People who rent out their homes along the coast of North Carolina said a man from Holly Springs owed them a lot of money.
A lot of the homeowners said that Stellar Beach Realty and Rentals on Ocean Isle, the company that looked after their homes, owed them $10,000 or more. John Kozak, who lives in Holly Springs, owns the business.
Danielle Boukedes said, “You know, we’re mad.” “Everyone trusted him and trusted our money was safe, and at the end of the day it wasn’t.”
“This year is going to be hard.” Lyndsey Gibson said, “I don’t know how we’ll get through the winter when we don’t have bookings or income, because that’s what that money was for.”
Gibson lives in Durham, but she said that Ocean Isle has been a family holiday spot for her husband’s side of the family for 50 years. They saw an opportunity to buy a house on Ocean Isle that they could enjoy as a family and also rent out to make money. It seemed like the right match.