JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Pushpa Verma, a realtor who purchased her home in 2008 as her primary residence, has turned it into a rental to generate income after the housing market crashed.
"I lost my prospective tenant," said Verma.
Two weeks ago, Verma tried to show the property to a potential renter and discovered that the locks on her home were changed.
"I said 'what in the hell is going on?'" she said.
She found blue stickers everywhere from the front door to the garage that stated that the house was being winterized.
"They broke into my house; they changed the locks and put the stickers here," she said.
Winterization is a process where the bank sends in a company to secure property that has been abandoned or foreclosed on.
Tuesday, October 16, 2012 - 6:55pm