I know it’s a hot market and several properties are gone before they even hit MLS, and those that do get listed often are under contract within days or weeks. There are bidding wars, back-up bids, and tons of competition. Truly, you have to have a stiff upper lip and be prepared for heartbreak. But what you don’t ever, ever do is what this San Diego woman did when she lost the bidding war for her Carmel Valley dream home.
Here’s the report from San Diego’s NBC 7:
Prosecutors say a San Diego woman’s perverse prank involving a sexually-explicit advertisement that solicited rape crossed the line, and could land her in prison.
A felony complaint against Kathy Rowe explained how her anger and jealousy over the sale of a home she wanted to buy in the Carmel Valley area prompted her outrageous behavior.
Rowe admits she became extremely angry when the home she wanted was sold to another family. Prosecutors say Rowe reacted by making life a living hell for the new owners — a wife and husband.
According to the complaint, Rowe impersonated the wife and posted a sexually-explicit, online advertisement for the “Carmel Valley Freak Show.”
The graphic ad encouraged interested parties to contact the woman for sexual favors of all types while the woman’s husband was not at home.
Why in the heck did this woman consider this “prank” even vaguely OK? I mean, having a bunch of pizzas delivered is one thing, but soliciting strange dudes to show up at her house to play out some violent rape fantasy? SO NOT OK.
Have you heard of a client or homeowner getting pranked after buying a house?
