Never Tell Them You're Recording

I made two big goofs during our entire ordeal. The first one was when I was so desperate to get him to leave us alone. It made no sense that we had done nothing wrong to him, we had in fact, tried to be cordial neighbors and he was doing all these ugly things to us. Thinking that he would quit if he knew we had been secretly filming and audio recording, I blurted it out. Dumb. That only made him sneakier and harder to document. If I had to do it over again, I would keep the recording secret until I absolutely had to divulge it - in court. By then we would have had even better evidence than we did.

Before you record your bully neighbor, consult a civil rights attorney. That money will be well worth it. We consulted an attorney and got all the pertinent details on when we can record and when we cannot record. You don't want to go to court and then find out that you violated your bully neighbor's rights. Bad move. Make sure you are within the law.