I noted yesterday that the former purchaser of my property in Northern Minnesota has cost me in excess of 10,000 dollars. Totalling the mortgage he should have given me, the taxes, the insurance, and the utility bills he has racked up.

This does not include the 1,500 dollars in lawyer bills. It also does not count the thousands of dollars of damage done to the property. The floor and ceiling of the kitchen will have to be replaced entirely. I’m hoping the beams are good, but I won’t know until the floors come up.

So it would be most easy for me to say that this individual has cost me 20,000 dollars in the last two years. And the total could go higher. He is an expensive squatter. I’m keeping a list and checking it twice, so I can confirm that he is a very naughty little boy when Santa calls for a character reference…