(NewsNation) — Flash Shelton, known as "The Squatter Hunter," who helps property owners remove illegal occupants, says homeowners can spend up to a year and at least $30,000 to $40,000 trying to evict squatters through the legal system.

Shelton, whose videos documenting his anti-squatter crusade have garnered more than 10 million YouTube views, said the lengthy legal process forces some homeowners to lose their properties entirely while paying mortgages on occupied homes and renting alternative housing.

"Some people are losing their homes over it," Shelton said Wednesday on NewsNation’s “Elizabeth Vargas Reports,” explaining that homeowners often face enormous expenses beyond legal fees while squatters occupy their properties.

"it's unfair and there's no common sense the way the laws ar

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