate transactions worth tens of millions of dollars, as was the case with celebrity chef Gordon Ramsey.

This program will discuss property rights in Arizona and the risk of the Grand Canyon State becoming susceptible to so-called squatters rights such as those in New York.

Among the topics that Scott Malm is likely to address are:

• Court costs and eviction timelines.
• Prevailing statutes of limitations.
• Adverse possession.
• Identity, title, mortgage and other real estate scams.
• Measure to take to avoid becoming a victim and remedial steps to take once ensnared.
• Scams revolving around false advertising